Central American Certificate Course: HIV Monitoring and Evaluation for HIV/AIDS Policy and Program Management BZ Unit 2 – Post test CR ES GT NI PA January 27th – February 2nd

Remember that the last day to send this test to your tutor is on February 6th. (martin@ignitebelize.com) If you have any doubt, please ask your tutor

Epidemiological Surveillance Epidemiological analyses are made for several purposes; pair aims and types of analysis in the following table No. Aim Answer Analysis 1 Identifying trends in size and distribution of the epidemic Changes in general and specific rates of HIV prevalence 2 Identifying patterns in composition and ways of acquiring HIV Proportion of new cases by modes of transmission 3 Measuring impact of national response to HIV/AIDS Time-series analysis of incidence, prevalence and mortality

Performance Indicators in M&E Write the number of dimensions corresponding to each indicator No. Dimension Answer Indicator 1 Input % MSM consistently using condoms 2 Process % of health facilities providing paediatric ART 3 Output HIV prevalence among young women and men aged 15 to 24 4 Outcome TB cases among PLWHA identified and treated under DOTS 5 Impact % of VCT coverage among pregnant women

Policy Analysis Which of the following studies routinely carried out in Belize has the purpose of measuring policy environment for HIV/AIDS? Policy Implementation Assessment Tool AIDS Program Effort Index (API) Stigma and Discrimination Survey All of the above

Second Generation Surveillance Which of the following definitions better describes Second Generation Surveillance? Recording new HIV cases and estimating prevalence in general population Sentinel prevalence studies on specific HIV/AIDS hotspots Collect and analyse clinical and behavioural information on higher risk groups Routine laboratory follow-up of new-born children from HIV positive mothers

Belize M&E Plan 2012-2016 According to Belize M&E Plan 2012-2016, there are 39 indicators to follow up. How many of those indicators are consistent with the ten targets M&E framework? 0 – 9 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 or more

Central American Certificate Course: BZ CR Central American Certificate Course: ES Monitoring and Evaluation for HIV AIDS Policies and Programs Management GT NI PA