Samson Bamidele presented on MEASURE Evaluation's innovations in monitoring and evaluating HIV/AIDS and health programs in Nigeria. Key innovations included establishing a national health data archive, introducing a tool for joint data quality assessments, and strengthening monitoring and evaluation capacity through university partnerships and curriculum reviews. Next steps focused on continuing to build human capacity, conducting impact evaluations, and promoting a culture of data use and evidence-based decision making.

1. M&E of HIV/AIDS and Health
Programs in Nigeria:
Our Innovations
Samson Bamidele
MEASURE Evaluation End of Phase III Dissemination Meeting
June 18, 2014

2. Outline
 Introduction
 Rationale
 Objectives
 Strategies
 Accomplishments
 Key Innovations
 Next steps

3. Introduction
 Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a vital
component of the HIV national response
 M&E leads to improved HIV/AIDS service delivery
and evidence-based policymaking
 MEASURE Evaluation contributed to the HIV
national response through M&E and health
information system
 This was in line with the institutionalization of third
principle of the “Three Ones” concept endorsed by
the United Nations for a national M&E system

4. Rationale:
 Weak information systems and inadequate human
capacity and resources are some of the challenges in
strategic information (SI)
 Need for better coordination, synergy, and leveraging
of limited resources.
 Need for quality data that the country can use for
decision making, planning, reporting and
accountability
 Need for a functional M&E system that tracks
progress and impact

5. Objectives
 To strengthen the HIV/AIDS M&E system through
innovative approaches to data management.
 To increase and strengthen human capacity
needed for strong M&E/HIS through training,
mentorship, coaching and partnership.

6. Strategies
 Consultation and advocacy
 Strengthen government’s ability to coordinate through
mentoring, coaching, and training
 Collaboration with stakeholders to achieve functional
and robust national M&E system
 Technical support through trainings on data
management, analysis, quality, and use
 Technical input and facilitation support in government-
led meetings.

7. Accomplishments of MEASURE Evaluation - I
 Provided technical leadership and support in the
development of National Monitoring and Evaluation
Operational Plan II (2011 – 2016).
 Provided technical leadership and support in the
harmonization of indicators and revision of health
sector tools.
 Assisted Government in developing national HIV/AIDS
annual workplan in 2012.
 Contributed to improvement in data availability and
quality at national and state levels

8. Accomplishments of MEASURE Evaluation - II
 Provided technical leadership in the operations of
Strategic Knowledge Management Technical Working
Group and in the formation and strengthening of the
sub-committees
 Introduced and supported the adaptation of a tool for
joint national data quality assessment
 Established a mechanism for archiving health-related
surveys using National Health Data Archive (NaHeDA)
 Contributed to building capacity of government agencies
and implementing partners in data management and
quality

9. Accomplishments of MEASURE Evaluation - III
 Provided technical support in commissioning and
conducting HIV national surveys
 Was instrumental to the implementation of the first
national early warning indicators study to guide HIV
Drug Resistance Monitoring
 Contributed to the inauguration of HIV Mathematical
Modeling Technical Working Group
 Offered technical leadership in the development of
Supportive Supervision Guidelines for the M&E of HIV
and AIDS programs

10. Key Innovations – DQA
 Improving quality of data  To verify the quality
of reported data for
key indicators at
selected sites.
 To assess the
ability of data-
management
systems to collect
manage and report
quality data

11. Key Innovations – M&E Assessments
 Assessing the Status of
M&E Systems
 An Organizing
Framework for
studying M&E systems
 Organizes all aspects
of the M&E system
based on 12-
components
 Although developed
for HIV M&E systems,
the principles are
applicable for all
sectors

12. Key Innovations – Strengthening M&E
Capacity
 To sustain localize and
sustain the offering of
short-term M&E trainings
in order to respond to the
demand for skilled M&E
professionals in Nigeria.
 To mentor two universities
towards integrating M&E
courses into their long-
term MPH programs

13. Key Innovations – Review of Curriculum
for the training of Health Records Officers
Participatory
approach to
enhancing the
skills of Health
Records Officers

14. Next Steps - I
 Build and strengthen greater capacity in M&E
and HIS
 Increase capacity to implement impact
evaluations of HIV programs, policies, and
interventions
 Improve evidence-based M&E through
research and special studies

15. Next Steps - II
 Improve generation of high quality data
 Promote data use culture through secondary
data analysis, triangulation, systematic reviews,
and mathematical modeling for evidence-based
decision making
 Establish a system for ensuring continued
quality, collection, and use of health data within
the HMIS

16. Thank you for listening

17. MEASURE Evaluation is a MEASURE project funded by the U.S.
Agency for International Development and implemented by the
Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in partnership with Futures Group International, ICF
International, John Snow, Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and
Tulane University. Views expressed in this presentation do not
necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government.
MEASURE Evaluation is the USAID Global Health Bureau's primary
vehicle for supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in
population, health and nutrition worldwide.
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