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Integrating Low-Cost Video into Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners
August 2014 — This toolkit is designed to help projects, organizations and individuals who want to use low-cost video in their development projects. The toolkit does not assume that video is always the most appropriate solution for capturing and disseminating all types of information. Rather, given the growing accessibility of low-cost digital video cameras, video-enabled…
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Educator-Centered Instructional Coaching: What the Research Says
May 2017 — This report reviews the body of evidence documenting contributions made by the Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching model to the professional development conversation: educator-centered instructional coaching. Between 2009 and 2017, FHI 360 conducted more than 50 studies exploring many aspects of this coaching model in practice. This report provides insights for schools,…
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Strengthening the Response to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Public Health Sector (fact sheet)
June 2017 — This fact sheet provides an overview of the objectives and key achievements of the Strengthening the Response to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Public Health Sector project in South Africa. Funded by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership via United Way Worldwide, the project supports South Africa’s National Department of Health and its partners in…
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Capacity Development and Support (CDS) (fact sheet)
June 2017 — This fact sheet summarizes objectives, methodology and key achievements for the Capacity Development and Support (CDS) project. CDS, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, mitigates the impact of HIV, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis (TB) in all nine provinces of South Africa by increasing the capacity of local nongovernmental organizations…
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Care and Support for Improved Patient Outcomes (CaSIPO) (fact sheet)
June 2017 — This fact sheet summarizes the objectives, technical approach, technical assistance and key achievements for the Care and Support for Improved Patient Outcomes (CaSIPO) project in South Africa. CaSIPO, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and implemented by FHI 360 as a sub-partner, improves HIV care and treatment outcomes through the…
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A Mixed-Methods Study of Factors Associated with Implanon Removal in Ethiopia: Final Report
March 2017 — FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project in Ethiopia and Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health conducted a study to assess whether women who obtained Implanon, a hormonal contraceptive implant, experienced barriers to having them removed. Researchers developed recommendations for improving service delivery and alleviating identified barriers to implant removal. Implanon…
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Five Techniques to Support Second Language Learners in the Classroom
May 2017 — This guide steps through five recommended techniques for supporting second language learners. It also provides related rationale for each technique and guidance on how to implement in the classroom. The techniques are: create links to personal experiences and background knowledge; encourage use of first languages; give students time to process and test…
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Learning: Developing a Phonics-based Reading Program in the Dagbani Language
May 2017 — The USAID Ghana Partnership for Education: Learning activity has developed a systematic, phonics-based reading program with materials for primary grade P1 to use as a prototype in 20 schools in the Yendi Municipal District of northern Ghana. This fact sheet presents results from the prototype activities and shares Learning’s approach to implementing…
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Zimbabwe HIV Care and Treatment (fact sheet)
2017 — This fact sheet provides technical details on the work FHI 360 is undertaking through a five-year grant funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to implement an HIV care and treatment project that supports the provision of services in 22 districts across Zimbabwe. In partnership with Plan International, FHI 360 serves pregnant…
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ASPIRES Vulnerability Assessment Handbook for Economic Strengthening Projects
April 2017 — This handbook will assist practitioners and specialists in monitoring and evaluation in the selection of vulnerability assessment approaches for economic strengthening interventions. The focus is on programs for orphans and vulnerable children supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), where economic strengthening is used to increase resilience to…