Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 13451
Country/Region: Caribbean Region
Year: 2011
Main Partner: University of North Carolina
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $170,000

Measure Evaluation Phase III continues the MEASURE program's 10 year initiative to improve the collection, analysis and presentation of data to promote better use in planning, policy making, managing, monitoring and evaluating of population health and nutrition programs. The program aims to accomplish this through achieving the following six results: (1) increased user demand for data and tools;(2) increased individual and institutional capacity in monitoring and evaluation: (3) increased collaboration and coordination in obtaining and sharing health sector data; (4) improved tools, methodologies and technical guidance; (5) increased availability of data methods and tools; and (6) increased facilitation of data use. MEASURE Evaluation Phase III is the Global Health Bureau's primary vehicle for supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in population, health and nutrition world wide.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $170,000

MEASURE Evaluation has provided technical assistance in facilitation of information and program monitoring and evaluation to the Jamaica Ministry of Health National HIV/STI Control & Prevention Program (NHSCP Program) and the Healthy Lifestyles Project activities during the strategy period (2005-2009). Activities included strengthening the National M&E System, surveys on HIV/AIDS Marginalized populations particularly focusing on the MSM and CSW population, adolescent healthy lifestyle risk and resiliency surveys as well as the design and conduct of the PLACE Randomized control trial. In addition MEASURE has provided technical assistance to USAID/Jamaica for PEPFAR Reporting.

USAID Jamaica would continue its support to MEASURE Evaluation to strengthen the M&E Framework of the national program, conduct special behavioral studies on high risk populations and to integrate M&E among key partners.