The aim of this training tool kit is to increase the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity, skills and knowledge of those who plan, implement, and evaluate innovative, integrated health and community development programmes in low-resource settings. The tool kit provides managers, technical specialists, and M&E staff with user-friendly, modifiable training components to adapt for a specific developing-country and programmatic context. Users will learn to conduct effective M&E from programme inception to indicator selection through assessment design. The tool kit also promotes M&E efforts that highlight the integrated nature of these programmes and the unique contributions Population, Health and Environment (PHE) programmes make over traditional single-sector efforts.
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The African Health Observatory website is intended to provide an open, transparent, collaborative platform that supports and facilitates the acquisition, generation, diffusion, translation and use of information, evidence and knowledge by countries to improve national health systems and outcomes. It consists of: a web portal for easy access to the best available information; a data-statistics platform enabling data download, processing and analysis, or access to ready-made statistics; a wiki-based collaborative space for the production and updating of comprehensive and analytical country profiles based on both quantitative and qualitative information; a repository of key publications from or associated with the Observatory; the African Health Monitor a quarterly periodical; and, a platform and relevant tools that enable networking, collaborative work and learning within and between groups, communities of practice, institutions, and national health observatories.
This report is a collaboration between traditional medicine practitioners and scientists, and identifies 22 plants used in east Africa with possible anti-malarial properties. In recent years, there has been an emphasis on the use of artemisinin-based medicines based on the Artemisia annua shrub. The recent interest in Artemisia annua, the development of resistance to existing drugs and the limited access of poor communities to modern drugs have stimulated research in the current use and future potential of other plant products in treating malaria, both as part of traditional health care practices and in developing new conventional medicines. This guide describes a range of trees and shrubs that are used as anti-malarial treatments in East Africa. The species chosen for description have been determined by traditional medical practitioners, rural communities and scientists as among those that have potential for further study and development as tree and shrub crops. The intention of this guide is to support the further development of the cultivation of these species by smallholders in the East Africa region.
The Global Health Observatory theme pages provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme. Comprehensive information is also provided on the Millennium Development Goals. The Health Equity section is focused on urban health and women and health.
This tool is intended to support countries as they design and implement national health sector strategies in compliance with legal obligations and commitments. It focuses on practical options and poses critical questions for policy-makers to identify gaps and opportunities in the review or reform of health sector strategies as well as other sectoral initiatives. It is intended for use by various actors involved in health planning and policy making, implementation or monitoring of health sector strategies, namely ministries of health and other sectors, national human rights institutions, development partners and civil society organisations. The tool provides support, as opposed to a set of detailed guidelines, to assess health sector strategies. It allows for assessment at three levels: 1) state obligations and commitments, 2) national legal, policy and institutional frameworks, and 3) health sector strategies, using the various components/building blocks of a health system.
Tips and Tricks is intended to be a resource to grant seekers, as it will provide a source of detailed information on grant-giving organisations existing in Tanzania in the following areas: reproductive health; safe motherhood; adolescent and sexual reproductive health; HIV and AIDS; population and development; women empowerment/gender; health integrated projects; and livelihood.
This guide gives information on funding opportunities relevant to civil society organisations with particular interest to those addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda. Tips & Tricks seeks to increase transparency of European Union and other donors’ resource allocation for sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and AIDS, and population assistance in Uganda. It lists funding priorities in Uganda of the European Commission, European funders, governmental agencies, international NGO’s and private foundations, so that each applicant and funding agency can clearly see what efforts other agencies are undertaking and direct their own endeavours accordingly.
This tool is designed to support countries as they design and implement national health sector strategies in compliance with obligations and commitments. The tool focuses on practical options and poses critical questions for policy-makers to identify gaps and opportunities in the review or reform of health sector strategies as well as other sectoral initiatives. It is intended to generate a national multi-stakeholder process and a cross-disciplinary dialogue to address human rights and gender equality in health sector activities, and may be used by various actors involved in health planning and policy making, implementation or monitoring of health sector strategies. The tool provides support, as opposed to a set of detailed guidelines, to assess health sector strategies. It is not a manual on human rights or gender equality, but it does provide users with references to other publications and materials of a more conceptual and normative nature. The tool is intended to operationalise a human rights-based approach and gender mainstreaming through their practical application in policy assessments.
Proposals have recently become more sophisticated, reflecting the increased competitiveness and larger resources existing in the NGO sector. Enormous opportunities existing in the sector have led to the trend of making proposal writing a profession. Proposal writing poses many challenges, especially for small and unskilled NGOs. In this manual, some basic and necessary information required for developing a proposal is discussed.
This Knowledge Translation Toolkit provides a thorough overview of what knowledge translation (KT) is and how to use it most effectively to bridge the “know–do” gap between research, policy, practice, and people. It presents the theories, tools, and strategies required to encourage and enable evidence-informed decision-making. The toolkit builds upon extensive research into the principles and skills of KT: its theory and literature, its evolution, strategies, and challenges. The book covers an array of crucial KT enablers — from context mapping to evaluative thinking — supported by practical examples, implementation guides, and references. Drawing from the experience of specialists in relevant disciplines around the world, the toolkit aims to enhance the capacity and motivation of researchers to use KT and to use it well.