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Preventing Culture from Eating Your Strategy

Alexandra Brewis-Slade | Peggy Ochandarena | Roseanne Schuster
Global Impact Collaboratory Innovation and Technology Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Quality Assurance Process Improvement April 9, 2020
3 Minute Read
Cultural norms can thwart the most technically sound development strategies. How can the cultural consensus model, developed by anthropologists, help to ensure that culture strengthens rather than weakens a strategy's effectiveness?
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3 Takeaways from Testing the Gender Competency Framework in Ethiopia

Andrea Poling | Samantha Law
Health Reproductive Health and Family Planning Gender Equality April 7, 2020
3 Minute Read
How do family planning service providers consider gender when counseling their clients? Here’s what HRH2030 learned in Ethiopia.
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Building a Financial Services Market Where There Wasn’t One

Heather Joffe Reyes
Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Financial Services Innovation and Technology Business Enabling Environment Social Inclusion April 2, 2020
5 Minute Read
How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.
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3 Takeaways from Testing the Gender Competency Framework in Ethiopia

Andrea Poling | Samantha Law
April 7, 2020
3 Minute Read
Health Reproductive Health and Family Planning Gender Equality
How do family planning service providers consider gender when counseling their clients? Here’s what HRH2030 learned in Ethiopia.
Woman talking to a community health worker in Indonesia

Recommendations for a Diverse, Sustained Health Workforce

Rachel Deussom
February 27, 2020
4 Minute Read
Health Human Resources for Health Health Systems Health Workforce Development Education and Youth Empowering Youth HIV and AIDS
How do we establish higher-performing health systems to achieve universal health coverage? These three key recommendations focus on building a diverse workforce to deliver accountable, affordable, accessible, and reliable health care for all.
Chris Scott

News: Chemonics Announces New Executive Vice President Chris Scott


February 25, 2020
2 Minute Read
Supply Chain Solutions Health
In his new role, Mr. Scott will oversee Chemonics’ global health and supply chain portfolio.
Antimicrobial resistance blog post

To Squash Superbugs, Look to Behavior Change

Oluwatimilehin Adeyemo
January 28, 2020
4 Minute Read
Health Health Supply Chains Health Systems Global Health Security Social and Behavior Change
The misuse of antimicrobials is driving the rise of drug resistant pathogens. How can social and behavior change techniques compel individuals to use these life-saving drugs responsibly?

News: Chemonics Announces New Senior Vice President Julie Becker


January 27, 2020
2 Minute Read
Health Health Workforce Development Health Systems Human Resources for Health Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Reproductive Health and Family Planning HIV and AIDS Global Health Security
New senior vice president for global health Julie Becker has built a career as an innovator at the intersection of reproductive health and HIV and will lead the technical strategy and implementation of Chemonics' health programming around the world.
Botswana pharmacist and patient

Communities Together —Accelerating Uptake of Promising New HIV/AIDS Medicines

Nagesh Borse
December 6, 2019
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HIV and AIDS Health Health Supply Chains
With potential new HIV treatment options on the horizon, how can a successful transition between regimens be secured at a country and local level? Drawing on our USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project’s recent role in the transition to TLD – the currently preferred first-line ARV – we share some advice.

What Do Women Want? Clean Toilets in Healthcare Facilities

Rachel Deussom | Scott Ackerson | Stephanie Bowen
November 19, 2019
4 Minute Read
Water, Energy, and Sustainable Cities Health Systems Health Health Workforce Development
We highlight the essential role of clean and working toilets in expanding access to water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities, ensuring dignified births and high-quality care for all mothers, babies, and families.

Flying the Last Mile — Integrating Cargo Drones into Health Supply Chains

Manisha Aryal | Scott Dubin
November 12, 2019
2 Minute Read
Supply Chain Solutions Health Supply Chains Health Commodity Procurement and Freight Forwarding Health HIV and AIDS
Are drones the key to moving life-saving supplies, picking up lab samples for diagnosis, and even testing results on return flights? Manisha Aryal and Scott Dubin share insights.

Ready. Set. Prepared: How the One Health Approach Strengthens National Epidemic Response

Grace Tran
November 4, 2019
4 Minute Read
Health Global Health Security Health Systems Health Supply Chains Health Workforce Development
A unilateral sector approach is insufficient in the face of epidemics that don’t respect borders or species. USAID’s HRH2030 One Health activity facilitates multisectoral coordination and collaboration to increase local capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to epidemic threats.