Proposal For Country X And Y: Public Health Project

Section

Proposal for Country X

Proposal for Country Y

Score

Justification

Score

Justification

Background and relevance

· The proposed project aims to address a clearly demonstrated public health need.

· The proposal is based on a comprehensive situational analysis.

· The underlying causes of the public health problem are identified.

· The target population are explicitly identified and necessary background provided by relevant and up to date scientific knowledge

· The proposal highlights the ways in which the proposed project is complimentary to the existing country priorities and initiatives.

13/15

The author is accurate on the information provided. The author does not state the thesis of the paper. It is not clear what the paper is about from the introduction. But the information given is clear and up to date on the estimated number of patients and the year when the cases occurred (Reiss, 2014). It is set up with up to date knowledge of the case.

14/15

The author is clear on the information on country Y. A clear estimation of the population and also narrowing down by comparing the places that there is more poverty and some developing areas in the country. It also compares the years when there was a high and low GDP in the country (Liu, and Xie, 2013). Further it covers the activities and reasons why they have developments in the GDP and what has been dragging the GDP of the country. The purpose of the project is identified.

Project objectives, design and beneficiaries,

· Outcomes clearly defined, realistic and measurable.

· The goal of the project logically flows from the problem.

· Programme logic of the proposed project is clear.

· Proposed methods suggested for the project are well described

· The proposal clearly articulates how the proposed project addresses the health problem.

24/25

The author gives clear information on the objectives. The author talk about poverty in country x, it is clearly illustrated how Ebola has contributed to the poverty of the country. It is also indicated how the country is receiving assistance from organisations so as to improve the development of the country and eradicate poverty in the country (Pajares, 2013). There are programs and strategies that are set up to help the country.  

23/25

There are set objectives that the project contributes to. This includes the implementation of new policies that will control the spread of HIV in the country. This means that they have identified the problem and set the goals that identify with the problem (Ika, and Hodgson, 2014). The project has specific beneficiaries which are outlined.

Engagement, implementation arrangements and sustainability

· Organisational arrangements for implementation are clearly described.

· The implementing organisations have demonstrated sufficient knowledge and experience to implement the project.

· Approaches to stakeholder engagement and communication are outlined.

· The proposed project is informed by project implementation knowledge.

· Considerations and plans for the sustainability of the project are outlined.

9/15

The organisations working with country X are described but they are not explained to what extent they are working with the country, for how long they intend to work with the country. What will they use to measure if their intentions are working or they are fruitful enough? It does not explain how their intentions work directly with the normal civilians of country X (Hanna-Attisha, LaChance, Sadler, and Champney Schnepp, 2016). If the normal citizens are involved directly in the project there will be more chances that the project is going to work more effectively.

14/15

There are two implementation strategies. There two coordinating parties in this project. The oversight of the project is done by a principle secretary who is heading the committee of the nutrition of HIV and AIDS. The implementation procedures are provided by the project Operations manual (Wassmer, Paquin and Sharma, 2014). In the implementation of the project there are implementation arrangements which are carried out under the secretary’s institutional structure.

Budget

The budget is comprehensive and accounts for all costs directly related to the project.

· The budget has a clear justification.

· The budget adds up correctly.

· The budget accounts for the Monitoring and Evaluation of the project.

· The budget clearly indicates any other funding sources contributing to the project outcomes.

10/10

The project cost accounts corrects with all the money well assigns to programs relating to the projects. There is proper accounting for all the funds allocated to the project. The government had well aligned ways of monitoring the progress of the projects in terms of the funds and how they are spent (Becker, 2014).  It also takes control of all the finances that are assigned to the project that come from all kinds of sources.

10/10

The project financial reports tally collect. Their funds are managed by Unibank. There are donors funds that are assigned to the project are they are also accounted for. The funds are dividing into two categories of Nutritional development and the HIV and AIDS strategic plan (Kung, Huang and Cheng, 2013). The leading instrument I funding this project is a specific investment loan.

Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

· It clearly describes the methods for the M&E of the proposed project.

· Indicators are provided for M&E at all levels of the hierarchy of the programme logic which align with the SMART criteria

· It provides details for the M&E including who will conduct the M&E, when, how often, sources of data to be used, etc.

· It describes what will be done with the results from the M&E.

23/25

There are effective monitoring and evaluation programs which are used as the guide progress for the ongoing project (Termeer, and Bruinsma, 2016). There are indications of the project development as per the years on the project indications (Vaughan, et al. 2013; Pruden et al., 2013). The district teams are used to access the project.

24/25

The project consists of all-inclusive and well-organized monitoring and evaluation structures. They put track on the progression of the project. The systems are set that the levels feed information from one level to the nest and the information is reflected back to the districts and the communities (Field, Booth, Ilott, and Gerrish, 2014). The information about the projects is them presented inform of tables with all-inclusive account.

Risk Assessment and management, including environmental and social safeguards

· The proposal considers cross-cutting issues such as gender, human rights, etc.

· Social and environmental considerations are made, including the consideration of vulnerable populations.

· Key risks to the proposed project are clearly outlined

· Concrete plans to address key identified risks (risk management) are provided.

9/10

The project focuses on rebuilding the social trust of the community on the public health system. This was practically done by involving the community lay workers in the project activities. The overall risk is rated substantial. Though this country is infected with limited transparency and accountability (Hermano, López-Paredes, Martín-Cruz, and Pajares, J. 2013). There is also a major risk on the implementation of the project; the project does not support any investments that have a possibility to harm the environment. The project funds most of the health programs that are needed by the community.

9/10

The project has overall moderate risk on the nutrition, HIV and AIDS which have grown to be substantial. There are risks that are associated with the management of funds. The risk is taken care of by having NAC controlling the Uni-bank funded projects. This is achieving by the affiliation of two institutions (Kelsey et al, 2013) Platform and contributor risk are rated moderate because there is established donor management that are in place to handle that.

Total Score

88/100

94/100

Recommendation(1, 2 or 3)

1- fund; 2 – reconsider if additional information provided; 3-  do not fund

There should be a strategy laid to ensure that after the project is done things do not get back to where they were

The country is more organised and its project is well structured, but most of the funds are loans.

Justification for recommendation provided above. Consider the aspects of the proposal assessed above in terms of their inclusion/exclusion in the proposal, quality, and logic/linkage.

Summarise the positive features and limitations of each proposal in your justification

. It is of no good to find out that when the project is done the country faces the same challenges again or there will be new challenges resulting from the project

The loans might end up being a burden to the country once the project is done. This might increase the taxes which will affect the country’s economy and ability to run by its self especially on health sector.