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CORE Hosts Online Learning Sessions on Saving the Lives of Children
The "lives saved" methodology has been adapted to USAID child survival grant programs and used to analyze lives saved by 13 USAID-supported NGO child survival projects. Differences between the "top half" and the "bottom half" of the 13 projects depended on the strength of the community mobilization platforms through which multiple interventions could be delivered. On January 11, 2007, from 11 am to noon EST, Jim Ricca of CSTS, Laban Tsuma of Plan, Eric Swedberg of Save the Children, and Michelle Kouletio of CWI will examine three of these projects and share their community empowerment home care approaches shown to have a high impact on child survival at low cost. Presentations on the lives saved methodology from the recent Child Survival Health Grants Program (CSHGP) Backstop Institute are available online at www.coregroup.org/resources/lives_saved.cfm.
The CORE-developed Community and Household IMCI Implementation Framework has as its first element "Improving partnerships between the facilities and the communities they serve." Aga Khan Health Services Kenya has been instrumental in modeling a process of improving partnerships between health facilities and catchment communities. This has involved community mobilization, effective representation, development, and application of modular training on governance, health information, and financial management. On January 25, 2007, from 11 am to noon EST Dr. Salim Sohani of Aga Khan Health Services Kenya will examine this experience and what impact it has had on communities in terms of health care utilization, cost recovery, and surveillance and what lessons have been learned.
Online Learning Sessions Registration
CORE Plans Lessons Learned Exchange on TB
The purpose of this event, to be held February 5 and 6, 2007, is to explore challenges and experiences of community-based TB programs and capture current issues and trends. Presenters and participants will: share models that have been put into practices; distill best practices and lessons learned from U.S. PVO experiences in the field; review existing evidence and knowledge; identify and discuss gaps or obstacles to scale up and sustainability of these approaches, and actions to address them; and identify gaps in relevant available resources.
TB Lessons Learned Exchange Registration
CORE Safe Motherhood/Reproductive Health Working Group Presents Technical Update
The SMRH working group will present a technical update on "Postpartum Family Planning: A Foundation for Maternal and Newborn Health" with the ACCESS-FP project. It will be held from 12:00-1:30 pm EST on January 10, 2007, at the offices of Constella/Futures, 1 Thomas Circle, NW, Suite 200, Washington DC.
Please RSVP to Betsy McCallon: bmccallon@whiteribbonalliance.org.
Malaria Working Group Presents Indoor Residual Spraying State of the Art Technical Update
Registration is now open for a state of the art technical update on the issues surrounding indoor residual spraying (IRS) of pesticides presented by the Malaria Working Group on January 9, 2007, from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. Michael Macdonald of USAID and Luis Benavente of MCDI, among others, will discuss when the use of IRS is appropriate, types of IRS programs, examples of roles for PVOs in IRS programs, and partnerships with the private sector. The meeting will be held at the Washington DC office of World Vision, but it will also be accessible online through Elluminate.
Indoor Residual Spraying SOTA
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UNICEF State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children-The Double Dividend of Gender Equality:
The State of the World's Children 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives, and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls. It looks at the status of women today, discusses how gender equality will move all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) forward, and shows how investment in women's rights will ultimately produce a double dividend: advancing the rights of both women and children.
UNICEF State of the World's Children 2007
Presentations from Global Health Mini-University:
Presentations from the USAID Global Health Mini-University, held in October, are available online. Nearly 60 presentations covered topics from HIV/AIDS to maternal anemia to effective management of health services.
Mini-University Presentations
Building, Maintaining, and Sustaining National White Ribbon Alliances: A Field Guide:
The ACCESS Program has published the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) manual "Building, Maintaining, and Sustaining National White Ribbon Alliances: A Field Guide." Using lessons learned from the growth of current WRA National Alliances, the guide provides tools and information to effectively establish, manage, and sustain a new WRA National Alliance.
Building, Maintaining, and Sustaining National White Ribbon Alliances: A Field Guide
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