Mid-term Evaluation of Strengthening Health Security and Biosecurity in Tanzania by Biodetection Capacity Building
The mid-term evaluation (MTE) of the first phase of Strengthening Health Security and Biosecurity in Tanzania was done in 2017.
The MTE found that the benefit provided relative to the program costs has been substantial. The project has strengthened the expertise and capabilities of Tanzanian health sectors to deal with biothreat management and reduced the possibility of infectious disease outbreaks. According to the MTE the greatest challenge is sustainability. The MTE recommended to continue collaboration to develop human capacity as well as to ensure the availability of the technology and resources to address the burden of disease in Tanzania.
Evaluations provide impartial information on the achievement of objectives set for development cooperation. Evaluations are conducted in order to learn from successes and setbacks, and the lessons learned are used for developing future cooperation.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs conducts two kinds of evaluations based on the size of evaluations and on the party responsible for the implementation: decentralised (= project and programme) and centralised (= comprehensive) evaluations.
Project and programme evaluations assess individual projects and programmes. They are carried out by the units and embassies responsible for projects' implementation.
Comprehensive evaluations focus on larger entities, such as policies, strategies and instruments, and they are conducted by the Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11).