Lorna McPherson

About Lorna McPherson

Management Sciences for Health - MSH
Website: http://www.msh.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United States About: Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization composed of nearly 1,300 people from more than 60 nations. MSH's mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with partners, MSH is helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.

Recent Contributions

Lorna McPherson replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening" .

And to add to what Balsama says, M & E must be used to inform a new round of planning
Lorna McPherson replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening" .

I think that what we need is "M & E for Dummies" since M & E and it's important are not clearly understood at the level of the front-line workers. At every level in the health system we need to make it clear what data is collected, why and to ...
Lorna McPherson replied to "Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening" .

Firstly, I approach M & E like a scientific experiment. If I am testing the effect of say 'x' on the growth of 'y', BEFORE starting the feeding process, in addition to having all f my inputs in place and knowing all of the outputs, i must also know what ...

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