Management Sciences for Health Learning Guidance - Strategic Information (SI), Program Delivery Group (PDG) - Version 2 - Update

Sep 11, 2026

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Learning Guidance outlines how Management Sciences for Health (MSH) uses data and strategic information to strengthen learning and health systems implementation results. It describes the SI team’s role in building, institutionalizing, and supporting tools and approaches to capture and share knowledge across organizational, project, and global learning priorities. The guidance specifies recommended learning activities, including defining an initial research/learning agenda, running routine technical performance reviews, conducting studies, holding workshops, and organizing global knowledge exchange, with documentation and dissemination expectations.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages15

Reading Time5 min

AccessFree to download

Table of Contents

Acronym List

Executive Summary

Purpose

MSH Learning Framework and Activities

Recommended Learning Activities

The Initial Learning/Research Agenda

Technical Performance Reviews

Studies

Annual Learning Workshops

End-of-Project Learning Workshop

Global Knowledge Exchange

Annex 1. (Sample) MSH Action Tracker for Learning Activities

Annex II. TPR and Learning Workshop Questions

Annex III. Examples of Learning Implemented in MSH Projects

Annex IV. Resources

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH Learning Guidance STRATEGIC INFORMATION (SI), PROGRAM DELIVERY GROUP (PDG) Version 2, February 2024 Update TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronym List................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................................................................2 2. MSH Learning Framework and Activities..........................................................................................................................................2 Recommended Learning Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 A. The Initial Learning/Research Agenda ................................................................................................................................. 3 B. Technical Performance Reviews ...........................................................................................................................................5 C. Studies (Includes Research, Reviews, Evaluations) ...........................................................................................................5 D. Annual Learning Workshops .................................................................................................................................................6 E. End-of-Project Learning Workshop.....................................................................................................................................6 F. Global Knowledge Exchange .................................................................................................................................................7 Annex 1. (Sample) MSH Action Tracker for Learning Activities................................................................................................8 Annex II. TPR and Learning Workshop Questions..................................................................................................................... 10 Annex III. Examples of Learning Implemented in MSH Projects.............................................................................................. 11 Annex IV. Resources .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 ACRONYM LIST CLA: collaborating, learning, and adapting HMB: Healthy Mothers and Babies HSR: human subjects research HWHF: Healthy Women, Health Families IRB: institutional review board KM: Knowledge Management LMRP: Leading and Managing for Results in Pandemics MEL: monitoring, evaluation, and learning MSH: Management Sciences for Health PDG: Program Delivery Group SC: Scientific Committee SI: Strategic Information SIEs: Standards of Implementation Excellence TPR: technical performance review EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a leading global health organization, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) optimizes the use of data and strategic information (SI) to enhance learning and improve the implementation of health systems strengthening activities and health outcomes for the populations we serve. MSH’s SI staff deliver technical assistance in learning to projects by developing, strengthening, and institutionalizing approaches and tools to identify, capture, and share knowledge to improve performance and contribute to organizational, project, and global learning priorities. MSH

FAQs

What is the purpose of this Learning Guidance document?

It guides projects on how MSH optimizes data and strategic information to enhance learning and improve implementation of health systems strengthening activities and health outcomes.

Which learning activities does MSH recommend projects implement?

Projects should develop an initial research/learning agenda, conduct routine technical performance review meetings, design and implement studies, hold annual lessons learned/planning workshops, run end-of-project learning workshops, and plan global knowledge exchange before close-out.

How are technical performance review (TPR) meetings supposed to work?

TPR meetings bring together project managers, stakeholders, technical staff, and MEL staff to identify what works and what needs improvement, producing an action plan that is reviewed again at subsequent performance review meetings at least quarterly.

Sep 11, 2026

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