The 28th SME WG Annual Meeting that was held from 18 to 20 September 2018, inMbour, Senegal, brought together 37 in-person SME WG participants from 10 countries. 

Meeting Objectives

• 1. Assess innovations in collecting and using surveillance data
• 2. Identify examples and opportunities to use routine monitoring data to improve programs
• 3. Examine developments in large-scale evaluations
• 4. Improve global indicators to measure progress
• 5. Address RBM and MERG business issues