Sustainability of donor programs: evaluating and informing the transition of a large HIV prevention program in India to local ownership

References

• Provost C. US Development agency to take inspiration from venture capitalists. The Guardian. London, 2011
   Google Scholar
• Steen R, Mogasale V, Wi T, Singh AK, Das A, Daly C, et al.. Pursuing scale and quality in STI interventions with sex workers: initial results from Avahan India AIDS Initiative. Sex Transm Infect. 2006; 82: 381–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verma R, Shekhar A, Khobragade S, Adhikary R, George B, Ramesh BM, et al.. Scale-up and coverage of Avahan: a largescale HIV-prevention programme among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in four Indian states. Sex Transm Infect. 2010; 86: i76–i82.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative. The Business of HIV/AIDS prevention at Scale. New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 2008.
   Google Scholar
• Rao PJ. Avahan: the transition to a publicly funded programme as a next stage. Sex Transm Infect. 2010; 86: i7–i8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bossert TJ. Can they get along without us? Sustainability of donor supported health projects in Central America and Africa. Soc Sci Med. 1990; 30: 1015–1023.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coury JP, Lafebre A. The US Population programme in ecuador: a graduation Report. The Population Technical Assistance Project. Washington DC, 2001
   Google Scholar
• Levinger B, McLeod J. Hello I must be going: ensuring quality services and sustainable benefits through well-designed exit strategies. Education Development Center Inc. Newton MA, 2002
   Google Scholar
• Slob A, Jerve AM. Managing aid exit and transformation: lessons from Botswana, Eritrea, India, Malawi and South Africa: Synthesis Report, in Joint Donor Evaluation. Sida. Stockholm, 2008
   Google Scholar
• Shediac-Rizkallah MC, Bone LR. Planning for the sustainability of community-based health programs: conceptual frameworks and future directions for research, practice and policy. Health Educ Res. 1998; 13: 87–108.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scheirer MA. Is sustainability possible? A review and commentary on empirical studies of program sustainability. Ameri J Eval. 2005; 26: 320–47.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gruen RL, Elliott JH, Nolan ML, Lawton PD, Parkhill A, Mclaren CJ, et al.. Sustainability science: an integrated approach for health-programme planning. The Lancet. 2008; 372: 1579–89.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pluye P, Potvin L, Denis J-L. Making public health programs last: conceptualizing sustainability. Evalu Prog Plan. 2004; 27: 121–33.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson K, Hays C, Center H, Daley C. Building capacity and sustainable intervention innovations: a sustainability planning model. Evalu Prog Plan. 2004; 27: 135–49.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stockman R. The sustainability of development projects: an impact assessment of German vocational-training projects in Latin America. World Dev. 1997; 25: 1767–84.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Savigny D, Adam T., Systems thinking for health systems strengthening. Geneva: Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization. 2009: 107. p.
   Google Scholar
• Meadow D. Thinking in Systems: a primer. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. White River Junction, 2008
   Google Scholar
• Sridharan S, Sodam G, Heid Z, Aracelis G, Melissa GB. Analysis of strategic plans to assess planning for sustainability of comprehensive community initiatives. Evalu Prog Plann. 2007; 30: 105–13.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hanh TT, Hanh TT, Hill PS, Kay BH, Quy TM. Development of a framework for evaluating the sustainability of community-based dengue control projects. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009; 80: 312–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tibbits MK, Tibbits M. K, Bumbarger BK, Kyler SJ, Perkins DF. Sustaining evidence-based interventions under real-world conditions: results from a large-scale diffusion project. Prev Sci. 2010; 11: 252–62.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yin RK. Life histories of innovations: how new practices become routinized. Pub Adminis Rev. 1981; 41: 21–28.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman RM, Goodman RM, Leroy KR, Steckler AB, Hoyle RH. Development of level of institutionalization scales for health promotion programs. Health Educ Behav. 1993; 20: 161–78.
   Google Scholar
• Greenhalgh T, Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: systematic review and recommendations. Milbank Q. 2004; 82: 581–629.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Treat and prevent: Avahan's experience in scaling up STI services to groups at highest risk of HIV infection in India. New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 2010.
   Google Scholar
• Yu D, Souteyrand Y, Banda MA, Kaufman J, Perriens JH. Investment in HIV/AIDS programs: does it help strengthen health systems in developing countries?. Global Health. 2008; 4: 8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Biesma RG, Biesma RG, Brugha R, Harmer A, Walsh A, Spicer N, Walt G. The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control. Health Pol Plan. 2009; 24: 239–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jones J, Hunter D. Consensus methods for medical and health services research. BMJ. 1995; 311: 376–80.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar