Beyond VMMC, CHAPS supports general practitioners, government health facilities and health-care partners in strengthening public health program quality through assessment, technical training and quality improvement models. We strive to create an enabling environment for health system strengthening for partners and practitioners. Our model follows a sustainability approach whereby our clients are upskilled on specific topics including quality management and improvement metrics. This empowers the MoH to take ownership of their programme and address future gaps within their own expertise.
Our services comprise rapid baseline assessment, gap analysis, relevant employee training, quality improvement model and specific metrics; and follow-up assessment.
Data serves as the foundation for programme implementation. Data drives programme decisions and serves as an invaluable yard-stick for proactive programme performance management
CHAPS has a dedicated Data and MER Department staffed with trained data monitors and MER Specialists, and we use interactive software to monitor and report data in real time. Our programme managers have full access to their data at all times. As part of our data solutions, we provide high- quality data and ensure appropriate handling of data at all steps of a project to assure high-quality databases ready for analysis.
As part of our Data Solutions, we provide Monitoring and Evaluation support, complete with Reporting and learning feedback-loop. Our experienced MER team are proficient in:
CHAPS evolved from the Orange Farm research programme and team that, in the 5 years prior to 2010, had researched and published extensively around the topic of voluntary medical male circumcision. The research and the publications of the Orange Farm team, most notably the randomised controlled trial which demonstrated the 60% protective benefit of medical male circumcision, contributed to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in 2007.
Today, CHAPS is most recognised for its biomedical research and community-based research in the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in South Africa and the region. However, with both programmatic and research expertise, we are able to offer community-based research and feasibility studies in a number of areas.