Most Recent Knowledge Shared from the Network

April 23, 2018

Community Perception Regarding Childhood Vaccinations and Its Implications for Effectiveness: A Qualitative Study in Rural Burkina Faso

The aim of this study is to determine the reasons related to complete and incomplete immunisation coverage among children in the Nouna Health District (NHD), 300 km from the capital Ouagadougou in...

Esther Spindler

April 23, 2018

REAL Fathers: Lessons from Scaling a Violence Prevention Program

The Responsible, Engaged, and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative is an effort by Save the Children and Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH), with funding from the United...

Hillary Murphy

April 19, 2018

Exploring Social and Behavior Change Communication to Support Delivery of Micronutrient Powders in Rural Uganda

"Effective micronutrient powder distribution programming requires a behavior change strategy that is both effective and appropriate in a specific context." Drawing on the experience of the United...

John Nicholson

March 26, 2018

Impact Data - Improving Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Hygiene through Community Videos in Niger

"The community video approach proved effective in improving and sustaining knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and self-reported behaviors in Niger." Niger, located in the Sahel region of West...

Michael Neil Favin

March 16, 2018

Documentation of REC in Malawi

"Mini-surveys conducted by district supervisors indicated over 98% of infants were reached with immunization services. In addition, the contacts were used to counsel postpartum women for FP [family...

Saad Omer

March 16, 2018

Exemptions From Mandatory Immunization After Legally Mandated Parental Counseling

"The success of counseling-based interventions to address vaccine hesitancy is not clear. Evaluating the impact of a counseling intervention can provide important insight into population-level...

Alison Lucas

March 15, 2018

Reducing the Gender-Related Immunization Gap in Two Districts of Mopti Region in Mali

"This case study demonstrates how integrating gender adds value to the process of quality improvement [QI] and improves communities' acceptance of solutions." As part of its remit, the United States...

CORE Group

March 15, 2018

Community-Based Newborn Health Promotion in Pastoralist Ethiopia: The Social Mobilization and Demand Creation Project

"...this brief pilot study suggests that pregnant women are open to changing their health behaviors when they are encouraged and supported by local CVs [community volunteers]..."

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