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Compendium Performance Indicator Reference Sheet (PIRS), September 2024

The Africa CDC Compendium of Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS) is a comprehensive handbook introduced in April 2024. It serves as a high-level technical guide, setting out clear, SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) indicators to systematically track progress and measure achievements under the Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2023–2027. This Strategic Plan outlines six priority areas, including integrated health systems, disease surveillance, emergency preparedness and response, and laboratory systems strengthening, and is anchored by seven enablers, notably public health workforce development, health financing and partnerships etc.
The PIRS is firmly aligned with Africa CDC’s broader continental commitments under the New Public Health Order, including the African Union Agenda 2063, the Africa Health Strategy 2016–2030, and health systems strengthening under global health targets. Africa CDC champions a New Public Health Order that calls for “a fundamental shift towards an equitable and just public health landscape, underpinned by strong, resilient, and selfreliant health systems before, during, and after public health crises.”
Africa CDC requires robust, evidence-based indicators that accurately reflect progress toward the Strategic Plan’s targets and objectives to support effective programme implementation, performance monitoring, and accountability. The indicators in this compendium are carefully aligned with Africa CDC’s unified Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Framework and Results-Based Management (RBM) system. They are structured to mirror the Strategic Plan’s priorities, goals, and objectives, thus providing sufficient granularity to track
organisational performance, measure outcomes, inform evidence-based advocacy, and contribute to the broader continental health security agenda.

This PIRS represents the outcome of an extensive technical development process, involving indicator review, stakeholder consultations, strategic alignment, and harmonisation with regional and global monitoring standards. The document presents the selected indicators, offers standardised definitions, and provides detailed guidance on data sources, measurement methodologies, reporting frequencies, and accountability mechanisms.

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