Resources

Report | English | Senegal, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Rwanda | 2019

Landscape Analysis of STT Interventions for Children (L. Friedman & C. Wolfheim, MCSP 2019)

The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), conducted a review on behalf of the Child Health Task Force to explore countries’ experiences adding thrive and transform interventions to platforms used to deliver child survival interventions. The review seeks to map out existing global guidance and understand operational experiences primarily in three African countries, Kenya, Senegal and Zambia, with some examples also presented from Ghana and Rwanda.

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

PSE Subgroup Meeting Notes - August 27, 2019

Notes from the August 27, 2019 meeting of the Private Sector Engagement Subgroup.

Presentation | English | 2019

PSE Policy Presentation (Susan Ross, USAID) - PSE Subgroup Meeting - August 27, 2019

Presentation by Susan Rae Ross, Sr. Private Sector Engagement Advisor at USAID/Global Health, to PSE Subgroup Members during the August 27, 2019 meeting. The presentation provides an overview of USAID's PSE Policy and PSE Learning and Evidence Plan.

Report | English | 2019

PSE Policy (USAID) - PSE Subgroup Meeting - August 27, 2019

This document outlines USAID's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy. The purpose of the policy is to accomplish the following: 1. Set forth the vision and operating principles that will guide and advance USAID's engagement with the private sector, with an emphasis on promoting U.S. economic growth; 2. Illustrate ways USAID can consistently and comprehensively integrate private-sector engagement into the Agency's operating model and programming across sectors; and 3. Clarify and harmonize concepts, terminology, and definitions.

Guide | English | 2019

PSE Evidence and Learning Plan (USAID) - PSE Subgroup Meeting - August 27, 2019

This Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Evidence and Learning Plan was developed by USAID to service as a guide to set the direction for key activities that will strengthen and improve the use of evidence in decision-making on PSE approaches. The plan focuses on research activities to fill gaps in evidence on effective PSE as well as championing the development of meaningful indicators of PSE. This document was provided as a resource to members during the August 27, 2019 meeting of the PSE Subgroup.

Presentation | English | Nigeria | 2019

Findings from the EQuiPP Approach (MCSP, 2019) PSE Subgroup - July 30, 2019

Presentation at the July 30, 2019 meeting of the Private Sector Engagement Subgroup by Michel Pacqué (Child Health Team Lead) and Kate Gilroy (Senior Child Health and MMEL Technical Advisor) on behalf of the MCSP Nigeria MNCH Program Child Health Team. 

Full presentation title: Findings from the Enhancing Quality iCCM through Proprietary and Patent Medical Vendors (PPMV) and Partnerships (EQuiPP) Approach - "Can PPMV's provide quality health services in the communities where they serve?"

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

Nutrition Subgroup Meeting Notes - July 18, 2019

Notes from the July 18, 2019 meeting of the Nutrition and Child Health Subgroup.  

Journal Article | English | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019

Who are the real CHWs in DRC? - (BMJ Global Health, 2019)

This BMJ Global Health article examines the role of traditional healers in care seeking and case management for childhood illness and malnutrition in Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The findings imply that traditional healers may be acting as de facto CHWs in many settings and that policymakers should engage with and consider this group of health workers when planning child health services.

Report | English | Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mali | 2019

Improving Nutrition Services Workshop Report (MCSP, 2019)

Workshop report detailing the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) and its outcomes. 

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

Nutrition Subgroup Meeting Notes - May 16, 2019

  Notes from the May 16, 2019 meeting of the Nutrition and Child Health Subgroup.  

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

Nutrition Subgroup Meeting Notes - January 24, 2019

Notes from the January 24, 2019 meeting of the Nutrition and Child Health Subgroup.  

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

M&E Subgroup Meeting Notes - February 13, 2019

  Notes from the February 13, 2019 meeting of the M&E Subgroup.  

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

M&E Subgroup Meeting Notes - January 9, 2019

Notes from the January 9, 2019 meeting of the M&E Subgroup.

Presentation | English | 2019

CARAMAL Presentation (iCCM Subgroup) - June 5, 2019

Presentation on, "Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for MAlaria (CARAMAL): Addressing the burden of malaria deaths by optimizing the use of rectal artesunate." This resource is from the June 5, 2019 meeting of the Institutionalizing iCCM Subgroup.

Presentation | English | 2019

Global Framework for PS in HS Emergency Response (PSE Subgroup) - June 25, 2019

Presentation by James White and Virginie Combet, given at the June 25, 2019 meeting of the Private Sector Engagement Subgroup. 

Full presentation title: Scoping Literature Review: Developing a Global Framework for Private Sector Participation in Health System Resilience, Emergency Preparedness, and Response

Report | English | 2019

Pandemic White Paper (PSE Subgroup) - June 25, 2019

Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs Third Annuale White Paper, "Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership, and Multi-sectoral Collaboration in Pandemic Preparedness and Response." Resource provided to members at the June 25, 2019 meeting of the Private Sector Subgroup. 

Meeting Minutes | English | 2019

Private Sector Engagement Subgroup Meeting Notes - June 25, 2019

Notes from the June 25, 2019 meeting of the Private Sector Engagement Subgroup.    

Presentation | English | 2019

Rethinking Investment in Child and Adolescent Health: Expansion Subgroup (Bundy, DCP3) - June 11, 2019

Presentation by Professor Donald A.P. Bundy, Volume 8 Lead Editor for the Disease Control Priorities 3, given at the June 11, 2019 meeting of the Expansion of the Child Health Package Subgroup. 

Full presentation title: Rethinking Investment in Child and Adolescent Health and Development, Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition & The World Bank Human Capital Index

Presentation | English | 2019

8000 Days Interventions: Expansion Subgroup (Bundy, DCP3) - June 11, 2019

Presentation by Professor Donald A.P. Bundy, Volume 8 Lead Editor for the Disease Control Priorities 3, given at the June 11, 2019 meeting of the Expansion of the Child Health Package Subgroup. 

Full presentation title: Interventions: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition & Global Partnership for Education - Optimizing Education Outcomes 2018

Report | Nepal | 2019

Using Data to Design an Evidence-based Social and Behavior Change Program in Rural Nepal - (SHOPS PLUS, 2019)

This brief report shows how SHOPS Plus collected data from hundreds of women in rural Nepal to pinpoint barriers to healthy behavior adoption. In collaboration with the Nepal CRS Company, SHOPS Plus then used the findings as the foundation for district-specific social and behavior change programs focused on contraceptive access and choice, diarrhea treatment and prevention, antenatal care, and facility delivery.