Sustainable Development Goals & Physical Activity: Advancing the Power of Movement
To address growing global decline in physical activity, the World Health Organization and the United States have created physical activity guidelines. However, it’s estimated that... Read More
Digital Tools to Revolutionize Health Worker Capacity-Building: The Northern Ghana Nutrition Experience
Health workers (HW) are an essential point of care within the health system, yet they often receive little guidance on how to improve their service... Read More
Community HIV Testing: Too Expensive to Continue?
Millions of people receive HIV testing every year; however, the testing modalities used to find positive cases vary widely among donors and their testing partners.... Read More
Using SBC in Cross-Sectoral Programming: Health; Democracy and Governance; and Combating Violent Extremism
There is increasing recognition of the importance of SBC in integrated programming that addresses health, democracy and governance (DRG), and combating violent extremism (CVE). The... Read More
Improving Routine Data to Strengthen Child Health Programs: What’s Next?
As household and facility surveys are conducted only every few years, health managers and providers critically need routinely collected data to continuously manage child health... Read More
Stepping Up Systems to Reach Every Child in Urban Slums
Health systems lag behind rapid urbanization and have not provided needed essential infrastructure and systems to provide basic social and healthcare services. Urban poor are... Read More
Challenges in Post-Abortion Care: Meeting Differing Client Needs
Post-abortion care clients range from those who have undergone an induced abortion and desire to avoid another pregnancy to those wishing to conceive again after... Read More
Research on Very Young Adolescents: Innovative Methods for Evidence Generation
The years between ages 10 and 14 are a pivotal period in the transition from childhood to adolescence, but little is known about what it... Read More
Anyaka Makwiri: USAID’s YouthPower Action Mentoring Program for AGYW
When adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are healthy, educated, and safely included; they have the power to transform their communities. Ensuring this possibility requires... Read More