Diplomatic and operational adaptations to global health programmes in post-conflict settings

Contributions of monitoring and evaluation systems to health sector development and ‘nation-building’ in South Sudan

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ID19503527
AutoresSebastian Kevany (0000-0001-5440-6637, University of California, San Francisco, autor correspondente), Amanda Hatfield, A L Hatfield (Kenya School of Government), Nibretie Gobezie Workneh, N Workneh (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), Bilal Aurang Zeb Durrani (0000-0003-4328-3496, United Nations Development Programme), Yonas Bekele (United Nations Development Programme), Usma Khan (University of California, San Francisco), Karen White (0000-0003-4313-532X, University of California, San Francisco), Roger Myrick (0000-0002-9833-6041, Public Policy Institute of California)
Ano2012
Volume28
Fascículo3
Páginas247-262
Data de publicação2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13623699.2012.714654
PMID23189590
OpenAlexW2056848201
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas11

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are an essential element of functioning and accountable global health programmes. In post-conflict settings, the role of M&E systems is also critical to ensure that health services are being delivered to those populations and regions most in need. Given the inherent challenges of health service delivery in such environments, a range of both diplomatic and operational adaptations to M&E procedures are necessary. Using the '12 components' of a functioning M&E system as a conceptual and analytical framework, we observed and reviewed the key challenges to M&E systems in South Sudan as part of a broader review of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) activities supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Based on additional interview-based reviews and analyses of M&E activities, a list of adaptations to standardized M&E procedures in response to post-conflict environmental challenges was developed. The study concludes that development and implementation of M&E systems in post-conflict environments requires extensive adaptations to conventional procedures. Flexible and adaptable as well as 'diplomatically sensitized' M&E systems are considered to be essential to the successful completion of M&E-related activities, and may also contribute to broader international relations, 'nation-building', and peace-keeping goals

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