Co-Chair:	Dr Tessa Wardlaw (UNICEF) Dr Rick Steketee (MACEPA)
List of Members:	PDF [42K]
Terms of Reference of the WG:	PDF [180K]
Next Meeting:	9-10 January, Geneva, Switzerland

Established in May 2003, RBM Partnership Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group has the following key functions:

• Develop and provide technical guidance on appropriate indicators, data collection methods, analytic strategies, and dissemination of recommendations
• Identify critical technical questions arising from M&E activities
• Organize smaller working groups to address the questions and provide technical feedback on issues
• Develop and maintain consensus around M&E strategies across partners and institutions
• Identify and recommend strategies for addressing the needs for capacity building at all levels

The RBM Partnership Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group formed eight task forces to address specific technical issues.

View Core Malaria Indicators:
Proportion of households with at least one ITN Proportion of children under 5 years old who slept under an ITN the previous night Proportion of children under 5 years old with fever in last 2 weeks who received antimalarial treatment according to national policy within 24 hours from onset of fever Proportion of pregnant women who slept under an ITN the previous night Proportion of women who received intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during their last pregnancy (defined as at least 2 doses of SP)

MERG Task Forces:

Mortality trends [Chair: UNICEF, Contact: Unicef/Tessa Wardlaw]

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]

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]

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.

 

Proposed method of estimating malaria incidence at country level (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: ORC-Macro, contact: Erin Eckert or Fred Arnold]

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.

Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) Package

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
110-11.02.2004	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]

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

DATE	MEETING OUTPUTS
20-21.07.2005	Building capacity in monitoring and evaluating Roll Back Malaria in Africa: A Conceptual Framework for the Roll Back Malaria Partnership [PDF 240K] Report on the Process of the Framework development [PDF 15 K] Terms of Reference for developing a conceptual framework for strengthening national capacity for monitoring and evaluation at country and subregional levels [MS Word 47.5 K]

Economic Impact of Malaria [Chair: World Bank; Contact: John Paul Clark]

The Economic Taskforce works to examine the economic impact of malaria at the macro and household level.

Dissemination [Focal Point: JHUCCP; Contact: Hannah Koenker]

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]

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

Show/hide Minutes for previous meetings

DATE	MEETING OUTPUTS
Tenth MERG Meeting 9-10.01.2008	Meeting Report [PDF 240K] Photo Gallery
Ninth MERG Meeting 6-8.06.2007	Minutes of the meeting [PDF 82K]
Eighth MERG Meeting 12-14.12.2006	Minutes of the meeting [PDF 230K]
Seventh MERG Meeting 6-8.06.2006	Minutes of the meeting [PDF 120K]
Sixth MERG Meeting 6-8.12.2005	Minutes of the meeting (as of 1.11.2006) [PDF 93K]
Fifth MERG Meeting 4-5.05.2005	Minutes of the meeting (as of 4.08.2005) [PDF 190K] RBM MERG Progress PPT from Bernard Nahlen [PPT 770K]
Fourth MERG Meeting 15-16.11.2004	Minutes of the meeting (as of 14.01.2005) [PDF 110K]
Third MERG Meeting 5-6.05.2004	Minutes of the meeting (as of 20.09.2004) [MS Word 1.37M]
Second MERG Meeting 17-18.11.2003	Minutes of the meeting (as of 27.01.2004) [MS Word 396K]
First MERG Meeting 8-9.05.2003	Minutes of the meeting [MS Word 324K]