Indicator Worksheet
- UNICEF wants to increase the correct usage of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORSs) to treat dehydration due to diarrhea, since Cote d’Ivoire should not be losing more than 11,000 of its future leaders per year to an easily treatable disease.
- UNICEF reaches out to the Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Health and presents its project.
- Cote d’Ivoire NGOs and partners provide one week of intensive training, a gradually-decreasing monthly stipend, and a six-month supply of ORSs.
- The first task of the health committee, through participatory method, is to adapt the template tariff system provided by the partners of UNICEF to ensure the sustainability and equity of the project.
- UNICEF will supply the community with ORSs initially and hold monthly training sessions.
- UNICEF will facilitate the production of educational materials to raise awareness regarding treatment options.
Performance Management Plan Indicator Worksheet
(One worksheet per proposed indicator)
1. Name and number of Strategic Objective: Decreased child mortality due to dehydration from diarrhea
2. Name and number of Intermediate Result: IR.1: Increased adoption of treatment practices, IR.2: Improved protection of watersheds, IR.3: Increased adoption of prevention practices
3. Indicator (state in QQTP terms): A 50% increase in the number of households correctly using ORSs to treat dehydration due to diarrhea in children under five in six targeted regions within three years of the inception of the project
4. Is this an Annual Report indicator? Yes.
5. Precise definitions of terms included in the indicator
“ORS” stands for oral rehydration salts and is the principal way to treat dehydration due to diarrhea.
“Correctly” ensures the proper usage of ORSs, because they will either a) not alleviate dehydration from diarrhea if used improperly and/or b) harm children, since improperly mixed ORSs actually exacerbate health complications from diarrhea.
“Targeted regions” refers to the six regions where UNICEF already works in Cote D’Ivoire: Dix-Huit Montagnes, Moyen-Cavally, Denguelé, Vallée du Bandama, Marahoué, Worodougou.
6. Unit of measure: Households
7. Disaggregated by: Region and size
8. Indicator Justification and Management Utility: This indicator is used since it will measure the approximate rate of adoption of diarrhea treatment methods
9. Data collection method: Household surveys
10. Data source: Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Health
11. Data analysis: Two-tailed t-test to determine statistical significance
12. Presentation of Data: Formal report and presentations of data
13. Review of data (how and by whom will data quality be safeguarded?): UNICEF Policy Planning and Development Office and Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Health
14. Reporting of data (how, by whom and to whom will data be reported?): By UNICEF at the annual review conference held at UN Headquarters to representatives of member states, UN-registered NGOs, and UN internal staff.