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DrRanjeetaThomas

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honoray Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 0923ranjeeta.thomas

 
 
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LG 33AMedical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Jones:2010:10.1002/hec.1611,
author = {Jones, AM and Squire, L and Thomas, RA},
doi = {10.1002/hec.1611},
journal = {Health Economics},
pages = {1--4},
title = {Evaluating innovative health programs},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1611},
volume = {19(S1)},
year = {2010}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Identifying innovative interventi ons that meet critical health policy needs in local settings is likely to benet from local knowledge. The Global Development Network’s (GDN) project ‘Evaluating Innovative Health Program s’ (EIHP) project is built on the ability of local researchers to identify such solutions. It evaluates the impact of 19 programs from across developing and transition countries that focus on the health-related Mill ennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing child and maternal mortality, and halting and reversing the trend of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases (United Nations, 2008). Local researchers are often be st placed to identify innovativesolutions to the problem faced in their countries. That said, identifying the impact of these interventions requires rigorous evaluations. The credibility of the ndings depends on the quality of the evaluations.The research skills required to carry out these evaluations are not always available in these countries. Building long-term evaluation capacity is a key component of this project and has advantages both in terms of increasing the quality of the evaluations carried out under this project and also in encouraging future evaluations. To promote capacity building, a panel of international experts in impact evaluation was identied to act as mentors. Each research team was paired with a mentor through the duration of the evaluation. The panel of experts was drawn from leading academic institutions. The mentors provided active guidance in the design of the evaluation and the methods used. They facilitated transferof knowledge as well as ensuring evaluations met rigorous methodological standards. African and Asian policymakers from health and related ministries and practitioners from NGOs were involved in the project from its inception. A policymakers/practitioners panel, comprising African and Asian policymakers and practitioners, is a key element of the
AU  - Jones,AM
AU  - Squire,L
AU  - Thomas,RA
DO  - 10.1002/hec.1611
EP  - 4
PY  - 2010///
SN  - 1057-9230
SP  - 1
TI  - Evaluating innovative health programs
T2  - Health Economics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1611
VL  - 19(S1)
ER  -
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