Strengthening the National Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Philippines: THIS IS IT: 2009 HIV and AIDS National Dissemination Forum

THIS IS IT: 2009 HIV and AIDS National Dissemination Forum

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HIV and AIDS Philippines, IHBSS 2009

In line with reaching the Millenium Development Goal 6 of combating HIV and AIDS, the National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health (NEC-DOH) implemented the Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance (IHBSS) in 23 sites to monitor the HIV situation in the Philippines and to help improve the country's response to the HIV epidemic.

Results from the IHBSS 2009 were presented in a national dissemination forum held last December 11, 2009 at the Heritage Hotel, Pasay City. It aimed to build broad-based public support for activities to prevent the rapid transmission of HIV in the Philippines and to gather further inputs on priority prevention activities and how these can be implemented as soon as possible.

Presenters were Dr. Enrique Tayag, Director of NEC and Ms. Teresita Marie Bagasao, UNAIDS Country Coordinator. Keynote Speech was given by Hon. Francisco T. Duque III, Secretary of Health and Chair of Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC). Panel of reactors include Dr. Chito Avelino, Asec. Teresita Soriano, Mr. Joshua Formentera, and Mr. Wango Gallaga.

Attendees include the 23 sites who implemented the IHBSS 2009, partners from the positive community, non-government organizations, UN family, and the donor community.

Program of the Forum, presentations and photos are available at the PNAC website.

The 12 Components

Create an enabling environment for the M&E system (Components 1 – 6)
1. Organizational structure with HIV M&E functions
2. Human capacity for HIV M&E
3. Partnership to plan, coordinate and manage the HIV M&E system
4. National, multi-sectoral HIV M&E Plan
5. Annual, costed HIV M&E work plan
6. Advocacy, communication and culture for HIV M&E

Generate accurate, timely, and relevant HIV data
(Components 7 – 10)
7. Surveys and surveillance
8. Routine HIV programme monitoring
9. National and sub-national HIV databases
10. Supportive supervision and data auditing

Improve HIV Evaluation and Research
(Component 11)
11. HIV evaluation and research

Using Information to Improve Results
(Component 12)
12. Data dissemination and use

The Philippine M&E System

The Philippines has gone through a rigorous process of strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system in the last two years. The CRIS was pilot tested towards fulfilling the UNGASS goals.

Among the M&E components installed or enhanced in the last three years are: 1) surveillance, 2) evaluation and research, 3) data dissemination and use, 4) M&E partnerships [linkage with UN, Global Fund, and technical advisory groups], and the installation of a National M&E officer at the PNAC Secretariat.

Surveillance in Philippines is of two kinds, passive and active. The epidemiological information system seems to be working quite well. The information is collected by the National Epidemiology Center and shared across the DOH and PNAC and UNAIDS.

The program data however, is not being collected systematically. Most implementers also do not have a system of sharing information.

Although M and E is housed within the PNAC Secretariat’s office, the flow of reports has been challenging. The reporting is hampered by the absence of a clear mandate or department orders, and is largely left to the vagaries of interest and persons.

All the agencies of the PNAC that are mandated to contribute to the national plan do not have clear work plans and allocated funds.

The challenges faced by the M&E system are the following: 1) Limited functionality of M&E structure (there is no M&E unit supporting the PNAC officer; ad-hoc or project-based M&E working group); 2) no routine programme monitoring (because either programme plans are unclear or unavailable), 3) no HIV database or databank, 4) no capacity building plan for M&E .

AMTP4 Assessment, March 2009

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