- About UNAIDS
- Our work
- Targets and commitments
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
Monitoring and evaluation guidelines
- 12 Components M&E; System Assessment - Guidelines to support preparation, implementation and follow up activities
- MERG Guidelines for country owned and country led self-assessment of the 12 components of a functional national M&E; system. It enables national governments and partners to avoid duplication of efforts in assessing the M&E; system and allows a comparison of the performance of the 12 components of a functional M&E; system across periods, through using a comparable standardised tool. It provides step-by-step instructions, as well as a structured questionnaire that can be used to guide the assessment process. These Guidelines are meant for both the facilitators of such national HIV M&E; system assessments and for those individuals and organisations who participate in such an assessment process at the national level, decentralised government level and the HIV service delivery level.
- 12 Components M&E; System Strengthening Tool
- This MERG tool is for assessing how well each of the 12 components of a national HIV M&E; system is functioning. The tool facilitates the identification of strengths and weaknesses in the national HIV M&E; system and the prioritization of system strengthening activities.
- Planning Tool for developing a digital library of M&E; resources
- A MERG Planning Tool to help assure that users of a digital library can successfully locate resources and can make informed decisions regarding the quality of the materials. The Planning Tool has two purposes: 1) To provide guidance to current owners and future developers of a digital library on the range of issues to be addressed in usability and user-friendliness of the library and 2) To provide a list of questions to help organizations brainstorm if they can and should invest their resources in developing a digital library.
- Indicator Standards and Assessment Tool
- This MERG tool consists of a set of agreed indicator standards that are relevant at the national level for program managers and service providers, who need to select, revise and use indicators to monitor, manage and implement their country’s response to the epidemic effectively monitor. This will ensure that indicators provide decision-makers and key stakeholders with useful, feasible and relevant information. An additional aim is to reduce the burden of global reporting on countries by harmonising global level indicators across multilateral and bilateral organisations.
- Guidance HIV M&E; Capacity-building
- This MERG guidance aims to assist national AIDS programmes in the planning and implementation of M&E; capacity-building activities, at the different multi-sectoral levels. It enables stakeholders to reach a shared understanding of the overall goal of M&E; capacity building; offers ways to reach M&E; capacity-building results by using a systems approach; provides the basics of monitoring M&E; capacity-building and performance of the national HIV M&E; system. This guidance is relevant to: national M&E; managers, national HIV programme managers; members of the National M&E; Technical Working Group; sub-national HIV programme staff and HIV service delivery staff with M&E; responsibilities; staff from agencies/organisations involved in HIV M&E; support.
- Guidelines for Developing Terms of Reference for Prevention Evaluation
- This MERG guidebook’s specific objective is to foster a systematic approach to the evaluation of prevention programs by focusing on an often overlooked yet critical step in evaluation planning: the preparation of terms of reference (TOR). It can be used to facilitate the planning of evaluations for HIV prevention, discussions on the design of these evaluations, and the drafting of TOR to guide such assessments. It is intended for use by anyone who prepares or reviews TOR for evaluations of HIV and AIDS prevention programs and projects.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals: Basic Terminology and Frameworks for Monitoring and Evaluation
- The books in this series provide a common sense introduction to a range of M&E; issues. They cover the fundamentals and their practical applications and include techniques and tools for managing M&E; of the HIV epidemic and response. Although the series uses HIV as its focus, the M&E; fundamentals are also relevant to other areas of public health and development. As such, these books may not only be useful in strengthening national M&E; systems designed to track progress in reducing the impact of the HIV epidemic, but also in strengthening M&E; systems which support other health and development goals, such the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals: An Introduction to Indicators
- This MEF book is a common-sense introduction to indicators. It is designed to provide the basic information required to understand the components and the use of indicators in the monitoring and evaluation of the AIDS epidemic and response.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals: A National Evaluation Agenda for HIV
- This MEF book addresses the importance of evaluation for public health practice, the contents of a national evaluation agenda and the stakeholders involved, the process to establish a national evaluation agenda and the management structures to support it.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals: An Introduction to Triangulation
- This MEF book is a common-sense introduction to triangulation. It is designed to provide the basic information required to understand the main types of triangulation and to spark further investigation and discussion on the merits of the approach and its applicability in specific situations.
- Glossary of M&E; Terminology
- This glossary contains an alphabetical listing of M&E; terms and their definitions often with more in-depth explanations than would customarily be provided by dictionary definitions. The Glossary will facilitate and improve dialogue and understanding among all those who are involved in M&E; of development activities. It should also serve as a valuable reference guide in M&E; training. The selection of terms and their definitions in the attached glossary have been carefully discussed and endorsed by the MERG.
- Strategic Guidance for the Evaluation of HIV prevention programmes
- This MERG Guidance provides strategic guidance for evaluating the effectiveness of HIV prevention programmes considering issues of programme relevance and appropriateness, reach and coverage, quality, outcome/impact and cost-effectiveness. It addresses what programme planners, managers and implementers need to know about evaluation, and how evaluation links to programme monitoring. The guidance is relevant to both generalized and concentrated/low HIV epidemics.
- Standards for a Competency-based Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation Curricula & Training
- This MERG document provides standards for M&E; capacity building. It addresses the essential competencies for those in M&E; leadership positions, covering both technical and managerial competencies; and standards for the development and implementation of M&E; curricula/trainings aiming to improve M&E; competencies. The competencies and standards can be used by individuals working in M&E; leadership positions and organisations developing and/or providing M&E; curricula/trainings.
- UNGASS Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators 2010 Reporting
- Provides key constituents who are actively involved in a country’s response to AIDS with essential information on core indicators that measure the effectiveness of the national response. These guidelines will also help ensure the consistency and transparency of the process used by national governments.
- Organizing Framework for a Functional National HIV Monitoring and Evaluation System
- The purpose of this document is to introduce an organizing framework for a functional national HIV M&E; system. This framework provides (1) a description of the main components of a functional national HIV M&E; system, and (2) some benchmarks against which to assess progress in establishing such a system. This document covers system components that need to be present and work to an acceptable standard for the national M&E; system to function effectively, but not all components need to be implemented at all levels of the system. This document does not provide detailed guidance on how to operationalize the system.
- Guidance and Specifications for Additional Recommended Indicators 2008
- Presents the 40 core national indicators that provide minimum necessary information for national-level monitoring of the HIV epidemic and response, and to provide detailed specifications and guidance on the 15 indicators recommended in addition to the 25 UNGASS indicators.
- A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Prevention Programmes for Most-At-Risk Populations
- Provides an overview of M&E; methods and approaches for most at-risk populations; it covers the use of strategic information for programme planning, M&E.; Its focus is on the M&E; of targeted HIV prevention programme.