Overview
This article contains SIMS 4.0 resources from FY20. Descriptions and links to the SIMS 4.0 FY20 Implementation Guide, SIMS 4.0 FY20 Above Site Assessment Tool, and SIMS 4.0 FY20 Site Assessment Tool are below. You will also find links to additional SIMS 4.0 materials attached at the bottom of this page.
SIMS 4.0 FY20 Implementation Guide
The objectives of the SIMS 4.0 Implementation Guide are to provide background information on the purpose of SIMS as a quality assurance tool, to inform SIMS Assessors with updates from SIMS 4.0 revisions, to provide instructions of the operationalization and implementation or SIMS 4.0, and to expand on how SIMS can be used in the larger arena of program quality improvement. The goals of SIMS 4.0 include:
- Implementing SIMS at priority sites and above-site locations where performance gaps, programmatic scaling, or need is identified
- Using assessment results, through actionable data analysis, to identify and facilitate programmatic improvement
- Providing a standardized approach and set of tools to monitor program quality at PEPFAR-supported sites
SIMS 4.0 FY20 Above Site Assessment Tool
The SIMS Above-Site Tool assesses adherence to known HIV program quality standards above the level where services are provided (i.e. above site level). SIMS Core Essential Elements (CEEs) are organized into programmatic Sets, and measure adherence to known HIV program quality standards.
Set 1: HIV Planning, Coordination, and Management-Health
Set 2: OVC/Social Services
Set 3: Guideline and Policies
Set 4: Private Sector Engagement and Advocacy
Set 5: Human Resources for Health
Set 6: Commodities
Set 7: Quality Management
Set 8: Laboratory and Blood Transfusion Support
Set 9: Strategic Information: Surveillance, Surveys and Evaluation
Set 10: Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance
SIMS 4.0 FY20 Site Assessment Tool
SIMS 4.0 Site Assessment Tool combined facility- and community-based service delivery tools into a single Site Assessment Tool. SIMS Core Essential Elements (CEEs) are organized into programmatic Sets, and measure adherence to known HIV program quality standards.
Set 1A: All Sites- General
Set 1B: All Sites- Commodity Management
Set 1C: Al Sites- Data Quality
Set 2A: Care and Treatment- General Population
Set 2B Care and Treatment for HIV-Infected Children
Set 3A: Key Populations- General
Set 3B: Care and Treatment- Key Populations
Set 4A: PMTCT-ANC, Postnatal, L&D
Set 4B: HIV Exposed Infants (HEI)
Set 5: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC)
Set 6: AGYW, GBV, and OVC
Set 7: HTS
Set 8: TB Treatment Service Point
Set 9: Methadone or Buprenorphine Medication Assisted Treatment
Set 10A: Laboratory
Set 10B: Blood Safety
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