Evaluate_Attach_J.6_Health_Evaluation_Plan_Amend_02.pdf

ATTACHMENT J.6

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USAID/Ghana 2013-2017 PMP: Planned Evaluation Summary Table

Responsible Team

Project / Activity / Program to be

Evaluated

Evaluation Questions Estimated Budget

Start Date End Date

Health HIV Joint Assessment of National Strategic Plan in 2016 – Evaluation questions TBD

TBD TBD TBD

Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) Project

Impact evaluation conducted by Feed the Future

Does increasing household assets and access to quality foods and nutrition education (through RING) result in improved nutritional status of vulnerable populations, especially women and young children, in Northern Ghana?

What is the impact of RING in improving resilience of household consumption to economic shocks?

What is the impact of RING on household food security?

Within the integrated RING model, what is the relative contribution of income smoothing strategies and consumption smoothing strategies to reducing vulnerability and improving nutrition? Which of these sets of livelihood activities (income smoothing vs.

consumption smoothing) are more cost-effective?

Does the complete set of RING activities, including all income growth and consumption smoothing activities, have greater impact than either set of distinct activities. Is the complete RING model more cost-effective?

TBD TBD TBD

Maternal and Child Health (MCH)

Performance evaluation: What activities have greatest impact on continuum of community-based newborn

TBD TBD TBD

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care?

What interventions have greatest impact on customer service for facility-based delivery?

Family Planning Impact evaluation: Task shifting of Family planning services by Community Health Officers (CHOs)

Assessment: Extent to which abortion services are utilized compared to Family planning services

TBD TBD TBD

Nutrition Performance evaluation

What advocacy activities have the greatest impact on nutritional status?

What types of nutrition counseling and education have the greatest influence on nutrition-related behavior?

Impact evaluation: multi-sectoral approach to delivering nutrition services at scale on the nutritional status of mothers and children

TBD

TBD TBD

Systems for Health Project

Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluation:

Questions TBD

TBD TBD TBD

Communicate for Health Project

Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluation

Questions TBD but will include effectiveness of USAID supported health messaging

People for Health Project

Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluation

Questions TBD

TBD TBD TBD

WASH for Health Project

Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluation

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Questions TBD

Innovate for Health Project

Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluations

Questions TBD

TBD TBD TBD

SHARPEST Project Performance evaluations: Baseline, midline and end line evaluations

Questions TBD

TBD TBD TBD

G2G to Ghana Health Service

Performance evaluations: Evaluate progress towards indicators in G2G Agreement

TBD TBD TBD

G2G to NHIA Performance evaluations: Evaluate progress towards indicators in G2G Agreement

TBD TBD TBD

G2G to Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC)

Performance evaluations: Evaluate progress towards indicators (related to stigma reduction) in G2G Agreement

TBD TBD TBD

G2G to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Performance evaluations: Evaluate progress towards indicators (related to insecticide resistance monitoring and drug efficacy) in G2G Agreement

TBD TBD TBD

Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)

Impact evaluation: Standard DHS modules TBD July 2013 TBD

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)

Impact evaluation: Standard Modules TBD TBD TBD