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Request for Applications No. RFA-VOT-2023-001

Assessing the effectiveness and/or performance of community-based mental health interventions for high-risk communities in low- and middle-income countries Announcement The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project is seeking to identify multi-stakeholder research teams…

Violence Against Children Recognized by Health Ministers in East, Central and Southern Africa

Violence Against Children Recognized by Health Ministers in East, Central and Southern Africa

Plus: A Retrospective on the Power of Partnership and theEvidence-to-Policy Process Maseru, Lesotho – Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) partners are energized by the recent passage of ECSA/HMC71/R3, a resolution to recognize violence against children as an issue and the importance of data in addressing…

Leveraging Implementation Science Approaches to Advance Respectful Care in Tanzania

Leveraging Implementation Science Approaches to Advance Respectful Care in Tanzania

Dodoma, Tanzania – Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) partners shared implementation evidence to push for more action toward promoting respectful and compassionate care during a March 2023 Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery Leaders Forum. During this forum hosted by Tanzania’s Ministry of Health Directorate of…

Data-to-Action Workshop in Guatemala Advances Protecting Children From Violence Efforts

Data-to-Action Workshop in Guatemala Advances Protecting Children From Violence Efforts

University Research Co. LLC (URC) participated in Guatemala’s Data-To-Action workshop in August / September 2022. Held in Guatemala City, facilitated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and hosted by the International Organization for Migration, the workshop presented results from…

Implementation Science a Facet of Recent Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Implementation Science a Facet of Recent Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

The 2022 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) in Bogota, Colombia, sparked discussions about implementation science’s role in streamlined and equitable health systems. A panelist in an organized session on people-centered health systems, Dr. Rochelle Burgess of the Institute for Global…

Implementation Science Collaborative Poised to Support Protecting Children from Violence Activities in Moldova

Implementation Science Collaborative Poised to Support Protecting Children from Violence Activities in Moldova

USAID’s Inclusive Development Hub requested the Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project’s engagement with the Moldova Mission to support the Government’s National Child Protection Program (NCPP) and its Action Plan. In June 2022, the Government of Moldova launched a new…

Webinar Report: Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Special Populations: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities

Webinar Report: Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Special Populations: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities

This report presents the highlights of the third webinar in this series, Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Special Populations: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities, which featured a diverse stakeholder discussion on strategies and opportunities to advance maternal mental health care and psychosocial support for vulnerable…