Table 1. Data sources to track DREAMS implementation in each setting.

	Process evaluation activities	Monitoring activities
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal	• Semi structured in-depth interviews (n = 10 AGYW beneficiaries; n = 9 DREAMS implementing partners [IPs]) • Community discussions with mixed-gender, female- and male-only groups (n = 11) • Group discussions with learners/students (n = 2) • Stakeholder interviews with local and district municipality, government departments including health and social development (n = 9) • Community mapping in 5 communities: participant observation, e.g., ‘Let’s Talk’ and ‘Stepping Stones’, and short interviews to understand the social context for adolescents and young people and the reach of AGYW services including DREAMS interventions	• Gantt charts developed by evaluators to track the status of implementation on a monthly basis (each service in the core package) • Review of DREAMS documents: DREAMS monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Framework for South Africa • Review of DREAMS tools: mapping and district prioritisation; centralised M&E database for IP reporting (‘DIMES’)
Kenya (urban) - 2 informal slum settlements in Nairobi [labelled Settlements A and B]	• Key informant interviews (n = 10 with DREAMS IPs, village chiefs, youth leaders, and service providers) • In-depth interviews with AGYW (n = 20) and ABYM (n = 20) • Group discussions with parents (n = 2), DREAMS mentors and facilitators (n = 4) • Structured observations (n = 16), including DREAMS ‘safe spaces’ and health facilities	• Gantt charts (as above) • Review of DREAMS documents: Service uptake forms for all Kenya IPs (made available July 2017); DREAMS minimum package and situation-based service packages for Kenya (available Aug 2017) • Review of DREAMS tools: centralised M&E database for IP reporting of DREAMS enrolments and services provided in Kenya
Kenya (rural) - a sub-county of Siaya county	N/A Not started at time of writing	• Gantt charts (as above) • Review of DREAMS documents and tools for Kenya (as above) • Reflection sessions with programme managers of DREAMS IPs
Zimbabwe - 2 districts [labelled Districts A and B]	• Mapping exercise to identify hotspots where young women sell sex • Focus group discussions with AGYW (n = 2) • Informal phone interviews with key informants (n = 8 DREAMS IPs) • Key informant interviews with IPs (n = 16) • In-depth interviews with ‘seeds’ (young women who sell sex [YWSS]; n = 10)	• Gantt charts (as above) • Review of DREAMS documents: DREAMS Screening and Referral Guidelines (Aug 2017); Referral protocol (Oct 2016); national, provincial and district multi-partner meeting minutes • Review of DREAMS tools:Screening/assessment tools; DREAMS Service Passport; centralised M&E database in DHIS2 for IP reporting of DREAMS services & referrals; Ministry of Health and Community Care referral book (updated for DREAMS 2017)