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One-Year Survey Shows Improvements in Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
September 2015 — A household survey after one year of implementation has shown that — even in a short amount of time — the by the SHIKHA project’s infant and young child feeding interventions have had a positive effect. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices have increased in the project areas, as have handwashing practices, which are important…
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Endorses Food Plate as a Counseling Tool for Pregnant and Lactating Women
June 2016 — This fact sheet talks about how a new version of the food plate, designed as an innovative counseling tool for pregnant women in rural Bangladesh and endorsed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, was developed and received by the stakeholders.
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Promoting Evidence-based Vasectomy Programming
May 2016 — Vasectomy is among the most cost-effective and safest family planning methods for meeting the needs of men and women who desire to limit future births, but it is underused in low-resource settings. By promoting and supporting the voluntary use of vasectomy, countries can move toward national family planning goals, decrease service delivery costs and…
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Menstrual Hygiene Management Toolkit
May 2015 — Menstrual hygiene management is an important component of a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) program for schools. The Schools Promoting Learning Achievement through Sanitation and Hygiene (SPLASH) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Zambia’s Education Ministry are offering support to teachers to establish menstrual hygiene management programs and facilities to…
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Exploring the Potential of Schoolchildren as Change Agents in the Context of School WASH in Rural Zambia: Final Report
July 2014 — Access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at school has been shown to improve health of pupils and increase school attendance. Interventions that target the school can also serve as an entry point to improve WASH access at home. In this study, conducted through the school-based WASH program, SPLASH, and funded by the…
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From Data to Success: Using Early Warning Indicators to Shape Interventions for Students in the Middle Grades
2015 — This report describes FHI 360’s Indicators for Success framework and includes lessons learned from five U.S. middle schools that have put the framework into practice. The Indicators for Success were developed to support schools through the design and implementation of an early warning and response system that helps identify middle grade students at risk of…
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Development Sector Adjacency Map: A Planning Tool for Integrated Development
May 2016 — In the global development context, adjacencies are represented by the sectors that lie outside of a particular program’s current scope yet are related enough that they pose opportunities for strategic integration. Integrated development, therefore, seeks to deliberately leverage key sector adjacencies by creating more multi-faceted, holistic approaches that ultimately produce amplified impact. FHI 360’s…
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Resource Package for Integrated Development: From Learning to Action
May 2016 — FHI 360 has delivered or is currently implementing more than 70 integrated development programs. Yet, rarely are distinct programs — even from the same sectors — offered the opportunity to aggregate their collective learning. To leverage the valuable knowledge being gained about integrated approaches from across this diverse organizational portfolio, FHI 360 systematically collected…
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People, Not Pawns: Women’s Participation in Violent Extremism across MENA
September 2015 — Strategies and programs to counter violent extremism have traditionally been designed for male recruits, leading to a dearth of responses that adequately address the drivers and recruitment tactics for female participation. This research brief summarizes key findings and recommendations from a study requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development under the CoVE-MENA project…
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Integrated Development Case Studies
April 2016 — To better understand the effectiveness of multisector, integrated approaches, FHI 360 aggregated information from 68 integrated development programs that we have delivered or are currently implementing. Rarely are distinct programs, even from the same sectors, offered the opportunity to combine their lessons. By packaging and sharing this body of knowledge, we aim to…