Performance Monitoring for Action

Behind the Scenes of PMA’s Data Collectors

Performance Monitoring for Action, besides providing high-quality data on family planning and sexual and reproductive health, also empowers the women data collectors associated with it and gives them confidence that extends beyond the project. The tireless women data collectors, known as Resident Enumerators, while being on an unstoppable spree of absorbing skills and knowledge during PMA training sessions in Jaipur, Udaipur, and Jodhpur – showed some light on how PMA has been instrumental throughout in overcoming barriers they face in their mental, physical, and financial growth. 

Here are a few of the stories the women bravely shared with us.  

Behind the Scenes of PMA’s Data Collectors

Richest Women in Lagos Use More Family Planning Than the Poorest

The richest women in Lagos state were more likely than their poorest counterparts to report using a family planning method. This is a finding from a recent survey by the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020-Nigeria (PMA2020-NG) research team and holds true for both modern methods [pills, condoms, injectables, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants] and traditional methods (withdrawal and periodic abstinence).

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Gates Institute at Bloomberg School Awarded Two Grants to Collect Actionable Data on Family Planning in Africa and Asia

The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded two new grants—totaling $22.1 million—by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement longitudinal surveys to fill data gaps—collecting information not currently measured by other large-scale surveys. The innovative survey design makes it possible to track key health indicators and the factors that drive changes in them.

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Researchers Find Women Who Owned a Cell Phone in Burkina Faso are More Likely to Report Modern Contraceptive Use

A new article published in Contraception assesses the association between cell phone ownership and modern contraceptive use among women in Burkina Faso. The research seeks to understand the opportunity to track family planning indicators using cell phone surveys or provide family planning interventions remotely using data from the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) program.

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