Audit of USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia’s Behavior Change Communication for Infectious Disease Prevention Project
Recommendations
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia reassess its manageable interest in the CAP-3D project and amend the goal in the cooperative agreement as appropriate so that it is realistic, achievable, and measurable.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the remaining budget for the project and make adjustments as necessary.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia implement a plan to strengthen the project's monitoring and reporting system and train local partners in its use.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia review project data previously reported to Washington and correct any errors found.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia implement a plan to make building capacity and sustainability of local partners a priority. The plan should consider conducting a mapping exercise and the preaward surveys of local partners described in the Additional Help for Automated Directives System 303 to qualify them to receive direct funding from USAID.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia work with Population Services International to include fraud awareness briefings as part of the project's sharing of lessons learned and best practices.
USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia implement formal agreements with the Ministries of Health in Laos and Thailand.