Evaluation and Learning

Toolkit on Monitoring and Evaluation for Health Links -Published in December 2008, this Monitoring and Evaluation toolkit is a high quality guide to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specifically for Health Links partners in developing countries and in the UK. Hard copies are available to buy from our online distributor CPI Bookdelivery for £11.60 plus p&p. Alternatively, you can download a low-resolution PDF copy by clicking on the link above.

 

Evaluations of Health Links

  • Summary report: Developing Global Health Link Partnerships to improve Health Capacity in Developing Countries: End of programme evaluation (2009) By John Cunnington, Development Alternatives
  • In 2006 the Department for International Development (DFID) – through the Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF)-made a 3 year grant to THET to promote and increase Links between UK health institutions and health institutions in developing countries. This report presents the summary findings of an evaluation commissioned by THET as part of the learning process for the organisation, as well as making up the reporting requirements for the DFID CSCF grant.
    For a copy of the full evaluation report, please email info@thet.org.
    Read THET’s response to the recommendations (April 2010).
  • Evaluating the impact of the Health Link on the UK Partner: This resource gives guidance to Health Links on how to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of linking on the UK Partner.
  • International Health Links: an investigation into health partnerships between Wales and Africa. This evaluation, carried out by Wales for Africa, aimed to provide an overview of activities of Health Links between Wales and sub‐Saharan Africa.

Learning from others

  • Asymmetries of University Links: This paper was presented at a recent British Council Going Global conference in London.  It highlights a number of pitfalls of which Links should be aware.