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Annual Monitoring <strong>Indicators</strong> 8. P ART 8.1. Introduction Information from regular reporting of activities from growth monitoring and promotion programs (GMP) will enhance program management and can provide valuable insights into the interpretation of anthropometric indicators of impact that are required by USAID. This section describes how annual monitoring indicators that are based upon data from monitoring may be collected and reported in a standard format. This will help make the indicators more useful for management of programs at all levels within countries and for reporting to USAID. Reporting information to USAID on annual monitoring indicators is recommended but not required. The recommended annual monitoring indicators for maternal and child health and nutrition programs are: • Percent of eligible children in growth monitoring/promotion (MP); • Percent of children in GMP program gaining weight in past 3 months (gender specific). 8.2. Routine Data Collection These guidelines are designed to avoid any unnecessary burden of reporting on staff at all levels in program implementation and so information for the monitoring indicators should come from routinely collected data rather than special surveys. At this time, there is not a standard format for collecting data from GMP activity and, the indicators that are available will vary widely, among Cooperating Sponsors and countries, and in some cases within the same Cooperating Sponsor. It is appropriate to report whatever data are readily accessible and avoid investing scarce resources in attempts to generate or retrieve data that are not readily accessible. Data needed for the first index, GMP attendance rate: 1. The denominator - the number of eligible children in the population, by gender and age (usually the most reliable estimates will be those the project has gathered as part of its baseline survey, or other data collection activities); 2. The numerator - the number of children in growth monitoring/promotion. The classification of “in growth monitoring/promotion” is meant to reflect the total number of children whose weight has been monitored in clinic- and/or village-based activities. This number may be the total number of children weighed in the ‘round’ immediately before the reporting period, or it may be an estimate of the ‘usual’ total number of children attending weighing activities over the reporting period. How the number is 8. 49
8. derived is not necessarily important, but it is most important to report clearly how the estimate was made. Because attendance at GMP programs varies widely with age, this number will be more meaningful if it is age specific - e.g.,
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