Current Projects » MEASURE Evaluation
1997 – 2013
Measuring success in improving global health outcomes requires strong evaluation methodologies and data. The MEASURE Evaluation program works to improve human health and well-being by developing and promoting cost-effective and efficient approaches in data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of population, health, and nutrition services worldwide. Project interventions cover family planning, maternal and child health and nutrition, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
MEASURE Evaluation is a key component of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results (MEASURE) Framework, which promotes a continuous cycle of data demand, collection, analysis, and use to improve population and health conditions. MEASURE Evaluation is implemented by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with Futures Group, Management Sciences for Health, Macro International, John Snow Inc., and Tulane University.
For more than a decade, MEASURE Evaluation has worked worldwide to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) functions and systems and build institutional capabilities to:
- Better judge the effectiveness of adopted interventions and approaches
- Produce technically-sound and usable results
- Determine the performance of sector assistance
- Enable sound decisions regarding resource allocations
Our researchers and technical advisers have extensive field experience and are innovators in demography, epidemiology, economics, statistics, medical anthropology, and clinical health sciences.
Futures Group’s areas of technical expertise on MEASURE include:
- Developing, testing, and using accurate, cost-effective tools and methods for monitoring and evaluation
- Improving the performance of routine health information systems for more effective health system management
- Developing and delivering training to build capabilities of individuals and in-country organizations
- Evaluating the economic, social, and cultural factors of particular relevance to health programs and public policy
Futures Group staff have particular responsibility for all aspects of the Data Demand and Information Use (DDIU) component of the project.
Futures Group has also developed a package of assessment and M&E tools in support of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund, and has taken the lead in developing M&E tools for programs with orphans and vulnerable children. Futures Group also supports field programs in Honduras, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Nigeria, as well as occasional work in other project countries.
MEASURE Evaluation is committed to generating effective demand for quality health and population data. We ensure that our ideas, methods, techniques, tools, data, and analyses are widely available. Our virtual library is available on the MEASURE Evaluation Web site: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure.