6. Monitoring and managing

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This page of the Temperature Monitoring Technical Resources website is about monitoring and management of temperature surveillance.

Experience has highlighted one factor common to all TM interventions (30DTR, 30DTR+ SMS or RTM); it is the observation that their efficacy is not device-driven, but is depending on a system of user training, clear accountabilities and supportive management.

Systematised follow-up and monitoring probably represents the most important single element for success.

It should be sustained and institutionalised, maintaining a long-term perspective. 

  1. Monitoring: why and what?
  2. Management: data for action