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Building Capacity in Health Systems Research
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A call for increased capacity building in health system research resonated with MEASURE Evaluation staff who attended the First Global Symposium on Health System Research, held in Montreux, Switzerland, November 2010.
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Responding to Cholera in Haiti
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Since October 2010, the Cholera outbreak has turned into an epidemic. The MEASURE Evaluation team in Haiti has worked closely with the Haiti Ministry of Health to respond since its initial reports.
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Call for Input: Gender/HIV Indicators
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MEASURE Evaluation is soliciting feedback from users of the Violence Against Women and Girls Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators.
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Leadership Development Program Yields Results in Cote d'Ivoire
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As a result of a Leadership Development Program (LDP) with four ministries and the collaborative spirit engendered by this process, the country has made a giant leap forward. The development and publication of a compendium of harmonized and validated HIV/AIDS indicators accomplished the first of several previously illusive goals and has moved the country toward having a high quality, timely and accessible national HIV/AIDS database used for the response against HIV/AIDS.
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Virtual Leadership Development: Leadership = Results
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The M&E team from the Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Development Dialogue and Action achieves measurable results upon completing MEASURE Evaluation's Virtual Leadership Development Program.
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Bangladesh Map Featured in National Geographic Atlas of the World
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The new, 9th edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World features a map and results from the 2005 census and mapping of slums done by MEASURE Evaluation and its partners in Bangladesh.
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Physical and Sexual Abuse of Wives in Urban Bangladesh: Husbands’ Reports
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Study results suggest that intimate partner violence prevention programs targeting men should consider spousal abuse, substance use, and sexual risk behaviors as social and public health problems and should also consider the sociocultural context within which men who abuse their partners are embedded.
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Extramarital Sex among Nigerian Men Study Published in American Journal of Men's Health
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Based on the study results, it could be concluded that significant proportions of Nigerians are exposed to HIV infection through extramarital sex. A fundamental behavioral change expected in the era of HIV/AIDS is the inculcation of marital fidelity and emotional bonding between marital partners.
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New Approaches to Classify Wealth
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A new study applies new approaches to DHS data from Bangladesh and Pakistan demonstrates the standard DHS wealth measures under-estimate the percent of the urban population that is poor.
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Connect With HIV/AIDS M&E Professionals
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AIMEnet creates a network and space sharing and learning among trained professionals working in M&E of HIV/AIDS programs. Join today!
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HIV Care and Support Evaluations in Kenya and Uganda
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Evaluations provide detailed descriptions of care and support services delivered through PEPFAR funding and identify the effective components and costs of the services, to improve the health of people with HIV in Kenya and Uganda.
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Staff and Quality Data Play Critical Role in Haiti Disaster Response
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MEASURE Evaluation staff work to collect quality data, a vital resource for NGOs and governments in their efforts toward providing immediate and long-term disaster relief in Haiti.
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MEASURE Evaluation Welcomes New Deputy Director
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MEASURE Evaluation welcomes Dr. Jim C. Thomas as Deputy Director of HIV/AIDS and infectious disease.
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Using Data for Decision Making: Recommendations to Inform Design of Interventions
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Failure to consider all empirical evidence before making decisions hinders a health system’s ability to respond to priority needs throughout its many levels. This publication synthesizes findings of assessments of constraints to data use conducted by MEASURE Evaluation and highlights recommendations for designing interventions to stimulate demand for and improve the use of data for decision making.
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Data Use in the Indian Health Sector
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Major investments have been and continue to be made in data collection for public health programs but there is concern that such data are not being used to their full potential.
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MEASURE Evaluation at the African Palliative Care Association Conference, Namibia
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MEASURE Evaluation presented public health evaluations to the African Palliative Care Association Conference in Windhoek, Namibia.
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Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey Captures Progress of National HIV/AIDS Program
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The Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey obtained national estimates of a number of key indicators important to monitoring progress of the national HIV/AIDS/STDs program.
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Strategies for Dealing with Double Counting
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Experience to date points to “double counting” as a particularly important data quality problem that can be detrimental to program planning and data-driven decision making. MEASURE Evaluation provides a review of approaches that deal with double counting in reporting under PEPFAR.
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PRISM Tools Help Managers Plan Stronger SINAIS
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A recently published case study reveals how the PRISM framework and its tools could help policy makers and HIS managers of Guanajuato State identify the system's strengths and weaknesses and develop interventions for strengthening.
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Impact Evaluation of OVC Program in Zambia Published in Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
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This study evaluates the impact of a community-based program implemented by a Zambian nongovernmental organization on educational outcomes among orphans and vulnerable children in Lusaka, Zambia.
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