Strengthening individual capacity in monitoring and evaluation of malaria control programmes to streamline M&E systems and enhance information use in malaria endemic countries

Malaria Journal

Case Study

Maurice Ye¹  Ali Sie¹  Samantha Herrera²  Yazoume Ye²  Ashley Garley²  Erin Eckert³  Edwin A. Afari⁴  Keziah Malm⁵  Elizabeth Ivanovich⁶  Mamadou Sawadogo⁷ 

[1] Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, CRSN, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;MEASURE Evaluation, ICF International, 530 Gaither Road, Suite 500, 20850, Rockville, MD, USA;President’s Malaria Initiative, US Agency for International Development, Washington DC, USA;School of Public Health, University of Legon, Accra, Ghana;School of Public Health, University of Legon, Accra, Ghana;National Malaria Control Programme, Accra, Ghana;United Nations Foundation, Washington DC, USA;Unité de formation et de recherche, Science de la Santé, Centre de recherche international pour la Santé, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;

关键词: Capacity building;    Monitoring and evaluation;    Health information systems;    Malaria;    Training;    Ghana;    Burkina Faso;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-016-1354-y

 received in 2016-04-14, accepted in 2016-05-18,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMalaria control interventions in most endemic countries have intensified in recent years and so there is a need for a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to measure progress and achievements. Providing programme and M&E officers with the appropriate skills is a way to strengthen malaria’s M&E systems and enhance information use for programmes’ implementation. This paper describes a recent effort in capacity strengthening for malaria M&E in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).MethodsFrom 2010 to 2014, capacity-strengthening efforts consisted of organizing regional in-person workshops for M&E of malaria programmes for Anglophone and Francophone countries in SSA in collaboration with partners from Ghana and Burkina Faso. Open-sourced online courses were also available in English. A post-workshop assessment was conducted after 5 years to assess the effects of these regional workshops and identify gaps in capacity.ResultsThe regional workshops trained 181 participants from 28 countries from 2010 to 2014. Trained participants were from ministries of health, national malaria control and elimination programmes, non-governmental organizations, and development partners. The average score (%) for participants’ knowledge tests increased from pretest to posttest for Anglophone workshops (2011: 59 vs. 76, 2012: 41 vs. 63, 2013: 51 vs. 73; 2014: 50 vs. 74). Similarly, Francophone workshop posttest scores increased, but were lower than Anglophone due to higher scores at pretest. (2011: 70 vs. 76, 2012: 74 vs. 79, 2013: 61 vs. 68; 2014: 64 vs. 75). Results of the post-workshop assessment revealed that participants retained practical M&E knowledge and skills for malaria programs, but there is a need for a module on malaria surveillance adapted to the pre-elimination context.ConclusionThe workshops were successful because of the curriculum content, facilitation quality, and the engagement of partner institutions with training expertise. Results from the post-workshop assessment will guide the curriculum’s development and restructuring for the next phase of workshops. Country-specific malaria M&E capacity needs assessments may also inform this process as countries reduce malaria burden.

【 授权许可】

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