Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) refers to the set of activities used to assess the progress of a programme towards specific objectives and address weaknesses in the programme design.

Monitoring

It is a systematic, ongoing collection, collation, analysis and interpretation of the data to detect deviations from the expected norms, followed by dissemination of feedback information for corrective actions.

Significance of Monitoring

• Ensure that activities are implemented as planned
• Verifies that the data recorded and reported is accurate and valid

• Provides evidence for making mid-course correction decisions

   

Evaluation

A systematic method for collecting, analysing, and using data mainly to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the program for continuous program improvement. The evaluation consists of process evaluation, outcome evaluation and impact evaluation.

Significance of Evaluation

• Estimates the programmatic costs for implementation
• Measures the programme coverage
• Assess the TB treatment outcomes
• Assess the impact of implemented activities

Under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), monitoring is conducted at various levels - Central, State, District, Tuberculosis Unit (TU) and Peripheral Health Institutes (PHIs) and the respective authorities at each of these units are responsible for the same, whereas evaluation is conducted mainly at the central and state level.

The programme has designed an M&E framework and is revising it time to time. NTEP’s Ni-kshay application facilitates case-based real-time monitoring of all the major programmatic indicators.

Resources

• Training Modules (5-9) for Programme Managers & Medical Officers, NTEP, CTD, 2020.
• Compendium of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating National Tuberculosis Programmes, WHO, 2004.

Assessment