Feeding Tools for Use During the First 1000 Days to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition

Date

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Presented by

the CORE Group SBC & Nutrition Working Groups

Summary

During this webinar, Amy shared the results of her research on a nutrition toolkit consisting of a demarcated feeding bowl, slotted spoon, and accompanying pictorial counseling card for use during the first 1000 days to improve maternal and child nutrition.  In India and Kenya, this simple feeding toolkit demonstrated high acceptability, feasibility, and the potential to improve nutrition of mothers during ...Read More

World Vision’s Experience in Improving PD/Hearth Program Quality

Date

Monday, February 2, 2015

Presented by

the CORE Group Nutrition Working Group

Summary

World Vision has been implementing PD/Hearth since 1999. In 2010, an evaluation was conducted in 8 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Overall, results from the evaluation showed that countries with stronger implementation of technical components had better results. This emphasized need for stronger technical preparation and support throughout the program. WV decided to improve the quality of PD/Hearth ...Read More

Multi-sectoral Approaches to Improve Child Growth, through WASH, Nutrition, and Early Childhood Development

Date

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Presented by

the CORE Group Social & Behavior Change and Nutrition Working Groups

Summary

The CORE Group Nutrition and Social and Behavior Change Working Groups, in collaboration with the USAID WASHplus Project, hosted a one-hour webinar on multi-sectoral approaches to improve child growth and development; with a focus on improving the community knowledge of practice and sharing integration efforts for ECD, nutrition and WASH integration. The Clean, Fed & Nurtured community of practice explained ...Read More

Ebola & Nutrition: How Programs Are Responding and the SBC Tools they are Using

Date

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Presented by

the CORE Group Social & Behavior Change and Nutrition Working Groups

Summary

In light of the Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Nutrition and SBC Working Groups are delighted to offer a webinar on Ebola and nutrition. A panel of diverse speakers has been assembled to provide updates and activities related to programming adjustments, guidance notes and research needs and Social and Behavior Change Communication.  *TO DOWNLOAD THE MATERIALS & ...Read More

Supply Chain Management Tools for CHWs: Getting the Data You Need to Manage Stocks

Date

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Presented by

the Supply Chain Management Sub group of the iCCM task force

Summary

Data from the community level is crucial to inform resupply of CHWs and to allow for appropriate management of products and quantification. But can we facilitate recording and reporting without overburdening the CHWs?  Are you interested in learning more about how to design or redesign resupply tools for CHWs? The presenters of this webinar showcased a set of generic supply ...Read More

ENGAGE-TB: Integrating community-based TB services into the work of NGOs and other CSOs

Date

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Presented by

the CORE Group HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Working Groups

Summary

 In high HIV and TB burden settings, 6% – 15% of maternal mortality is attributed to TB. In Africa, three times as many women as men are dying from HIV-associated TB. Globally, only 66% of all TB cases are detected or reported. These challenges call for refined sustainable approaches to find missing persons with TB and ensure quality care. WHO’s ...Read More

Social Capital and Maternal and Child Health in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Evidence from India

Date

Monday, June 30, 2014

Presented by

the CORE Group Community Child Health Working Group

Summary

Social capital has become one of the most popular sociological concepts to be studied in public health; however, little is known about the relationship between social capital and health care utilization in low- and middle-income countries.  Using a multilevel framework, Dr. Story presented evidence from India demonstrating that social capital operates at the community level in association with maternal and ...Read More

Images Save Lives: Improving Health Communications and Messaging Through Images

Date

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Presented by

Hesperian Health Guides

Summary

Using informative images in print materials and digital communications can greatly enhance and improve health messages – making information more accessible and inviting across languages and literacy levels. It can be challenging for content and curriculum developers to conceptualize effective images and include them in a way that compliments and adds meaning and clarity to text. Hesperian Health Guides, publisher ...Read More

Leveraging Science to Strengthen the Foundations of Lifelong Learning, Behavior and Health through Innovations in Policy and Practice

Date

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Summary

This session was an activity of the Community Child Health Working Group. The presentation provided an overview of core concepts of the science of child development. It then presented a model for how this scientific knowledge base can be applied as a framework for guiding program and policy strategy and concluded with an introduction to how the science is driving an ...Read More

Quantification for Community Case Management (CCM)

Date

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Summary

Getting the right quantities of products to community health workers (CHWs) to treat sick children is critical to the success of CCM. Quantification is the first step in ensuring CHWs have the products they need when they need them. This webinar provided program managers with a general overview of the quantification process for CCM, focusing on some of the unique ...Read More

HIV & Disability: Ensuring Access

Date

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Summary

Ensuring access: Targeting historically marginalized groups into mainstream HIV/AIDS programming, the experience of Handicap International’s work with people with disabilities in Sub-Sahara Africa and South East Asia Based on the World Report on Disability (2011 by WHO/World Bank), estimating that 15% of the world’s population lives with disabilities, it is no longer possible to ignore one of the largest minorities ...Read More

mHealth for Supply Chain Management for CCM

Date

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Summary

Mobile technology offers a lot of opportunities for supply chain management in community health programs. Through the use of this simple technology we can improve communication between CHWs and their resupply points/supervisors, increase the visibility of data for decision makers and address stock shortages quickly plus more. This second webinar presented by the Supply Chain Management Subgroup of the CCM ...Read More

The Alliance for Malaria Prevention Toolkit Version 2.0

Date

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Summary

This webinar provides an overview of the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP) Toolkit Version 2.0. The toolkit is a step-by-step guideline for the planning and implementation of mass LLIN distributions, whether targeted to specific population groups or for universal coverage. It includes information on coordination, planning and budgeting, procurement, logistics, communication, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting results and sustaining gains.The ...Read More

Supply Chain in Community Case Management: Overview of the Common Pitfalls and Potential Solutions

Date

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Summary

Unless health products reach CHWs, CCM can never be successful in reducing childhood mortality. This webinar, organized by the Supply Chain Management Subgroup of the CCM Task Force, was the first in a series of webinars designed to help CCM program managers find ways to overcome the supply chain challenges unique to CHWs. This introductory webinar provided an overview of the ...Read More

M&E of Community Programs

Date

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Summary

Community-based programs are all the rage, from family planning to child survival to care and support for people living with or affected by HIV. More money means more reporting, often using models developed for facility services. What is often overlooked is that the information that community workers need to do their jobs is not the same as what implementers need ...Read More

Overview of Special Supplement to American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on Integrated Community Case Management

Date

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Summary

David R. Marsh, MD, MPH is the Senior Advisor for Child Survival and the Global Team Leader for Community Case Management at Save the Children. He was an editor of the special supplement and currently chairs the global CCM Operations Research Working Group of the CCM Taskforce. In this webinar, Marsh provides a 43-minute overview (1-2 minutes per paper) that ...Read More

Experience from the USAID Better Health Services Project in Cambodia

Date

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Summary

Dr. Suellen Miller, Professor, University of California, San Francisco, the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Dr. Jerker Liljestrand, Program Leader for Maternal and Newborn Health and Family Planning with the USAID Better Health Services project implemented by URC in Cambodia, presented this webinar/brownbag Introducing the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) and balloon tamponades to low resource settings: Experience from ...Read More

Integration of Care for Child Development in Existing Health Services

Date

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Summary

The Pakistan Early Child Development Scale Up (PEDS) Trial investigated the integration of stimulation, care for development and nutrition in a government community health program in Sindh, Pakistan. The trial has generated evidence on how to reach the most disadvantaged children to promote early learning and equity. Join us for the webinar: Integration of Care for Child Development in Existing Health ...Read More

Improving Malaria Diagnostics (IMaD) Project Highlights

Date

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Summary

Under IMaD, MCDI and its partners have worked to improve laboratory-based diagnosis of malaria (primarily at Ministry of Health facilities), and to increase understanding, acceptance, and correct use of microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) by laboratory staff and health care practitioners providing direct care to patients. The use of accurate and timely diagnosis in making treatment decisions is critical ...Read More

Lessons from Rwanda: Improving Maternal and Child Outcomes through Health System Strengthening

Date

Monday, May 14, 2012

Summary

On May 14, 2012, Antoinette (Toni) Habinshuti, Deputy Country Director of Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima (PIH/IMB), presented on the impact that the organization’s successful health system strengthening has had on outcomes in maternal and child health. For the past six years, PIH/IMB has been working in direct partnership with the Rwanda Ministry of Health to strengthen and transform the ...Read More