How Can We Better Evaluate Complex Global Health Initiatives? Reflections From the January 2014 Institute of Medicine Workshop.

Authors

Sangeeta Mookherji, George Washington UniversityFollow
Kate Meck

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Journal

Global Health: Science and Practice

Volume

3

Issue

2

Inclusive Pages

174-179

DOI

10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00184

Abstract

An IOM workshop on evaluation design drew on recent evaluations of 4 complex initiatives (PEPFAR; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; the President’s Malaria Initiative; and the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria). Key components for good evaluations: (1) a robust theory of change to understand how and why programs should work; (2) use of multiple analytic methods; and (3) triangulation of evidence to validate and deepen understanding of results as well as synthesis of findings to identify lessons for scale-up or broader application.

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Reproduced with permission of Global Health: Science and Practice.

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APA Citation

Mookherji, S., & Meck, K. (2015). How Can We Better Evaluate Complex Global Health Initiatives? Reflections From the January 2014 Institute of Medicine Workshop.. Global Health: Science and Practice, 3 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00184

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

1