Afghanistan Pilot Country Study

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Afghanistan Pilot Country Study
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Evaluate adoption of Badghis survey model

• Data to collect
• Which organizations have heard of model
• If yes, how?
• If no, why not?
• Which organizations have used model?
• If not, why not?
• Which parts have been adopted?
• What difficulties?
• What revisions suggested?
• What data were added to surveys?
• What data were substituted?

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Evaluate adoption of Badghis survey model

• What training needs exist to use model better?
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• What would organizations do differently for their
  next survey?
• Are the results of surveys comparable?
• Can these results be aggregated?
• Methods
• Interviews with coordinators
• Review of survey reports

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Integration of food security and anthropometric
data

• Data to collect
• Coordination of collection of food security and
  anthropometric data
• Who?
• How?
• How do organizations use both types of data?
• Methods
• Review of minutes of coordination meetings
• Review of nutrition and food security reports
• Interviews with coordinators

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Overall coordination of assessment among agencies

• Data to collect
• Role of AIMS in fostering coordination
• Willingness of organizations to share
• Nutrition reports
• Raw data from surveys
• Aggregation of survey results to produce big
  picture
• Source of funds for nutrition and food security
  assessment

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Overall coordination of assessment among agencies

• Methods
• Assessment of contents of AIMS
• Interviews with AIMS personnel
• Review of reports
• Interviews with coordinators

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Building capacity

• Data to collect
• Amount and type of training provided to
• NGOs
• National government personnel
• Local government personnel
• What efforts should be done in future
• Method
• Interviews with government officials
• Interviews with coordinators
• Review of training curricula

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Testing methods of mortality measurement

• Data to collect
• Mortality data in cross-sectional surveys
• Method
• Integrate into surveys 2 or 3 methods of
  assessing mortality