Practices and challenges of Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS program: A case study of Addis HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (AAHAPCO).
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2018-02-22
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is the most important component in the project
management. Despite its importance, the effectiveness of M&E system is affected by various
factors. Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (AAHAPCO) runs HIV/AIDS
projects which are supported by government of Ethiopia and international organizations.
This research aims to assess the practices of M&E in AAHAPCO and identify the challenges.
The method used for this study was census. This method was selected for two main reasons.
The first reason is the number of staffs who were engaged in project implementation and
M&E activities were few. The second reason was to obtain sufficient data from the
aforementioned staff. During data collection, out of the total project and M&E staffs who
were supposed to be fill the questionnaire, more than 90% of them filled and returned the
questionnaires provided to them. The research found that although most of the respondents
have first degree and ample work experience in project management and M&E, majority of
them did not have sufficient knowledge about M&E policy, framework, guidelines and
procedures of the office because they were neither oriented nor provided these documents at
the time of or after employment. The second finding of this research is that M&E is practiced
regularly and in participatory approach and also the management utilise the information
produced by M&E staff. However, the M&E officers do not have sufficient technical
knowledge of M&E but perform their activities using the tradition method that they were told
to do. The third finding is that the practice of M&E is challenged by lack of budget, the
existence of different reporting requirement by different funders, time consuming
implementing activities, and lack of skill in M&E. Thus, it is recommended that AAHAPCO
should build the capacity of M&E officer by providing orientation and providing the M&E
policy, procedures and manuals to new employees and also enabling the old-timer M&E staff
to get training or formal education in M&E. Moreover, AAHAPCO should allocate sufficient
budget for M&E activities.
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HIV/AIDS, Monitoring and Evaluation, Practice, Challenges