Monitoring and Evaluation

Evaluating the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs requires collecting accurate data to measure the extent to which program objectives are achieved. Family Health International (FHI) recognizes that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a valuable tool for answering key questions about program outcomes and impact.

 

Program evaluation is complex and relies on multiple techniques that examine the relationship between biomedical, behavioral, and sociodemographic data. A comprehensive M&E approach emphasizes links between outcome data from program interventions, patterns of HIV prevalence, and estimates of cost-effectiveness.

 

It is essential to incorporate evaluation at the program design stage to ensure that research activities produce useful results. FHI views planning an intervention and designing an evaluation strategy as inseparable activities. In addition, to ensure the relevance, sustainability, and lack of duplication of evaluation activities, FHI stresses the importance of collaboration between project designers and local stakeholders in outlining the process.