title: How Can We Better Evaluate Complex Global Health Initiatives? Reflections From the January 2014 Institute of Medicine Workshop.
abstract: An IOM workshop on evaluation design drew on recent evaluations of 4 complex initiatives (PEPFAR; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; the President’s Malaria Initiative; and the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria). Key components for good evaluations: (1) a robust theory of change to understand how and why programs should work; (2) use of multiple analytic methods; and (3) triangulation of evidence to validate and deepen understanding of results as well as synthesis of findings to identify lessons for scale-up or broader application.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University, Department of Global Health, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Sangeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mookherji
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meck
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D014943:Global Health; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D014481:United States