ACTwatch weekly meeting minutes

Date: 13-01-2014
Time: 16:00 EAT
Chair: Erick
Note taker: Vamsi
Roll call (all in NBO unless otherwise noted):
Erick, John, Julius, Sudoi, Vamsi (In NBO). Megan on call
from DC. Julie on Skype from Geneva.

The rotating order of weekly meeting chairs is as follows
(responsible for next meeting):
1. Nikki 6. Julius
2. Vamsi (Chair) 7. Julie
3. Steve 8. John
4. Raymond (note-taker) 9. Hana
5. Kevin 10. Erick


Next meeting planned for Monday, January20, 2014 at 16:00hrs
(EAT)


Agenda Item Issue Action
Administrative
Approval of last
mtg minutes

Minutes approved.


Welcome Megan
Littrell
VV welcome Megan Littrell as the new Senior Research Advisor for ACTwatch.
ML is undergoing orientation this week and begins working on Benin study
design with JA.

DRC update

Data cleaning has started. All questionnaires have been brought back from Ipsos
to the ACTwatch office.
JA: To update on progress next week
Myanmar update

All reports and tables submitted to Myanmar as promised. Chris White to write
an article based on the project and results and circulate for feedback.

No action form our part until we get
the abstract from Chris.
Nigeria update

Trip reports have been circulated for feedback. Chinazo is back in the office this
week. RS to work with Chinazo to complete the field report.
Data entry - Erick checked the number of records and relayed to Nigeria that we
are missing over a 1000 records. Nigeria to send the final dataset with complete
records.
RS to support Chinazo compile FW
report

RS/EA to review data
Cambodia update Data entry is complete. A total of 16204 outlets have beeb approached, of which
we 1480 are eligible for inclusion. TSGs audited = 2705; NT = 2803; RDTs = 1263
Data has been sent to Kevin, who will begin cleaning the data in February.
KD to clean data after returning from
Madagascar in February
Project planning
update


Zambia
JR and VV working on study design. KD has offered his comments on the
questionnaire following Lasons feedback.

Benin
JA working on Benin study design and questionnaire. ML to support JA to
complete the study design and questionnaire.

Kenya/ Tanzania
VV- the draft contract will be sent back to UNITAID this week for amendments.
More to come after we hear back from UNITAID

Smart technology
VV working on a strategy to implement EDC in target countries.






JA to send study design and
questionnaire and





EA- to present a brief report on
electronic data collection to JR and
VV
Project review
meeting

VV: Project review meeting is planned for last week of February 2014. ML will
be in Nairobi to attend the meeting.
VV to discuss dates with NC on
Friday.
AOB

None


Plans for this week (Jan. 13-17, 2014)
Who Particulars
Vamsi Finalize P&L for the year, project planning and develop strategy for electronic data collection.
John Starting on Zambia.
Julius Uganda data cleaning
Julie Cleaning DRC data
Kevin Data collection in Madagascar.
Erick Cambodia technical support, data merging; Nigeria support as needed.
Raymond Nigeria data cleaning and field report

Leave and movements
Date Particulars
Jan 13 - TBD Julie working from Geneva
Jan 30 Kevin returns to Nairobi

Conferences and Meetings
Conference/ meeting
title
Abstract
deadline
Conference/Meeting
Date
Location Focal
person(s)
Status
MERG N/A February 26-28 Ouagadougou, Burkina Steve Attending
APMEN N/A March 10-13 Manila, Philippines Vamsi/ Chris Seeking invite
Malaria Journal TBD September 22-24 Oxford, UK Vamsi Waiting
HSR symposium January 15 Sept 30 Oct 3 Cape Town Vamsi Submitted as
part of a panel
with UCSF
ASTMH 63
rd
Annual
Meeting
TBD (~May 2014) November 2-6 New Orleans Vamsi N/A
APHA 143
rd
annual
meeting
February 2, 2014 November 15-19 New Orleans Vamsi/ John Brainstorming