The Power of eLearning: Revolutionizing Secondary Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Bangladesh D4I’s Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist based in Bangladesh worked on a proposal in collaboration with colleagues at icddr,b to digitize the puberty and sex education chapters in the Physical Education and Health textbook, a part of the national curriculum for secondary school students in Bangladesh.
Institutionalization of Social Work M&E Courses in Moldova and Armenia D4I has implemented small grants with institutions in Moldova and Armenia to develop pre- and in-service monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training within their social work curricula, with the goal of strengthening the social service workforce’s capacity to generate and use evidence for decision-making.
Envisioning the Future of Social Service Workforce Planning: A Data-Driven Approach To identify promising approaches to strengthen the social service workforce and broader systems related to child care and protection, the USAID-funded D4I project has assessed key related activities across three countries—Armenia, Cambodia, and Rwanda.
The battle against indirect maternal mortality (Op-Ed) Uncovering the differential burdens and dissecting the root causes and systemic failures that have resulted in the often overlooked issue of indirect maternal deaths
EN-MINI: Finally, tools for combating newborn deaths are here! External link to the Ifakara Health Institute blog post published on May 27, 2024: EN-MINI: Finally, tools for combating newborn deaths are here!
Nurturing growth: Unraveling height dynamics in Bangladesh (Op-Ed) Analyzing the factors effecting women's height and how it impacts their well-being
Panel Discussion: Shifting Power and the Need to Better Understand Locally Led Capacity Strengthening Efforts On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, D4I hosted the third webinar in a series on localization in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL). The webinar included a panel discussion about shifting power and the need to better understand locally led capacity strengthening efforts in MERL.
Better Data Means Better Policy to Support Persons with Disabilities in Moldova D4I, which supports countries to generate and use high quality data, has been supporting the Moldovan government to identify data gaps, gather disability data specific to Ukrainian refugees, and introduce performance management indicators in public administration to ensure that people with disabilities receive benefits and services more efficiently.
Every Child Everywhere: Assessing USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy The MSNS (2014–2025) was developed to guide and inform USAID nutrition policies and programs in both humanitarian and development contexts to improve economic productivity, resilience, and overall nutritional status to save lives.
Social Accountability in Ethiopia: Community Score Card Implementation to Improve Primary Health Care On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, D4I hosted the first webinar in a series on localization in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL). The webinar, co-hosted by the USAID-funded NPI EXPAND project, highlighted the implementation of community score cards to improve primary health care in Ethiopia.