RBM Partnership Needs Assessment Package
The Needs Assessment Calculation Tool assists with calculation of commodity requirements and costs for the core intervention areas.
in English, in French
The RBM Needs Assessment Report Template includes subheadings where narrative sections should be inserted and blank tables where the key information, collected as part of the needs assessment, should be included.
in English, in French
The Guidelines for RBM Needs Assessment take the country and consultants through the core components of the assessment, outlining which issues must be addressed and indicating what information and data should be collected at each point to inform the analysis.
in English
- Tool Designer Organization:
- RBM
- Contact:
- Dr James Banda
Summary of main features
- Purpose
- These guidelines have been written to assist national malaria control programs and partners who
will be supported by external and internal consultants to carry out their individual needs
assessment while also providing a general framework for cross-country comparisons/issues.
The needs assessment process will cover four key areas:
- General information: demographic and epidemiological profile, progress, estimated gap, and requirements
- Core interventions: prevention and case management
- Cross-cutting issues: epidemic/emergency control, advocacy/IEC/BCC, surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation
- Program management and health systems: program management, supply management, and health system strengthening
The process and documentation of the needs assessment will be driven by three main tools: the Needs Assessment Calculation Tool, the RBM Partnership Needs Assessment Report Template, and the Guidelines for RBM Partnership Needs Assessment
- Scope of interventions
- National malaria control programme
- Limitations
- Output
- 1. Report of the total needs of the country to achieve SUFI
2. Total and unit costs, with costs assessed by strategy (routine, fixed-site delivery, outreach, and campaigns), by intervention, and by program component, with findings for total financing and future funding gaps and composition of funding gaps - Time frame
- Short (1 to 3 years) and medium term (annual up to 5 years)
- Potential users
- National malaria control program managers and national planners will be the principal users. It can be used by consultants and RBM partners
- Skills required
- Good Excel skills, knowledge of malaria, some experience with planning and assessing programs, interventions, costing, financing, planning, and budgeting
- Type of software
- Excel spreadsheet for The Needs Assessment Calculation Tool and Word for The RBM Needs Assessment Report Template and The Guidelines for RBM Needs Assessment
- User manual available?
- Yes (English and French)
- Type and length of training required
- 1—7 days for self-teaching, depending on experience
- Available languages
- English and French
- Country applications
- To be deployed in 45 malaria-endemic countries
- Last update and version