M&E for Health Programmes: Indicators, Surveillance and HMIS Training Course

This advanced course develops technical skills in monitoring and evaluation specifically for health programmes, covering indicator harmonisation against national and global health frameworks, integration with routine health information systems, and surveillance data use in programme M&E. Participants work through real health indicator frameworks and HMIS data structures rather than generic M&E theory, examining what makes health M&E genuinely different from other sectors. The course closes with an M&E framework designed for a defined health programme, harmonised against relevant national indicators.

Monitoring and evaluation for health programmes carries technical demands that generic M&E training does not fully prepare practitioners for, from harmonising programme indicators against national and global health frameworks to integrating programme data with routine health management information systems that were never designed with a single donor-funded project in mind.

M&E officers assigned to health portfolios frequently arrive with strong general M&E grounding but limited exposure to the specific data architecture of the health sector, including HMIS structures, surveillance reporting cycles and the indicator harmonisation demands of national health strategies. This advanced course builds that missing layer, moving beyond general M&E principles into the health-specific indicator design and systems integration skills the sector actually requires.

• Explain how health M&E differs technically from general M&E practice
• Harmonise programme indicators against national and global health frameworks
• Integrate programme M&E data with routine health information systems
• Design indicator frameworks addressing input, process, output and outcome levels
• Assess surveillance data quality and its use in programme monitoring
• Evaluate cohort and longitudinal tracking approaches for health programmes
• Structure data quality assurance specific to health data collection
• Assess disaggregation requirements for equity-focused health M&E
• Advise health programme teams on M&E system design

This course is ideal for:

• M&E officers and specialists assigned to health programmes
• Health programme managers with M&E responsibility
• Ministry of health M&E and health information staff
• Donor-funded health project MEL staff
• Health information system administrators
• Development partner health programme staff
• Research staff supporting health programme evaluation
• Global health initiative country office M&E staff

The programme is delivered through facilitator-led technical sessions combined with indicator harmonisation exercises, HMIS data structure analysis and a framework design simulation, structured around small-group work and real or anonymised health M&E material rather than lecture alone. Each module closes with a short applied task so participants leave with working tools rather than notes alone.

Organisations that send staff to this course can expect:

• Health programme M&E genuinely aligned with national reporting systems
• Reduced parallel reporting burden through better HMIS integration
• Improved indicator harmonisation across multiple funding sources
• Stronger use of surveillance data to inform programme monitoring
• Better data quality assurance specific to health data collection
• Improved equity analysis through appropriate disaggregation
• Increased credibility with ministry of health and HMIS counterparts
• A documented health M&E strengthening approach
• Stronger overall health programme accountability and learning

Participants leave this course with:

• Advanced technical skill in M&E specifically for health programmes
• Confidence to harmonise indicators against national and global frameworks
• Sharper HMIS integration and data flow design skills
• Practical experience assessing surveillance data quality for M&E use
• Stronger standing in health sector M&E discussions
• A completed M&E framework for direct application
• Improved ability to design equity-focused disaggregation approaches
• A specialist network across African health M&E practice
• A foundation for senior health M&E leadership roles

At Strategic Revenue Africa, our certification goes beyond proof of attendance—it represents practical competence and measurable capability. Upon successful completion of our training programs, participants are awarded a Certificate of Completion from Strategic Revenue Africa, recognizing their ability to apply acquired knowledge in real-world settings. As an organization focused on architecting sustainable revenue and strengthening organizational performance, our certifications signal that participants are equipped with skills that drive results, not just theory.

Prior general M&E experience is expected, alongside some exposure to health programming. This is an advanced, practitioner-level course building sector-specific depth onto existing M&E foundations.