AREAS OF WORK: MONITORING AND EVALUATING
Generating evidence on effective approaches
A critical component of a successful scale-up effort is developing a single monitoring and evaluation system to which all partners contribute. The system must track the delivery, use, and performance of key interventions; measure the program’s health and economic impact; and produce unambiguous results to inform appropriate adjustments in future planning and implementation.
Strong monitoring and evaluation provide evidence of the health and economic impact of rapid scale-up, which is essential to ensuring long-term support for high levels of nationwide coverage of proven malaria interventions.
MACEPA’s contributions
MACEPA works with national programs and their partners to identify monitoring and evaluation needs, gather essential information, and use that information to inform subsequent planning cycles. MACEPA is actively involved with the RBM Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group at the global level and with national programs to support the development of strong monitoring and evaluation plans, to undertake malaria indicator surveys, to strengthen sentinel sites for reporting, and to strengthen national health and management information systems. Equally important, MACEPA is supporting Zambia in strengthening staff capacities in terms of technical infrastructure, data collection, management, and analysis.
MACEPA is developing a comprehensive performance monitoring and impact evaluation system for the Learning Community in collaboration with Zambian and global partners. Measuring impact in a range of settings will make it possible to document the health and economic benefits of rapid scale-up in consistent, comparable terms for presentation on the world stage.