Polybius defines the historian's task as the study and collation of documents, acquaintance with relevant geographical features, and, finally, political experience (XII, 25e); of these the last two are the most essential.
Then, step 2: perform the survey task (includes data collection and collation, calculations, etc).
We defined exercised authority over the HIV M&E function as: a manager undertakes tasks to oversee HIV data collection, collation and analysis, and uses HIV data to review the programme and take action.
Participants reported whether they performed specific tasks within each M&E domain (data collection, collation, analysis and use).
This is partl y because of the lack of statistical units in some State Forest Departments and the fact that the involved staff, being already burdened with other work, may be inclined to treat collation of information from user agencies as a secondary task.
We are expanding this data collation effort in coordination with the ACToR project.
We defined 'exercised authority' over the HIV M&E function as performance of tasks to: a) oversee the production of HIV information (HIV data collection, collation and analysis), and b) use HIV information for monitoring services.
The recent collation of molecules screened versus Mtb and their targets could help in the task of suggesting potential targets for HTS hits [19].
To measure this, we first identified the M&E tasks that managers are reasonably expected to perform within each M&E domain (collection, collation, analysis, use) by consulting the M&E literature and using information from an expert informant (senior provincial manager).
Unfortunately, the text of the collation was irreconcilable with Codex Alexandrinus and he abandoned the project.
