Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward.
INTRODUCTION: In 2010, the Global Fund provided more than 75% of external international financing for malaria control. The Global Fund uses performance based funding in the grants it finances. This paper analyses the indicators used to measure the performance of Global Fund supported malaria grants...
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description | INTRODUCTION: In 2010, the Global Fund provided more than 75% of external international financing for malaria control. The Global Fund uses performance based funding in the grants it finances. This paper analyses the indicators used to measure the performance of Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia. METHODS: Indicators used in the performance frameworks for all Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia were retrieved from grant database and grouped into impact, outcome, output and input categories and categorized by service delivery areas. Indicators of each group were compared over rounds. Indicators used in performance frameworks were compared with internationally adopted indicators included in the Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit developed by the Global Fund and international technical agencies. RESULTS: Between 2002 and 2010, 1,434 indicators were included in the performance frameworks of the 48 malaria grants awarded in Asia, including 229 impact and 227 outcome indicators, 437 output and 541 input indicators, with an average of 29.9 indicators per grant. The proportion of impact and outcome indicators increased over rounds, with that of input indicators declining from 44.1% in Round 1 to 22.7% in Round 9. CONCLUSIONS: Input indicators, which have predominated the performance frameworks of the Global Fund supported malaria programs in Asia have declined between Rounds 1 and 9. However, increased alignment with internationally adopted indicators included in the Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit is needed to improve the validity of reported results. |
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spelling | doaj.art-271f321a15014f1d82c234a2a3599db82022-12-21T19:53:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-01612e2893210.1371/journal.pone.0028932Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward.Jinkou ZhaoMarcel LamaSwarup SarkarRifat AtunINTRODUCTION: In 2010, the Global Fund provided more than 75% of external international financing for malaria control. The Global Fund uses performance based funding in the grants it finances. This paper analyses the indicators used to measure the performance of Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia. METHODS: Indicators used in the performance frameworks for all Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia were retrieved from grant database and grouped into impact, outcome, output and input categories and categorized by service delivery areas. Indicators of each group were compared over rounds. Indicators used in performance frameworks were compared with internationally adopted indicators included in the Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit developed by the Global Fund and international technical agencies. RESULTS: Between 2002 and 2010, 1,434 indicators were included in the performance frameworks of the 48 malaria grants awarded in Asia, including 229 impact and 227 outcome indicators, 437 output and 541 input indicators, with an average of 29.9 indicators per grant. The proportion of impact and outcome indicators increased over rounds, with that of input indicators declining from 44.1% in Round 1 to 22.7% in Round 9. CONCLUSIONS: Input indicators, which have predominated the performance frameworks of the Global Fund supported malaria programs in Asia have declined between Rounds 1 and 9. However, increased alignment with internationally adopted indicators included in the Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit is needed to improve the validity of reported results.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3242766?pdf=render |
spellingShingle | Jinkou Zhao Marcel Lama Swarup Sarkar Rifat Atun Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. PLoS ONE |
title | Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. |
title_full | Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. |
title_fullStr | Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. |
title_full_unstemmed | Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. |
title_short | Indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in Asia, progress and the way forward. |
title_sort | indicators measuring the performance of malaria programs supported by the global fund in asia progress and the way forward |
url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3242766?pdf=render |
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