Overview

This guidance consolidates, prioritizes and describes key indicators to monitor the national and global response of the health sector to HIV. Its goal is to help countries choose, collect and systematically analyse strategic information to guide the health sector response to HIV. The aim of consolidation is to ensure that all indicators are in one place, are prioritized and linked in a result chain, and can be used to support quality care along the health sector cascade of HIV services.

This document consists of three parts – the strategic information framework, measurement along the cascade of health services for HIV, and data sources and use. Annexes include indicator tables on health systems inputs and health financing and costing and sources and additional resources to support using this guidance.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• 1. Strategic information: a consolidated framework
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Why collect and use strategic information?
  • 1.3 Organization of the document
  • 1.4 The strategic framework
  • 1.5 Selection, prioritization and analysis of indicators
  • 1.6 Accountability and the 90–90–90 target
• 2. Prevention, care and treatment services along the HIV cascade
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Know your epidemic
  • 2.3 Tracking critical resource inputs
  • 2.4 HIV prevention, care and treatment cascade
  • 2.5 Evaluating impact
• 3. Effective strategic information
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Data sources
  • 3.3 Data systems
  • 3.4 Data quality review
  • 3.5 Data analysis and use
• 4. What next: how to use this guide
• 5. Annexes
  • Annex 1 Table from Part II, section 2.3 Tracking critical resources
  • Annex 2 Consolidated Strategic Information Guidelines list of indicators
• Bibliography

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