title: A Decade of Monitoring HIV Epidemics in Nigeria: Positioning for Post-2015 Agenda.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nigeria accounts for 9% of the global HIV burden and is a signatory to Millennium Development Goals as well as the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. This paper reviews maturation of her HIV M&E system and preparedness for monitoring of the post-2015 agenda.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the UNAIDS criteria for assessing a functional M&E system, a mixed-methods approach of desk review and expert consultations, was employed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following adoption of a multi-sectoral M&E system, Nigeria experienced improved HIV coordination at the National and State levels, capacity building for epidemic appraisals, spectrum estimation and routine data quality assessments. National data and systems audit processes were instituted which informed harmonization of tools and indicators. The M&E achievements of the HIV response enhanced performance of the National Health Management Information System (NHMIS) using DHIS2 platform following its re-introduction by the Federal Ministry of Health, and also enabled decentralization of data management to the periphery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A decade of implementing National HIV M&E framework in Nigeria and the recent adoption of the DHIS2 provides a strong base for monitoring the Post 2015 agenda. There is however a need to strengthen inter-sectoral data linkages and reduce the rising burden of data collection at the global level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Strategic Knowledge Management, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria. yemisiakinwande@gmail.com.|Institute of Human Virology, Plot 252 Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria. yemisiakinwande@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Oluyemisi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akinwande
authors.affiliation: HIV AIDS Division, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Adebobola
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bashorun
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Planning Research and Statistics, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Aderemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azeez
authors.affiliation: Department of Strategic Knowledge Management, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Agbo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Virology, Plot 252 Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dakum
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Virology, Plot 252 Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Alashle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abimiku
authors.affiliation: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Camara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bilali
authors.affiliation: Department of Strategic Knowledge Management, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Idoko
authors.affiliation: Department of Strategic Knowledge Management, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Kayode
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogungbemi
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009549:Nigeria; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health
keywords: HIV; M&E; Monitoring and evaluation; Nigeria; Post-2015; SDGs