Other evaluations

3ie supports formative or process evaluations to help determine if an impact evaluation will be feasible or to inform its design. We are making selected ones available through our publication database. Please visit our programme pages to find complete lists of formative or process evaluations that may have been done for a given programme.

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Other evaluations

Closing the immunisation gap in Ethiopia: a formative evaluation of ‘The Fifth Child Project’

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This is an evaluation of the International Rescue Committee's Fifth Child Project in Ethiopia, where community-based health workers are collaborating with community leaders to register, counsel and track all pregnant women and infants in order to increase immunisation uptake.

Increasing immunisation in Ogun State, Nigeria: a formative evaluation of a participatory action research intervention

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
In 2005, Nigeria adopted the Reach Every Ward strategy to improve vaccination coverage for children 0-23 months old. By 2015, Ogun State in the southwestern region had achieved full immunisation coverage in 12 out of 20 of its local government areas (LGAs).

Improving immunisation coverage in Ethiopia: a formative evaluation in pastoral communities

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
In Ethiopia, approximately 15 million people practice pastoralism. Although there have been significant improvements in the health sector over the last decade, the government’s Health Extension Program static health posts are still unable to address the needs of the pastoral communities adequately.

Collaborative community checklists for immunisation: a feasibility and acceptability study in rural Myanmar

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This formative evaluation tests a new approach, collaborative checklists, to educate and involve communities in the provision of immunisation services in Myanmar

Investigating the feasibility of HIV self-testing in Zambia

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2017  

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia conducted a six-month formative study that investigated factors influencing acceptability of HIV self-tests, potential methods to ensure linkage

Assessment of possible outlets for distribution of oral HIV self-tests in Kenya

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  
Authors of this study generated evidence to help inform the design and evaluation of programmes using oral HIV self-tests in Kenya. They examined the possible outlets and/or networks for the distribution of oral HIV self-tests among potential users and to explore how the distribution of oral HIV self-tests through various channels can be organised to better meet the needs of potential users.

Insights Into Potential Users and Messaging for HIV Oral Self-Test Kits in Kenya

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  
The authors used a mixed methods approach to conduct formative research among potential consumers to understand their specific motivations and incentives to use oral HIV self-tests. They also assessed what messaging and other methods might be effective for increasing the acceptability and demand for self-tests, particularly among at-risk populations.

How HIV Self-Testing kits should be packaged in Kenya

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  
Authors of this study focused on questions related to packaging and labelling for oral HIV self-test kits in Kenya, specifically, those related to the government’s existing and planned regulations.

Understanding and preventing potential social harms and abuses of oral HIV self-testing in Kenya

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  
The authors assessed the potential social harms and abuses associated with oral HIV self-testing among male and female adults aged 15-49 years in urban and rural Kenya.

Accuracy of oral HIV self-tests in Kenya

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  
Authors of this study assessed the effect of an intervention by North Star Alliance to provide truck drivers attending two of their clinics a choice of HIV testing options, including a self-administered oral HIV test in the presence of a health care provider or to take home and perform on their own.