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monitoring and evaluation population, health and nutrition worldwide.
Please find announcements of new publications below.
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*Fact Sheet: Clarification Regarding Usage of the Child Status Index (CSI) <
http://goo.gl/UGNDY>*
The Child Status Index (CSI) is a widely used information collection tool
among programs for children who are orphaned or made vulnerable by
HIV/AIDS. The last several years of CSI implementation have enabled MEASURE
Evaluation and others to learn about how the CSI fits into the overall
package of M&E tools and when, and in which, circumstances the tool is best
used. This document briefly describes the tool, its purposes, and the
lessons learned about best usages.

*Assessing the Process of Designing and Implementing Electronic Health
Records in a Statewide Public Health System: The Case of Colima, Mexico <
http://goo.gl/kuo56>*
The findings of a case study assessing the design and implementation of an
electronic health record (EHR) in the public health system of Colima,
Mexico, its perceived benefits and limitations, and recommendations for
improving the implementation process are presented.
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*Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Efforts to Reposition Family
Planning <http://goo.gl/R9cZa>*
There is a need for a framework by which countries and programs can monitor
and evaluate their progress toward repositioning family planning. The
results framework described in this report includes illustrative indicators
that can maximize the use of existing information. This framework for
monitoring and evaluating the repositioning of family planning services can
ultimately be used by international donors, governments, and programs to
assess their efforts, identify gaps in strategies to reposition family
planning in countries, and to inform funding, program design, policy and
advocacy, and program planning and improvement.

*7 Pasos para utilizar información rutinaria para mejorar programas de
VIH/SIDA <http://goo.gl/rukng>*
Este documento presenta los pasos concretos y ejemplos ilustrativos que
pueden usarse para facilitar el uso de información como parte de los
procesos de toma de decisiones que guían el diseño y gestión de programas y
la provisión de servicios en el sector salud.

*Fact Sheet: Making Good Use of HMIS Information in Ethiopia <
http://goo.gl/UKamc>*
Dilla is a Gadeo zonal town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and
People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Located 375 kilometers from the
capital city of Addis Ababa, the Gadeo Zonal Health Department (ZHD) in
Dilla town is structured like any other zonal health department in
Ethiopia. There is a planning process office that is responsible for health
sector planning, performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E), managing
health budgets and supporting other business processes within the ZHD. The
Planning Coordinator and Health Management information System (HMIS)
Officer at the Gadeo ZHD is Meron Umer. With the support of the Gadeo ZHD
Head, Ato Buzuneh Negussie, Meron has played a pivotal role in making Gadeo
stand out.

*PLACE Mapping and Size Estimation Module <http://goo.gl/reQG2>*
PLACE is a rapid assessment tool to monitor and improve AIDS prevention
program coverage in areas where HIV transmission is most likely to occur.
An important aspect of the PLACE method is the creation of maps. This paper
discusses the mapping of priority prevention areas that can inform HIV/AIDS
prevention activities. Seeing the geographic distribution of sexual network
sites over the assessment area can show how and where sites are grouped.

*Health Articles and Reports for Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, and the
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States: An Annotated Bibliography <
http://goo.gl/t2879>*
This review offers an annotated bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray
health science literature relevant to the Eastern Caribbean published
between 2005 and 2012. The review includes articles on HIV/AIDS and other
chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. The review
also includes articles on obesity, oral health, interpersonal violence, and
migration.

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