MONITORING, EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

Critical response gaps:• lack of enough Monitoring and evaluation

knowledge and skills • lack of a databank to monitor HIV activities• Lack of involvement of CSOs in the drawing

up of monitoring strategic plan• No unified work plan for monitoring CSOs

activities on HIV• Effective ways of data collection and storage

and analysis

…..Critical response gaps• There is a gap in quality assurance in herbal

research• Conflicting information from districts – set up data

banks at every districts utilize the district planning officers in M&E of HIV activities

• there is no legal framework for CSOs report to UAC on AIDS activities

• There is no standard reporting format for M&E of HIV/AIDS activities

• There are no well defined national research priorities

• No clear guidelines on the conduct of HIV/AIDS research

…..Critical response gaps• Transport facilitation

• Bureaucracy in collecting information from some institutions

Response Lead Partner• Train CSOs and other stakeholders in M&E of HIV activities

- UAC • Operattionalise the M&E framework - UAC• Networking of the different databases• Involvement involvement of CSOs and other stakeholders in

the drawing up of monitoring strategic plans and their implementation – UAC, CSOs

• Design effective methods of disseminating information – by SCEs, UAC,

• Need to be equipped with data collection tools/Need to train M&E experts

• Desegregation of data at data collecting stage• Quality assurance in herbal research -carry out baseline

survey on herbal research institutions dealing with HIV/AIDS THETA, MoH, UNCST, NCRL, NDA

Strategic Priority Responses

….. Strategic Priority Responses

• Design standard reporting format for M&E of HIV/AIDS activities, UAC,

• Develop clear guidelines on the conduct of HIV/AIDS research UAC, UNCST,

• Need to research more on discordance, UNCST, UAC, Research institutions,

• Carry out operational research on the epidemic• All districts should develop its own M&E indicators

for HIV/AIDS activities based on the national M&E framework

• Dissemination and feedback should be strengthened - UAC

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