Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP)

What has been the role of the CDC in the Coalition? Has the coordination been maximized? Are therelimitations in coordinating?Evaluate to what extent TB CAP has played a role in the global response to TB control.What has TB CAP contributed to the development of global TB policies and strategies?Evaluate to what extent tools developed by TB CAP have been disseminated and used beyond theCoalition partners.How does TB CAP relate to and work with the Stop TB Partnership?What role, if any, has TB CAP played in coordinating activities at the country level, working with theNTP and with other technical agencies? If they are serving in this role, are there some lessons learnedor best practices in the area of partner coordination?Does TB CAP present an added advantage and appeal to the National TB Control Program (NTP) incomparison to other partners working on TB control?What has TB CAP contributed to ensure sustainability of TA interventions?V. METHODOLOGYThe evaluation will gather information through reports and data review, TB CAP staff and local partnerinterviews, focus group discussions, and interviews with consumers, such as MOH personnel and localservice providers and recipients, interviews with USAID Mission and Washington staff, and country fieldvisits. The team should develop data collection and evaluation tools for ensuring consistency ofinformation for different target groups and field visits. Sources of information and methods used shouldbe described in the final report.Desk ReviewA member of the evaluation team will carry out a desk review of materials generated by the project aspreparation for the full team background reading and prior to the Team Planning Meeting (TPM). Thistask will include review of various sources of information, such as quarterly reports, trip reports, annualreports and other relevant documents to be provided by the PMU.This desk review will help to organize the materials for external evaluation team analysis and review ofprogress to date. It will allow the team to quickly digest the wealth of information and maximize theirtime. The analyzed information and summaries as well as all the documents for conducting this deskreview will be provided to the team. The team will have full access to the TB CAP eRoom where all thepertinent documents are kept and some communication is held.In addition:USAID/Washington will provide the team with historical program documents before the TPM. Thesedocuments will include the technical proposal, cooperative agreement, yearly work plans, financialdocuments, progress reports and any other relevant materials.The TB CAP partners will be a good source of information for additional documents on projectactivities. These documents will be made available upon request in advance for the desk review taskand/or the team will have access to e-Room.GH Tech and the evaluation team will be responsible for collecting and reviewing any other relevantdocuments throughout the evaluation.EVALUATION OF THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TB CAP) 45