RBM MERG Guidance Note:
Guidelines for Core Population Coverage Indicators for RBM:
Malaria Indicator Survey:
Building Capacity in Monitoring and Evaluating Roll Back Malaria in Africa
Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Roll Back Malaria: Framework for Monitoring Progress and Evaluating Outcomes and Impact
Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation of Malaria Control Programmes
World Malaria Report 2009
World Malaria Report 2008
Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group (MERG)
- Co-Chairs:
- Dr Tessa Wardlaw (UNICEF)
Dr Rick Steketee (MACEPA) - RBM Secretariat Focal point:
- Dr B B Udom
Tel.: +41 22 791 2482 - Next meeting:
- TBD
View Draft Summary and Action Points
of the 14th MERG Meeting
Description of group:
The Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) advises on all matters relating to monitoring and evaluation of international, regional, and national initiatives, providing technical advice on state-of-the-art approaches to monitoring and evaluation of malaria programs.
Overview:
The MERG develops and provides technical guidance on appropriate indicators, data collection methods, analytic strategies, and dissemination of recommendations. It identifies critical technical questions arising from monitoring and evaluation and provides technical feedback. It also develops and maintains consensus around monitoring and evaluation strategies and recommends strategies for addressing the needs for capacity building at all levels.
For further information, please refer to the MERG Terms of Reference PDF [200K].
Aims for 2009-10:
- Support the development of costed monitoring and evaluation plans through regional and country support using established tools and templates;
- Examine and address monitoring and evaluation human resource needs at national, regional and global levels;
- Continue to strengthen monitoring and evaluation guidelines for scale-up and expand the scope to address sustained control and elimination;
- Continue to review and upDate monitoring and evaluation needs (including indicators and systems for information collection) for malaria transmission and disease in existing and changing situations across countries in all regions;
- Establish and maintain global and regional tracking of malaria control progress;
- Establish standardized monitoring and evaluation indicators to monitor communication programs around elimination, in collaboration with the Communications Working Group.
MERG Task Forces:
- Mortality trends [Chair: UNICEF, Contact: Unicef/Tessa Wardlaw]
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The Mortality Taskforce is publishing documents, including an academic paper and guidance note, on 'Options for Evaluating the Impact of Malaria Control Efforts on Mortality in Africa'. They also provide advocacy, coordination and guidance on obtaining input estimates for the Spectrum-based mortality modeling software, addressing better estimates of malaria-specific mortality, comortality, and the linearity assumption between malaria mortality and its determinants (e.g. intervention coverage).
Second Mortality Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 30-31.01.2006 Minutes of the meeting [PDF 80K]
Background Note
Developing a User-Friendly Software Package to Model The Mortality Impact of Malaria Control Efforts [PDF 38K]First Mortality Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 16.07.2003 Minutes of the meeting [PDF 82K]
Estimates of the burden of mortality directly attributable to malaria for children under 5 years of age in Africa for the year 2000 [PDF 457K] - Anaemia [Chair: WHO]
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Anaemia Task Force Meeting
This task force is no longer active; its activities are now part of the morbidity task force
Date Meeting outputs 27-28.10.2003 Minutes of the meeting [MS Word 83K]
Estimates of the burden of malaria-attributable anaemia in African chidren under 5 - Malaria Morbidity: Indicators and Estimation [Chair: WHO, Contact: Richard Cibulskis]
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The Morbidity Task Force coordinates endemicity maps and estimates of disease burden and risk populations across countries. They review and provide recommendations for standardization of maps and estimates, and provide guidance and coordination of their availability and use.
(October 2004)
(Click on diagram areas below for report and background materials)
First Malaria Morbidity Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 19-21.10.2004 Minutes of the meeting [PDF 120K]
- Survey and Indicator Guidance Task Force [Chair: Macro International, contact: Erin Eckert or Fred Arnold]
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The Survey and Indicator Task Force develops consensus and guidelines for survey indicators, and provides recommendations for the standardization of guidelines and protocols for field testing of anemia, lab testing of parasitemia, the use of RDTs and other methods within household surveys to monitor case burden. They also provide guidance and recommendations on the use of other sampling methods (LQAS, EPI contact method, school surveys) to generate service coverage estimates. The taskforce coordinates secondary analysis of MICS, DHS and MIS malaria data, and organizes regional workshops for NMCP representatives on this topic.
This package known as the Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) Package, represents the scope of needs for assessing coverage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) based on a full net roster, antimalarial treatment among children under five with fever, and intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) among pregnant women including a standard set of well defined indicators, recommended questionnaire and data tabulation plans for calculation of indicators, and guidance on conducting surveys, designing sampling frames and calculating sample sizes. The Final Draft of MIS package components include:
Malaria Indicator Survey: Basic Documentation for Survey Design and Implementation
World Health Organization, UNICEF, MEASURE DHS, MEASURE Evaluation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A comprehensive package of tools for providing guidance in carrying out household-level surveys relevant for assessing core malaria indicators.
Introduction
Core Component 1: Household Questionnaire Questionnaire Ménage
Core Component 2: Women's Questionnaire Questionnaire Femme
Core Component 3: Rationale
Core Component 4: Interviewer's Manual Manuel de l’enquêteur et de l’enquêtrice
Core Component 5: Supervisor's Manual Manuel du chef d’équipe
Core Component 6: Guidelines for Interviewer Training
Core Component 7: Household Listing Manual
Core Component 8: Sampling Guidelines
Core Component 9: Tabulations for Key Malaria Indicators
Biologic Component 1: Anaemia Testing (Preliminary Draft)
Complementary Documents 1: A Field Guide to GPS Data Collection & GPS Cluster Position Form–April 2005
Complementary Documents 2: PDA Manual for Field Data Collection and Sampling April 2005
Complementary Documents 3: Calculating the Cost of the Malaria Indicator Survey April 2005
Changes to the MIS by Component: Dec. 2005 - Jan. 2006
Third Survey and Indicator Guidance Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 21.02.2007 Minutes of the Meeting (21.02.2007)[PDF 130K] Second Survey and Indicator Guidance Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 5-6.01.2005 Minutes of the Second Meeting (5-6.01.2005)[PDF 175K] First Survey and Indicator Guidance Task Force Meeting
Date Meeting outputs 10-11.02.2004 Minutes of the First Meeting (10-11.02.2004) [MS Word 175K]
Household Surveys Status in sub-Saharan Africa (as of May 2005) [MS EXCEL 76K]
- Framework for Strengthening National Capacity Task Force [Chairs: Malaria Consortium, WHO/AFRO; Contact: Albert Kilian or Erin Eckert]
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The Capacity Building Taskforce supports and facilitates capacity-building activities in sub-Saharan Africa, and provides guidance on tool development, notably the M&E Systems Strengthening Tool. They are supporting at least 12 countries to develop costed M&E plans through regional workshops and TA/support, and are developing malaria-specific M&E training curricula.
The MERG Task Force on Strengthening Country Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation produced the following comprehensive report identifying current areas for improving M&E capacity.
First Meeting of Task Force on Strengthening Country Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation
- Economic Impact of Malaria [Chair: World Bank; Contact: John Paul Clark]
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The Economic Taskforce works to examine the economic impact of malaria at the macro and household level.
- Dissemination [Focal Point: JHUCCP; Contact: Hannah Koenker]
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The Dissemination Taskforce identifies and disseminates key MERG products, such as the M&E Toolkit and MIS implementation guidelines, to national and international M&E staff.
- Database [Focal Point: JHUCCP; Contact: Hannah Koenker]
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The Database taskforce is developing a joint malaria database that pulls together high-quality information and data from RBM partners to facilitate malaria monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy worldwide. Its purpose is to provide a consistent, accurate and reliable source of malaria-related data for those working in malaria, including journalists, authors, advocates, NMCP managers, program planners, researchers and donors. The database will draw on strengths in data collection/reporting of RBM partners, reduce duplicative data collection/ management and dissemination by partners, increase transparency and accountability, and provide a single portal, with at-a-glance content as well as ability to delve deeper to serve variety of users.
Meeting on Malaria databases
Date Meeting outputs 22-23.02.2007 Meeting Summary [PDF 134K]
RBM Partnership Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group Meetings
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Date Meeting outputs
25-27.01.2010Provisional Agenda [PDF 100K]
Draft Summary and Action Points [PDF 24K]
17-19.07.2009Action Points [PDF 82K]
27-30.01.2009Meeting Report [PDF 140K]
3-4.06.2008Meeting Report [PDF 190K]
9-10.01.2008Meeting Report [PDF 240K]
6-8.06.2007Minutes of the meeting [PDF 82K]
12-14.12.2006Minutes of the meeting [PDF 230K]
6-8.06.2006Minutes of the meeting [PDF 120K]
6-8.12.2005Minutes of the meeting (as of 1.11.2006) [PDF 93K]
4-5.05.2005Minutes of the meeting (as of 4.08.2005) [PDF 190K]
RBM MERG Progress PPT from Bernard Nahlen [PPT 770K]
15-16.11.2004Minutes of the meeting (as of 14.01.2005) [PDF 110K]
5-6.05.2004Minutes of the meeting (as of 20.09.2004) [MS Word 1.37M]
17-18.11.2003Minutes of the meeting (as of 27.01.2004) [MS Word 396K]
8-9.05.2003Minutes of the meeting [MS Word 324K]