[Establishment and application of monitoring and evaluation indicator framework for malaria elimination at province and county levels in China].

OBJECTIVE

To establish a monitoring and evaluation indicator framework in the context of malaria elimination in pilot areas in China, so as to further assess the malaria elimination work in the future.

METHODS

Based on the consultancy, and according to the government documents such as Action Plan for Malaria Elimination in China (2010-2020), Technical Guidance for Malaria Elimination, Programme Evaluation on Malaria Elimination, the indicators were set up at both provincial and county levels and their application was conducted in Yunnan and Anhui provinces to assess the accountability, accessibility and applicability.

RESULTS

An indicator framework was built up including four key components, which were input, process, output and impact indicators, in which 95 were provincial indicators and 98 were county indicators. The completion rate of the indicators of Yunnan and Anhui provinces were 94.7% (90/95) and 95.8% (91/95) respectively; and the completion rate of indicators of Tengchong and Feidong counties were 93.9% (92/98) and 92.9% (91/98) respectively.

CONCLUSION

The established indicator framework is reliable and applicable, which could effectively help to track the malaria elimination progress and identify gaps.