National public health programs and donor-funded
projects are working together to achieve ambitious
goals for the care and treatment of patients with HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria, and the prevention of
new infections. Resources for these vital programs are
finite, and must be managed wisely. Consequently,
funding has been increasingly tied to performance, and
program managers must show effectiveness to warrant
continued investment. The quality of data generated
by monitoring and evaluation systems is imperative if
program effectiveness is to be evaluated accurately.
However, many national programs and implementing
partners are new to reporting results, and need effective
tools for assuring the quality of their data.