Monitoring the Response to the Avian Influenza Outbreak in Vietnam

eSYS Development was contracted by the United Nations to assist to develop the monitoring and evaluation framework for the National Avian Influenza Program.  Monitoring and evaluation indicators were adapted from a range of recently formulated guidelines.

Guidelines include MEASURE Evaluation’s Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating Avian Influenza Programs in Southeast Asia, USAID Regional Indicators, FAO’s Country Strategy and Work Plan for 2007-2010 (14th May 2007), World Bank’s Vietnam Avian & Human Influenza Control & Preparedness Project (February, 2007), Vietnam’s Integrated National Operational Program for Avian and Human Influenza “Green Book”, and the OIE Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services, January 2008 “OIE PVS Tool”.  These guidelines were summarised in a series of documents for 3 workshops involving DAH, DLP, FAO, PAHI, USAID and MEASURE project conducted in Hanoi in April 2008.  The overarching objective of the workshop series was to review available HPAI monitoring and evaluation indicators and identify those which were relevant and feasible for Vietnam’s AI program.  Consideration was given to

(1) Relevant of the indicator to Vietnam’s AI program

(2) Sources of information and analysis required to quantify the indicator

(3) Those responsible set intervals for analysis and reporting

(4) The indicator be measured

(5) Additional resources required to undertake the required analysis for each specific indicator