Monitoring and evaluation enable MENTOR to assess the effectiveness of interventions, track progress towards programme goals, and make informed decisions to improve health outcomes.
We work closely with local health authorities and partners to develop and improve disease surveillance systems. These systems:
- Enable the timely detection, reporting and tracking of cases
- Help monitor disease trends
- Identify transmission hotspots
- Evaluate the impact of interventions
This support is crucial at the onset of emergencies where systems need to be quickly set up using simple tools. In post emergency settings sustainable surveillance systems help identify trends, predict outbreaks and support disease elimination efforts.
MENTOR carries out regular monitoring and impact surveys to assess the effectiveness of interventions and measure progress towards programme objectives. These surveys include quantitative and qualitative data collection to understand the full impact of activities.
Our expertise has developed to include rapid assessments, knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) surveys, parasitological surveys, systems focused assessments and coverage evaluation surveys.
We have also supported health authorities to develop, improve and assess health information systems. These systems collect, store, analyse and visualise data to guide decision making. Standardising data collection tools and protocols help improve data quality and comparisons across different locations and time periods.
