Annual MLE Activities in Kenya

The Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project, the evaluation component of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, promotes evidence-based decision-making in the design of integrated family planning and reproductive health interventions. Implemented by country consortia in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal, the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative aims to improve the health of the urban poor.

The MLE project collaborates with the four country consortia to measure the impact of their programs, use monitoring and evaluation results to adjust program activities and identify promising best practices.

The following are specific activities conducted by MLE to support the country consortium in Kenya, called TUPANGE (or “Let’s Plan”).

See also MLE activities in India, Nigeria and Senegal.

2011 MLE Activities in Kenya

Completed data entry and report summarizing for household baseline survey
Completed tabulation of individual-level baseline data
Held joint survey instrument review meetings with TUPANGE in preparation for the service delivery point (SDP) baseline survey and completed data collection for the SDP survey
Supported a data analyst from the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) to attend a training seminar on M&E in Ethiopia
Held national dissemination workshop for household survey results
Supported Tupange disseminate household baseline survey results in each of the intervention cities (3)
Obtained IRB maintenance for household surveys and approval for SDP surveys
Held joint survey instrument review meetings with TUPANGE in preparation for the service delivery point (SDP) baseline survey and completed data collection for the SDP survey
Supported a data analyst from the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) to attend a training seminar on CSpro and data management in UNC
Developed a Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for Kenya in collaboration with TUPANGE
In collaboration with the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD), held baseline data dissemination workshop among TUPANGE stakeholders
Participated in baseline data-use meetings with TUPANGE in Nairobi focusing on key indicators to inform program design
Formed the Data Use Technical Working Group with TUPANGE stakeholders
Participated in the commodity security meeting in Ethiopia
Completed tabulation for the service delivery point baseline survey
Supported KEMRI-RCTP to hold a national writing workshop for the SDP baseline survey report
Supported KEMRI-RCTP and TUPANGE to complete an initial draft of preliminary SDP baseline survey report
Participated in TUPANGE Year 3 work-plan development meetings and provided insights on how baseline household survey data can be used for programming
Participated in the International Conference for Family Planning in Dakar through oral and poster presentations, preformed panel meetings, and supported M&E training.
Participated in the Union for African Population Studies Sixth African Population Conference December 5 – 9 2011 in Burkina Faso. MLE staff presented two presentations with findings from Kenya Baseline data.
Held meetings with TUPANGE to finalize development of a cost inputs system for cost effectiveness measures/studies.
Completed the Kenya Technical Working Paper, 2011
Identified opportunities of collaboration between MLE project activities in Kenya and the 36 months BMGF project ‘Consolidating Research on Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health among the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa: A data collection, dissemination and regional collaboration initiative’.
Held meetings with TUPANGE to plan for the dissemination of the baseline survey reports
Held meetings with TUPANGE to determine the scope and timing of the midline surveys.
Participated in a conference, ‘Achieving Lasting Impact at Scale: Social and Behavioral Change and the Spread of Family Health Innovations in Low-Income Countries’ held in Seattle

2010 MLE Activities in Kenya

Held inception meeting with members of TUPANGE to develop a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of MLE and TUPANGE
Completed paperwork for submission to appropriate in-country and US-based ethic review boards
Adapted the baseline survey instruments for population- and facility-based data collection
Identified in-country research partner; conducted capacity-building screening tool
Completed data collection completed in five cities in late November 2010
Completed data entry and initial analysis for Nairobi