PHM-Exch> M&E training opportunities, discussions and publications

[Claudio Schuftan]

Chapel Hill, NC USA - Please find information on training opportunities,
forum discussions and new publications by MEASURE Evaluation below.

Training Opportunities in M&E

M&E Concentration Offered in University of Pretoria MPH Program

The School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria
in South Africa is currently accepting applications for the 2012- 2013
Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program. MEASURE Evaluation has
collaborated with the University of Pretoria to offer a monitoring and
evaluation concentration in their 18-month MPH program to increase the
capacity for monitoring and evaluating population, health and nutrition
programs.

Application deadline: June 30, 2012

See application instructions<
https://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/training/masters/pretoria/university-of-pretoria-acception-applications-for-mph-program-m-e-concentration-to-be-offered
>
.
International Workshop on M&E of Public Health Programs

To build the capacity of M&E professionals who are actively engaged in the
public health sector, a two-week non-degree workshop is offered at Obafemi
Awolowo University in Nigeria, September 19-30, 2011, to provide training in
M&E systems and the application of M&E data to decision-making in population
and health programming. Application deadline is July 24, 2011

See workshop details <http://goo.gl/uTQvn>.

M&E Training Materials for Trainers

MEASURE Evaluation offers M&E training materials developed for use in our
regional workshops by numerous staff as free downloads for trainers. The
materials, created by staff and expert colleagues, are available in multiple
languages. MEASURE Evaluation welcomes you to use and adapt the materials as
needed for M&E trainings or as a reference.

See M&E Training Materials for Trainers <http://goo.gl/B7MC2>.

Discussion Forums

Data Use at the Facility Level Online Discussion Summary Available

The "Using Data to Improve Health Programs: Strategies to increase data use
at the service delivery point" discussion solicited input from DataUseNet<
https://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/networks/datausenet>members on their
experiences using interventions, tools used and strategies implemented to
improve data use at the service delivery point.

Discussion summary of "Using Data to Improve Health Programs: Strategies to
increase data use at the service delivery point <goo.gl/t3upA>"

Publications

Data Demand and Use Tool Kit

The data demand and use strategy begins with an assessment that helps
stakeholders, policy-makers, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
practitioners determine points of entry for data demand and use
intervention. Once specific needs are identified, data demand and use<
https://www.cpc.unc.edu/approaches/data-demand-and-information-use/data-demand-and-information-use>core
tools can be utilized to stimulate data demand and capacity building and
enhance evidence-based decision making.

See Data Demand and Use Tool Kit <http://goo.gl/IXKtu>

----
MEASURE Evaluation, a MEASURE project funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) under terms of Leader with Associates
Cooperative Agreement GHA-A-00-08-00003-00. Views expressed do not
necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. government. MEASURE
Evaluation is the USAID Global Health Bureau's primary vehicle for
supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in population, health
and nutrition worldwide.

Learn more about MEASURE Evaluation at http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure.
mailto:measure.announcements at gmail.com
_______________________________________________
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20110627/4e016665/attachment.html>