Integrating a project monitoring system into a public health network: Experiences from Alive & Thrive in Vietnam

Little information is available about how to build a monitoring system to measure the output of preventive nutrition interventions. This paper describes the successful experience in nesting a large-scale project monitoring system into the existing health information system. With careful attention to the needs of stakeholders at multiple levels, clear data quality assurance measures and strategic feedback mechanisms, it is feasible to monitor the scale-up of nutrition programs through the existing routine health information system.