It is a rare moment when researchers, policymakers, and implementers are in the same room talking about the same thing. But this is happening next week at the IOM workshop on Design Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR. Held Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1 at the National Academies in downtown Washington, this public meeting is being convened to discuss methodological, policy and practical design considerations for the future evaluation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Following on the coattails of the release of the first IOM Evaluation of PEPFAR, this workshop will be an opportunity to look ahead at how the next stage of the program can answer some of the questions that remain from the first evaluation - questions around adherence to medication regimes, determinants of testing, different prevention strategies, positive and negative spill-over effects of targeted funding, and more. By bringing together a diverse set of stakeholders at a forward-looking moment, this workshop will be more than a discussion of evaluation methodologies and will start where all good evaluation starts: with the questions of policymakers and program managers.
Register online to participate in this free workshop, to be held at the National Academies, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.
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