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- Monitoring Malaria Trends with Cell Phones and Site Visits in Ethiopia
- A collaborative project is using cell phones and supervisory visits to help analyze malaria trends in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The project works by using SMS technology to build on existing reporting systems to monitor malaria diagnostic, treatment, and control activities.
- Nigerian Workshops Focus on Research to Improve Health Services
- Applying key research findings to help improve public health services was the focus of a two-day training workshop held in Lagos, Nigeria, in June 2012 by MEASURE Evaluation and Nigerian partners. Training covered bridging the research-to-practice gap related to HIV and AIDS programs.
- Health Management Information System Showcased in Ethiopia
- Successes from Ethiopia’s Health Management Information System (HMIS) project were highlighted at a national Ministry of Health annual review meeting in October 2012, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. About 300 copies of a new factsheet on the HMIS were distributed during the four-day event.
- Inauguration of Global Evaluation and Monitoring Network for Health
- The Global Evaluation and Monitoring Network for Health (GEMNet-Health) fosters organizational growth, collaboration, and South-to-South support for monitoring and evaluation of health programs globally through ongoing and future institutional linkages among members, beginning with a core of MEASURE Evaluation's current and former training partners.
- Child Status Index Assessment Finds Widespread Use
- Since its introduction in 2008, the Child Status Index (CSI) has been translated into 15 languages and implemented in many countries. The tool is used to collect information concerning the well-being of vulnerable children.
- Family Folder System Guides Health Workers in Ethiopia
- Family folder systems are helping Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia follow up with patients and keep track of their health.
- OVC Workshop Held in Tanzania
- Twenty-five participants from Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania gathered in Zanzibar to attend a Data Demand and Use (DDU) Workshop related to the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in their countries.
- In Ethiopia, Combined Approaches May Be Key to Fighting Climate Change
- 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.
- Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women
- 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.
- Free E2G Mapping Tool Upgrade
- E2G has been enhanced. This free mapping tool allows users to create color-shaded maps in Google Earth using data from Excel spreadsheets.
- Virtual Leadership Development: Leadership = Results
- 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.
- Interlinked Patient Monitoring Systems Developed for Country Adaptation
- The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, with support from MEASURE Evaluation, have updated and expanded WHO’s 2006 Patient Monitoring Guidelines for HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy to promote the design and use of interlinked longitudinal patient monitoring systems that facilitate patient tracking and referrals between HIV care and treatment programs and other services. The revised guidelines are referred to as the Three Interlinked Patient Monitoring Systems for HIV Care/ART, MCH/PMTCT and TB/HIV or 3IPMS.
- Two Virtual Leadership Development Programs Successfully Completed
- To date, 22 teams in 15 counties, totaling 180 participants have successfully completed the Virtual Leadership Development Program to build leadership capacity of M&E managers in order to strengthen M&E systems and improve performance.
- National Mapping Agencies Enlisted in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
- Health leaders and GIS specialists explored potential for data sharing and collaboration in the effective use of GIS for HIV/AIDS interventions.
- Early Marriage Evaluation Study in Ethiopia Published
- The 2007 EMES is the first large-scale household survey in Ethiopia to provide population-based estimates on levels of exposure to early marriage prevention messages and their influence on knowledge, attitudes, and skills conducive to delaying marriage. The survey was conducted from July 16 to August 20, 2007.
- Malaria Indicator Survey Tool Implemented in 8 African Countries
- MEASURE Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and MEASURE Evaluation worked together to develop a core set of malaria program indicators and data collection tools.
- New Training Partner for Asia and Near East Region: Public Health Foundation of India
- New regional training and capacity building partnership with Public Health Foundation of India
- Child Status Index Used in Ethiopia
- Save the Children adopted the Child Status Index tool as part of its staff training in Ethiopia.
- Early Marriage Study Used
- Action plans created in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia are significant for the support of M&E aspects of early marriage prevention interventions.
