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The Global Health eLearning Center is pleased to offer this course on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Fundamentals. This course orients learners to key concepts in M&E  – what M&E is, why it is important, and the basics of what it entails. This course covers topics such as:

 

• The basic purpose and scope of M&E
  
  
• The difference between monitoring functions and evaluation functions
   
• The functions and main components of an M&E plan
   
• The difference between conceptual frameworks, results frameworks, and logic models
   
• Criteria on the selection of indicators, and how they are linked to frameworks
  
  
• How M&E information can be used for decision making

This course highlights key program elements that can be monitored, such as supply inventories, number of vaccine doses administered monthly, and patient outcomes. It specifies the requirements for evaluations, such as data collection, control groups, and a well-planned study design. It stresses the importance of M&E to make informed programming decisions, ensure the best use of resources, and objectively assess the extent to which a program is having or has had a desired impact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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