1. 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

2. Remember that the last day to send this test to your tutor is on February 6th.
If you have any doubt, please ask your tutor

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Belize M&E Plan
According to Belize M&E Plan , 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

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