Resource Type: Research paper or report
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Conducting a Participatory Situation Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
This framework and resource guide is intended to help people involved in programs assisting orphans and other vulnerable children conduct a situation analysis that will bring about a better understanding of the essential elements and outcomes of a situational analysis in order to promote realistic, effective, and feasible interventions to protect and improve the well-being…
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Results from the HIV/STI Integrated Biological and Behavior Surveillance in Vietnam — Round II 2009
This report examines the results from the HIV/STI Integrated Biological and Behavior Surveillance (IBBS) in Vietnam, conducted from 2009–2011. Under the direction of the Vietnam Authority for AIDS Control, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology implemented the IBBS Round II among injecting drug users, female sex workers and men who have sex with men…
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Vietnam HIV/AIDS Estimates and Projections 2011–2015 (PDF in Vietnamese)
This publication aims to estimate the future impact of the HIV epidemic in Vietnam. The report, intended to inform decision making and program planning, follows HIV/AIDS estimates and projections completed in 2003 and 2007, as well as a third round of estimates and projections conducted 2010–2011.
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Enrolment and Retention in HIV Care and Treatment Services in Vietnam
This report examines the results of a qualitative study conducted in the Hai Phong and Can Tho provinces in Vietnam, which looked at the reasons some people living with HIV do not access care and treatment and why others stop using these services. The purpose of the report is to tailor existing approaches and inform…
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Demand-Side Barriers to Girls’ Secondary Education in Madhya Pradesh, India
The final report, Demand-Side Barriers to Girls’ Secondary Education in Madhya Pradesh, India, examines the findings of FHI 360’s Madhya Pradesh Girls’ Secondary Education Study. The multi-district study, funded by the U.K.’s Department for International Development (DFID), assessed the demand- and supply-side factors that impede access to secondary education for socially disadvantaged girls in Madhya…
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Research and Recommendations on the Delivery of Injectable Contraceptive Services by Patent Medicine Vendors in Rural Nigeria
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Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
June 2013 — Large-scale estimates of out of school children are often taken at face value, without sensitivity to the extent of missing and incomplete information for a large number of countries, which affects the precision of regional and global aggregates. In addition, grey areas surrounding the definitions of primary school, non-formal education, and the target…
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Opportunity to Learn: A High Impact Strategy for Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries
This publication examines time-loss factors as they relate to school management, time on task and achievement of new education goals set by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — particularly improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades by 2015. The study, which was conducted by the FHI 360 Educational Quality Improvement…
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Research Utilization: An Annotated Bibliography
2011 — This literature review includes journal articles, bulletins and reports published since 2000 that address various elements of research utilization. Topics include frameworks and models for research utilization, stakeholder engagement, theory and key concepts, champions, and barriers to research utilization.
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FHI 360 Pilot Project of Technical Support For Health System Strengthening Activities in Senegal: Evaluation Report (in English and French)
September 2011 — FHI 360 undertook a pilot project of technical support for the implementation of health system strengthening activities in Senegal as part of its health systems strengthening strategy.