Data crucial for effective HIV response: Four podcasts from MEASURE Evaluation

HIV care and treatment is crucial for reaching global 90-90-90 targets. One approach is not sufficient. Considerations in planning and evaluating programs and services must include addressing stigma, location of services, populations most at risk, a mix of health service venues, and implications of gender.

In this year alone, MEASURE Evaluation has delivered research that will improve the identification of groups that should be targeted for services and estimation of their size for better resource allocation; monitoring of program progress and accountability; and guidelines and tools that capture best practices on data use from national planning to site-specific service improvements.

Four brief podcasts from our experts encapsulate some of the chief issues we address in evaluating programs and developing the tools needed to reach 90-90-90 goals and stem the tide of HIV transmission. 

• Overcoming Stigma – Heidi Reynolds and Sharon Weir
• Gender Data – Jessica Fehringer and Zahra Reynolds
• The Geography of Disease – John Spencer
• Estimating the Size of Key Populations – Sharon Weir