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Exciting New Features Added to MEASURE Evaluation Web Site
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Find exciting additions to the recently redesigned www.measureevaluation.org. The Web site’s homepage has undergone a facelift and features multimedia content and ways to connect with the project using your social media of choice.
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Connect to MEASURE Evaluation
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MEASURE Evaluation expanded its social media presence to continue making population, health and nutrition information widely available.
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Bangladesh 2006 Urban Health Survey Available for Public Release
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The 2006 Urban Health Survey (UHS06), designed to obtain a broad health profile of the urban population of Bangladesh, is now available for public release.
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Expanding Role of M&E in South Africa
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In the 11 years since he has been studying and teaching monitoring and evaluation (M&E), Professor Andy Beke at the University of Pretoria has seen a profound shift in the field. M&E has not only become a more refined subject, the South African professor says, but it also has gained a much wider acceptance and appreciation within the public health and development communities.
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In Ethiopia, Combined Approaches May Be Key to Fighting Climate Change
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Climate change and rapid population growth threaten to disrupt Ethiopia’s already instable food supply over the next 40 years. An approach that includes both increased food production and additional access to family planning may be the solution.
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Plastic Bags for Testing Water Quality
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MEASURE Evaluation piloted an innovative, low-cost water quality assessment tests with three DHS survey teams in Peru.
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Eight Part Webinar Series on Data Demand and Use
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MEASURE Evaluation hosted an eight part webinar series focused on data demand and use for data users and producers in the health sector.
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World AIDS Day 2011
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December 1, 2011 marks the 23rd World AIDS Day. MEASURE Evaluation has done work to help control the spread of HIV and to treat people living with HIV/AIDS in more than 10 countries, including Zambia, Namibia, Russia, and Vietnam.
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Nigerian Summit Maps Better Data Sharing
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MEASURE Evaluation, along with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and mapping agencies, organized the country’s first Health and Mapping Summit, to improve access to health data.
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Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women
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MEASURE Evaluation joins other organizations, as well as women and men everywhere, to observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Friday, November 25.
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Case Study Details Health Improvements in Cote d’Ivoire
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This MEASURE Evaluation case study details improvements in data demand and information use in Cote d’Ivoire. The Ivorian Ministry of Health (MoH) and MEASURE Evaluation worked together to improve HIV/AIDS data collection and information use. As a result, from 2006 to 2008, the number of people tested for HIV increased by 77 percent, and the number of people counseled increased by 72 percent.
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National Forum Unites Malaria-Control Experts in Kenya
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With support from MEASURE Evaluation, the first Kenya National Malaria Forum was held October 10-11 in Nairobi. The forum brought together more than 130 participants from the Kenyan government, NGOs, the press, faith-based organizations, universities, and other organizations participated to share knowledge and experiences about malaria control.
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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling in Tanzania
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MEASURE Evaluation first used the lot quality assurance sampling methodology in Tanzania in 2010 in its effort to determine whether services were being delivered to the country’s most vulnerable children.
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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling in Kenya
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MEASURE Evaluation first used LQAS in Kenya in 2009 when it piloted the Child Survival Indicator Survey. The pilot study was undertaken in Kenya’s Western and Nyanza provinces in collaboration with the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD) and the Division of Child Health.
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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling in Liberia
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MEASURE Evaluation began providing technical assistance in Liberia for a pilot study using the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methodology in early 2011. The purpose of the study was to provide information for programmatic decision making on key health indicators at both the national and county levels.
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Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Measures Performance
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What originated in the 1920s as a quality control methodology in the manufacturing sector is proving to be quite useful in the public health context, and increasingly constructive to MEASURE Evaluation’s in-country work.
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M&E Training Materials Available at No Cost
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MEASURE Evaluation makes M&E training curricula freely available to M&E trainers
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M&E Fundamentals Online Course Available in Four Languages
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M&E Fundamentals is now available in four languages – English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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SAVVY Improves Data Collection in Zambia
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For the first time, the Zambian government may be able to obtain reliable, detailed information about causes of death and other key health indicators thanks to MEASURE Evaluation's SAVVY verbal autopsy tools.
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MEASURE Evaluation PRH at 2011 Int'l Family Planning Conference
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MEASURE Evaluation PRH will present four abstracts and moderate one panel at the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal.
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