EVALUATION AU Roadmap Indicators, qualitative d ata requirements and collection process

1. EVALUATION AU Roadmap Indicators, qualitative data requirements and collection process Sabelo Mbokazi Senior Policy Officer HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria & OID Department of Social Affairs African Union Commission

2. Presentation Outline • Part I – AU Roadmap Indicators • Part II – Qualitative Evaluation Criteria

3. Introduction: Aspects of Qualitative Evaluation • Evaluation relating to or based on examination and judgment of the value, quality, or importance of something • Qualitative data collection methods will be employed to answer the WHY? & HOW?on the implementation of the policy framework: • Discovering new meaning and perspectives • Determining the extent and frequency of actions • Categorisation of information • Qualitative approach will facilitate generation and documentation of new knowledge forutilisation in the posterior

4. The Roadmap: three action pillars 3 Leadership, governance and oversight for sustainability 2 Access to medicines – local production and regulatory harmonisation 1 More diversified, balanced and sustainable financing models Priority actions • Use strategic investment approaches for scale-up of basic programmes • Support communities to claim their rights and participate in governance of the responses • Ensure investments contribute to health system strengthening • Mobilise leadership at all levels to implement the Roadmap • Invest in leading medicines manufacturers – focusing on AIDS, TB and malaria • Lay foundations for a single African regulatory agency • Acquire essential skills through technology transfers and south-south cooperation • Incorporate TRIPS flexibilities and avoid "TRIPS-plus" measures in trade agreements • Develop financial sustainability plans with clear targets • Ensure development partners meet commitments and align with Africa’s priorities • Maximise opportunities to diversify funding sources and increase domestic resource allocation

5. 3. Evaluation focus AU Roadmap on for Shared Responsibility and Global Solidarity The key evaluative question that this policy review seeks to answer is: What changes the implementation of the AU Roadmap has induced in the fight against HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria in the context of the three pillars?: • More diversified, balanced and sustainable financing models • Access to medicines – local production and regulatory harmonisation • Leadership, governance and oversight for sustainability

6. AU Roadmap: Country Level Indicators Pillar I: Diversified, balanced and sustainable financing models

7. AU Roadmap: Country Level Indicator Pillar II: Access to Medicines and Regulatory Harmony

8. Pillar III: Leadership, Governance and Oversight for Sustainability

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14. Key Evaluation considerations • On the main information is composed of Secondary Data – hence qualitative data assists to enrich appreciation of contextual dynamics • To ensure data quality assurance and harmonisation AUC supported by the partners will develop data collection tools for each policy instrument and disseminate • Effort to align the outcome of the health policy review to the CAP goals should be made • Data disaggregation (gender, age, rural/urban)

15. Qualitative data collection plan • How? - Discussion the modalities • Who? – Pledges of support and discussion on sources of information • When? - Time frame

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