PEPFAR and HIV/AIDS Events
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PEPFAR Monitoring and Evaluation Partners discuss transition & partnership
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) South Africa Strategic Information team together with its Implementing Partners organized a highly successful Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) All Partners Meeting from the June 20-21 2012 in Johannesburg.
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Care and Treatment District and Provincial Support Partners Meeting
July 28, 2011 PEPFAR district and support care and treatment partners met in Johannesburg on July 28, 2011 to discuss the geographic alignment, district health system strengthening and review district-level outcome indicators. Representatives from the national and provincial Departments of Health attended to support and review partners’ activities.
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5th South African AIDS Conference
Durban, June 7-10, 2011 SA AIDS is a biannual meeting, and this one comes as South Africa develops its next five-year National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS. This year’s theme is “Leadership, Delivery and Accountability”.
PEPFAR Monitoring and Evaluation Partners discuss transition & partnership
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) South Africa Strategic Information team in collaboration with the South African National Department of Health and together with its Implementing Partners organized a highly successful Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) All Partners Meeting from the June 20-21 2012 in Johannesburg.
The theme of the meeting was: “M&E in the time of transition: partnership, accountability and data quality”. The objectives of the meeting were:
- To increase communication and collaboration among stakeholders (United States Government South African Government and PEPFAR partners)
- To understand partners’ data management systems, procedures and challenges in the context of transition
- To find ways of monitoring, maintaining and improving data quality
- To identify and understand the indicators necessary to measure transition (Health Systems Strengthening, Direct Service Delivery vs. Technical Assistance, etc.)
Opening the meeting with remarks on transition, the United States Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Virginia Palmer underscored the role of quality M&E and reporting systems in evidence-based program management as critical for leveraging available resources, improving service delivery, and maximizing the impact of South Africa health programs.
This meeting marked an important milestone for improving HIV-related monitoring and evaluation of the South African Government and PEPFAR supported programs in South Africa.
The Deputy Director General from South Africa’s National Department of Health, Dr. Yogan Pillay, opened the plenary sessions with a presentation addressing the South African Government’s concerns for M&E during this time of transition and its vision for the partnership in the future.
This keynote address was followed by a presentation from PEPFAR Partners’ representatives and another presentation by PEPFAR/SA before a summary of the major issues coming out of all the presentations and action points towards an effective and efficient partnership.
In essence, the four plenary presentations set the stage and tone for the discussions on specific M&E issues for the duration of the meeting.
PEPFAR Monitoring and Evaluation Partners discuss transition & partnership
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) South Africa Strategic Information team together with its Implementing Partners organized a highly successful Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) All Partners Meeting from the June 20-21 2012 in Johannesburg.
The theme of the meeting was: “M&E in the time of transition: partnership, accountability and data quality”. The objectives of the meeting were:
- To increase communication and collaboration among stakeholders (United States Government South African Government and PEPFAR partners)
- To understand partners’ data management systems, procedures and challenges in the context of transition
- To find ways of monitoring, maintaining and improving data quality
- To identify and understand the indicators necessary to measure transition (Health Systems Strengthening, Direct Service Delivery vs. Technical Assistance, etc.)
Opening the meeting with remarks on transition, the United States Deputy Chief of Mission Virginia Palmer underscored the role of quality M&E and reporting systems in evidence-based program management as critical for leveraging available resources, improving service delivery, and maximizing the impact of South Africa health programs.
This meeting marked an important milestone for improving HIV-related monitoring and evaluation of the SAG and PEPFAR supported programs in South Africa.
The Deputy Director General from South Africa’s National Department of Health, Dr. Yogan Pillay, opened the plenary sessions with a presentation addressing the South African Government’s concerns for M&E during this time of transition and its vision for the partnership in the future.
This keynote address was followed by a presentation from PEPFAR Partners’ representatives and another presentation by PEPFAR/SA before a summary of the major issues coming out of all the presentations and action points towards an effective and efficient partnership.
In essence, the four plenary presentations set the stage and tone for the discussions on specific M&E issues for the duration of the meeting.