Monitoring and evaluation is the systematic process by which health programmes, policies, and interventions are tracked during implementation and judged for their results. Monitoring refers to the continuous, routine collection of data on inputs, activities, and outputs to verify that an intervention is proceeding a…
Monitoring and evaluation is the systematic process by which health programmes, policies, and interventions are tracked during implementation and judged for their results. Monitoring refers to the continuous, routine collection of data on inputs, activities, and outputs to verify that an intervention is proceeding as planned, while evaluation is the periodic, structured assessment of its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability against stated objectives. Together they convert programme activity into evidence that can guide decisions. The discipline draws on indicator frameworks, logic models or results chains, baseline and follow-up measurement, and a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, applied at facility, community, or national scale. In global and public-health settings, monitoring and evaluation supports diverse efforts such as harm-reduction and community-safety initiatives, cancer-screening and immunization programmes, tobacco-control roadmaps, and municipal strategies against waterborne and emerging infectious diseases, including responses mounted in rural and resource-constrained areas. Evaluation designs span process and outcome assessment, formative and summative approaches, and economic appraisal, with attention to context, equity, and the validity of measurement. By generating timely feedback and accountability, monitoring and evaluation enables programme managers and policymakers to demonstrate progress, identify implementation gaps, reallocate resources, and refine strategies to improve population-health outcomes over time.
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