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AFRICA HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP DESIGN ELEMENT EIGHT: EVALUATION MODERATOR: NATHANIEL OTOO ACCRA, OCTOBER 22, 2009

AFRICA HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP DESIGN ELEMENT EIGHT: EVALUATION MODERATOR: NATHANIEL OTOO ACCRA, OCTOBER 22, 2009. Friend to Marx: “Life is difficult!”  Marx to Friend: “Compared to what?”.

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AFRICA HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP DESIGN ELEMENT EIGHT: EVALUATION MODERATOR: NATHANIEL OTOO ACCRA, OCTOBER 22, 2009

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  1. AFRICA HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP • DESIGN ELEMENT EIGHT: EVALUATION MODERATOR: NATHANIEL OTOO • ACCRA, OCTOBER 22, 2009

  2. Friend to Marx: “Life is difficult!”  Marx to Friend: “Compared to what?”

  3. “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted” Albert Einstein

  4. The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question” Peter Drucker

  5. “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results” Milton Friedman

  6. “First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure” Mark Twain

  7. LESSONS FROM THE QUOTES • There must be a basis for M&E • What is to be measured should be clearly defined • Ask the right questions • Measure results not intentions • Do not be afraid of the truth

  8. INTITIAL DILEMMA WITHIN THE NHIS • What to measure • How to measure • When to measure • Who should measure • For whom is the measurement to • be done

  9. HOW WAS THIS DILEMMA RESOLVED • Revisited the existing policy • framework & law • Develop Corporate Strategy • Stakeholder consultation to define • roles • Benchmark against best practices

  10. BECOMING A TRUE M&E GENIUS “The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them” George Bernard Shaw

  11. BECOMING A TRUE M&E GENIUS “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information” Winston Churchill

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