Capacity of Sierra Leone’s National Malaria Control Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation: Baseline Assessment

Author(s): MEASURE Evaluation
Year: 2019
MEASURE Evaluation, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, assessed the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity of Sierra Leone's National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). This assessment had the following specific objectives:
- To understand the current capacity of the malaria program to conduct M&E activities
- To assess the capabilities of individual staff members to carry out M&E functions
- To determine gaps in malaria M&E capacity
- To identify and prioritize interventions to strengthen M&E
- To develop a capacity-building plan
The assessment consisted of a desk review of existing documentation and primary data collection through group assessment and individual assessment tools described in the Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit.