February 2024 — This technical brief outlines approaches used by USAID’s Act to End NTDs |West program (Act | West) to support lymphatic filariasis (LF)-endemic countries to achieve LF elimination; highlights key challenges across LF programs; and describes how Act | West supports countries to address those challenges, share best practices and lessons learned, and…
October 2023 — This white paper describes the Networks for Peace project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as a case study on how long-term, locally led approaches can strengthen local actors’ capacity to institutionalize gender, equity and social inclusion (GESI) considerations into their peacebuilding work. The paper provides background on GESI’s…
September 2023 — This annotated bibliography is a collection of literature on hormonal contraception, iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia. It reviews existing evidence to highlight the role of hormonal contraception in preventing and/or alleviating iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in diverse populations around the world. In this way, the bibliography helps connect nutrition to family…
May 2023 — The Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) | West (Act | West) program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supports the control and elimination of NTDs in Benin. Mass drug administration (MDA) for the control and elimination of preventive chemotherapy NTDs has been routinely implemented in endemic districts…
August 2023 — This report presents the results of an evaluation FHI 360 conducted in 2022 of the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) of the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL). CFI’s clients start by working to understand the root cause of their challenges with money and then receive financial coaching, engage in small group therapy and…