Monitoring and Evaluation

Policy and Programme Documents

UNAIDS
Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators. Geneva, 2005

UNAIDS, WHO, UNICEF, FHI, Measure Evaluation, USAID
National AIDS Programmes. A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating HIV/AIDS Care and
Support. Geneva, 2004

UNAIDS, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, UNESCO, World Bank, Measure DHS, FHI
National AIDS Programmes. A Guide to Indicators for Monitoring and
Evaluating National HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes for Young People. Geneva, 2004

WHO, UNAIDS, GFATM, USAID, Measure Evaluation, FHI
National AIDS Programmes. A Guide to Indicators for Monitoring and
Evaluating National Antiretroviral Programmes. Geneva, 2005

WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF
National Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Testing and
Counselling Programmes. Geneva, 2006

Guidelines and Best Practice

Family Health International
Evaluating Programs for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Developing Countries.
A Handbook for Program Managers and Decision Makers. Washington, 2005
Focuses on evaluation of HIV prevention and care programs, including evaluation of intervention strategies, measuring behavioural trends and assessments of program impact.

National AIDS Secretariat/National AIDS Commission Lesotho
A Rapid Assessment of Strategic Information Systems of Lesotho’s HIV/AIDS Programme. Maseru, 2005

Example of a strategic information systems assessment at country level intended to generate a common understanding among HIV stakeholders regarding existing strategic information mandate, data availability and data collection.

Pact
Building Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Systems for HIV/AIDS Programs. Washington, 2005
This manual assists local NGOs working with HIV and AIDS. Includes principles of MER, results-based MER, indicators, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.  Also presents the indicator reporting and monitoring requirements for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS/STI Surveillance
Guidelines for Effective Use of Data from HIV Surveillance Systems. Geneva, 2004

This guide is part of a series of technical resources on second-generation surveillance, addressing specific technical issues related to strengthening surveillance systems. Provides guidance in the three major areas of data use: programme planning, programme monitoring and evaluation and advocacy.

GAMET and UNAIDS
Eleven components of a fully functional HIV M&E system. 2006

GFATM
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Strengthening Tool. Geneva, 2006

UNAIDS and World Bank
National AIDS Councils. Monitoring And Evaluation Operations Manual. Geneva, 2002

Training Resources and Websites

National Department of Health, Health Systems Trust & Health Information Systems Programme

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care,
Management and Treatment for South Africa. Training Manual for Facilitators. Pretoria, 2005

The manual provides an overview of HIV/AIDS, the national ART guidelines and the comprehensive plan as background for the training on M&E, structured around the information cycle model. Includes data collection and processing, presentation of information and use of information for action.

Measure Evaluation
Opportunities for Training and Capacity Building in Monitoring & Evaluation.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2007

Measure Evaluation
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/

GAMET. Marelize Gorgens-Albino
Namibia National HIV M&E system Training Curricula. Namibia 2005

Global HIV Monitoring and Evaluation Information webportal
www.globalhivmeinfo.org

The UNAIDS M&E Digest
A  quarterly Newsletter of the UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Division. Issue 01/09