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MEASURE Evaluation, a USAID-funded project, supports improvements in
monitoring and evaluation population, health and nutrition worldwide.
Please find announcements of upcoming workshops and new publications below.



*Announcement*



*Ask the Gender M&E Expert feature*



This resource offers field and program staff, M&E professionals, and
individuals working on gender equality an opportunity to engage with
MEASURE Evaluation’s Gender M&E experts on monitoring and evaluation of
health programs with a gender perspective. You can post a gender-related
question pertaining to M&E, and our experts will answer your question or
connect you with helpful resources.



Ask your gender M&E question at <*
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/our-work/gender/ask-the-gender-expert*>



*Workshop*



*M&E of Population, Health and Nutrition Programs Workshop *

MEASURE Evaluation Project is pleased to announce a regional workshop on
“Monitoring and Evaluation of Population, Health and Nutrition Programs,”
for English speaking professionals. The workshop is sponsored by the Public
Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India in collaboration with
MEASURE Evaluation.

The workshop will be held July 25 – August 3, 2012 in New Delhi, India.

Find out more at < http://goo.gl/nCyY9>

*Publications*

*Electronic Health Records in Colima: Case Study on Implementation <
http://goo.gl/aLFuq>*

This document contains information on the main findings of the project,
Electronic Health Records Management System in Colima: Case Study on
Implementation. The main objective was to provide information related to
the design and implementation of the Management of the Electronic Health
Record in Colima (SAECCOL, in Spanish). The results are intended to serve
as a guide for other states in Mexico, and other countries in Latin America
and the Caribbean, to develop and strengthen their Electronic Health
Records (EHR). The study was conducted between August and November 2011.



This publication is also available in Spanish at <http://goo.gl/hBDHL>

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*Fact Sheet: Community Health Information System in Action in SNNPR <
http://goo.gl/uVT66>*

Aragash Worku was born in Butajira of Gurage zone in the Southern Nations,
Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. She completed her
elementary and secondary school in Butaji ra city. Later she got the chance
to study agriculture, but because of her interest in health she joined the
Technical and Vocational Education & Training Center (TVET) in Butajira to
become a Health Extension Worker (HEW). Since graduating, Aragash has
worked in Dobena-Bati Health Post for the last seven years.



*The Child Status Index Usage Assessment <http://goo.gl/SRLZg>*

The Child Status Index (CSI), created in 2008, is a tool used by community
caregivers to capture children’s status across the six domains of the U.S.
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programs for children
who are orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS: food and nutrition;
shelter and care; child protection; health; psychosocial; and education and
skills training. In 2011, MEASURE Evaluation conducted in-depth telephone
interviews with program technical leads among large programs implementing
the CSI. In light of the findings from this qualitative study,
recommendations are provided.



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