Interagency Health Evaluation Burundi - Health and nutrition in the humanitarian context

This report is the product of an interagency team health and nutrition evaluation in Burundi, conducted from 21 March to 29 April 2005. The evaluation is part of an international initiative “Interagency Health Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises”.1
The aim of the inter-agency evaluation in health and nutrition was to review processes in-country in order to provide strategic and practical information for the humanitarian programme design and implementation. At the same time, the evaluation attempts to address general questions with regard to humanitarian assistance in the context of transition. Intended end-users include UN and international humanitarian organizations, representatives of donor agencies in Burundi, as well as policy makers and planners at the central level.
The main reference for the evaluation was the health and nutrition sector strategy of the CHAP 2005. The priorities formulated in that strategy were the basis against which progress and quality were reviewed, and to identify bottlenecks for achieving these objectives. While not all stakeholders were familiar with the 2005 strategy for health and nutrition, the priorities were generally considered to be still valid. Monitoring against indicators that were proposed in the strategy was not consistently introduced. The list of indicators is too comprehensive and some indicators need further specification. It is proposed that this takes place during the coming CHAP workshop, in early September.