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Health
World Health Organization Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Support for Capacity Strengthening and Visceral Leishmaniasis Programme Coordination (2012–2017)
Assignment
July 17, 2018

This is an Evaluation of DFID’s 2012-17 grant to WHO-NTD, the Geneva-based headquarters of the WHO’s fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). In a pioneering approach, a key element of DFID’s grant was to fund three staff positions within WHO-NTD: a health economist, a logistician and a programme epidemiologist. Unusually DFID also provided specific support to… Read more

Capacity Strengthening, evaluation, neglected tropical diseases, NTDs, WHO
Health
Independent Evaluation of the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya – Formative Evaluation Findings
Assignment
July 12, 2017

The Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Programme (MNH Programme) in Kenya aims to reduce delays in mothers and newborns receiving good maternity care. The three main problems the programme seeks to address are: 1) delay in decision to seek care; 2) delay in reaching care; and 3) delay in receiving care. The midterm evaluation… Read more

evaluation, Kenya, Kenya MNH evaluation, MNH
Health
Independent Evaluation of the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya Programme – Project Overview
Assignment
July 12, 2017

The Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya programme supports a range of interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health (MNH) including training of health workers, health systems strengthening, community mobilisation, and demand generation. It is implemented in six counties with different sociodemographic contexts. A formal evaluation has been contracted with four components: 1)… Read more

evaluation, Kenya, Kenya MNH evaluation, MNH
Education
Investigating the Mystery of Capacity Building Learning from the Praxis Programme
Document Library
November 2, 2015

This paper investigates what works – and why- regarding capacity building. It draws on the experiences shared by capacity building practitioners through the INTRAC Praxis Programme over four years. This DGIS-supported programme encouraged capacity building practitioners to reflect on, learn from and disseminate their experiences in the field. This paper syntheses the learning from practitioners who… Read more

capacity building, civil society, Development, Donor, evaluation, Leadership, NGO
Health
Two evaluations of community Ebola interventions, two different results
Blog
August 4, 2015

This spring, when my team from the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform evaluated Community-Based Ebola Care Centres (CCCs) in Sierra Leone, one thing we constantly heard complaints about was human-resource management. Residents of the communities where the Centres were located grumbled about favouritism: well-paying jobs in the Centres were given to friends and family of the… Read more

community health, Ebola, evaluation
Evaluating the impact of different early literacy interventions on low-income Costa Rican kindergarteners
Document Library
December 10, 2014

Grade retention has been the de facto policy for children with academic difficulties in many Latin American countries [Schiefelbein, E., & Wolff, L. (1992). Repetition and inadequate achievement in Latin America’s primary schools: a review of magnitudes, causes, relationships, and strategies. Washington, DC: World Bank.]. In Costa Rica, 14.9% of public school children were retained in first grade in 2002…. Read more

Educational interventions, Emergent literacy skills, evaluation
Education
Annual Review of the Nigeria Girls’ Education Project Phase 3
Assignment
January 22, 2014

The girls education project 3 (GEP3) in Nigeria aims to get more girls to complete basic education. Recommendations based on this evaluation include: To increase parental demand for and support to girls’ education: Write a conditional cash transfer strategy strategy for design and scale-up of scheme. Establish clearer attribution of enrolment increases via analysis of… Read more

evaluation, Nigeria
Health
Costings for community accountability interventions
Helpdesk Report
February 5, 2013

There are a number of community accountability mechanisms in health interventions. These range from community health committees which aim to represent the community in planning, monitoring and evaluating health services to those in which community members are actively involved in the delivery of health services as volunteers or community health workers. Other models of community… Read more

Accountability, Africa, Community, evaluation, Health, monitoring
Education
Accountability in Education
Helpdesk Report
January 11, 2013

This paper includes an annotated bibliography showing key resources including those assessing different types of accountability systems, analysis of improved schools and what makes schools successful.  The section is also divided into performance accountability, professional accountability and market accountability.  There are additional sections on impact and evaluation of initiatives which outlines key areas such as… Read more

Accountability, autonomy, Education, evaluation, fragile states, Impact
Health
PRRINN-MNCH Midterm Review
Assignment
May 4, 2011

PRRINN-MNCH (Programme for reviving routine immunisation in Northern Nigeria – maternal, newborn and child health) is a six-year health programme working across four states in Northern Nigeria. The evaluation team conducted site visits to health facilities and medical stores and met with government officials, midwives, community health workers, primary beneficiaries and other stakeholders. Key findings… Read more

evaluation, Nigeria, project review

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