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Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (2010) / Chapter Skim
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... The following key messages summarize the major elements of the evaluation approach. A program impact pathway reflects the rationale for how PEPFAR inputs and activities, including services, capacity building, technical assistance, and policy development, can be plausibly linked to effects on HIV-specific health impacts.
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... government agencies; PEPFAR implementing partners; other bilateral and multilateral agencies and donors; country-level data from national governments, implementers, and the research community; the scientific health and development literature; and country studies, including document review and qualitative data collected from a select cross-section of PEPFAR countries during country visits conducted as part of the evaluation. The evaluation plan is designed with sufficient flexibility to adapt, to the extent possible, to the ongoing evolution of the PEPFAR program as well as to new policy issues, new information, and new sources of data that emerge as the evaluation itself proceeds.
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... The evaluation described in this plan can be expected to contribute to the understanding of large-scale programmatic strategies to meet the needs of those living with HIV and AIDS and to prevent new HIV infections. The study will provide a rigorous, non-partisan, multidisciplinary, and independent evaluation of the PEPFAR program that will inform Congress and the Department of State, as well as the scientific community, program implementers, policy makers, civil society, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and international stakeholders in global public health.
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Key Terms

  • program impact
  • impact pathway
  • strategic approach
  • health impact
  • evaluation questions

  • operational planning
  • planning committee
  • key messages
  • receive pepfar
  • pepfar implementing

  • pathway reflects
  • directly measure
  • evaluation approach
  • qualitative data
  • independent evaluation

  • hiv infections
  • intermediate effects
  • major elements
  • including document
  • five major

  • proposed design
  • assessment due
  • congressional review
  • approach described
  • factors affect

  • policy development
  • pepfar support
  • multilateral agencies
  • desired outcome
  • plausibly linked


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