Table 2.

Summary evaluation results on theme two: effectiveness

Evaluation Question: Did the AFENET laboratory project achieve its objectives?
Sub-questions and context	Elements of Interest	Indicators	Target	Data Source	Achievement of evaluation sub-questions Yes/No/Partial	Summary of Results
Was the HIV network (viral load, drug resistance, EID, PIMATM) strengthened in the selected Countries		-Number of countries supported to develop HIV network frameworks	2	HIV network frameworks Continuation application documents Project reports	Yes	The HIV networks were created and strengthened within the participating countries
		-Number of participating sites	20
Was an easy to use Laboratory Information System (LIS) expanded and implemented in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and the Caribbean?	-Targeted number of laboratories installed with easy-to-use LIS -Capacity building in managing the LIS -Number of countries that benefitted	-Number of laboratories installed with easy-to-use LIS	23	Project reports (Annual, quarterly reports) Continuation application documents	Partial	The LIS was only developed in the Caribbean using proprietary tools. BLIS did not seem to work in the countries where it was expected to work. Only 10/23 laboratories eventually had LIS.
		-Number of LIS equipment procured	10
		-Number of IT persons trained	20
Were Laboratory Quality Management Systems strengthened in the participating countries	-Strengthened QMS systems In all project countries	-Number of QMS related training conducted	8	Project reports (Annual, quarterly reports) Continuation application documents	Yes	QMS systems were introduced and strengthened in all the participating countries
		-Laboratory related documents the laboratories were supported to develop	15 documents per lab
		-Equipment service contracts in place	3

Effectiveness: Yes = 2, Partial = 1, Total sub questions = 3, Mark =67%