Many Ethiopian women working in the formal sector face challenges balancing care responsibilities for a newborn and work life. Anecdotal evidence suggests that in the absence of a close family […]
Many Ethiopian women working in the formal sector face challenges balancing care responsibilities for a newborn and work life. Anecdotal evidence suggests that in the absence of a close family […]
The Transform: Primary Health Care project provides technical assistance to the Government of Ethiopia to support its implementation of the Health Sector Transformation Plan, with the ultimate goal of preventing child […]
Scant data exists on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide. However, available information shows that violence against children is a global problem. This desktop study aims to glean from […]
Research shows that early childhood development (ECD) is critical to both mental and physical health later in life. However, programming targeting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is almost exclusively focused […]
There are no reliable estimates of the number of children living with disabilities. Estimates vary greatly, depending on the definition of disability, the methodology, and the measurement tool used (World […]
Among children under five years of age in the developing world, nearly one-quarter are underweight (127 million) and one-third are stunted (195 million). Over 90 percent of those who are […]
Gender inequality is cited as a major contributor to Swaziland’s high HIV prevalence rate. There is no routine screening for gender-based violence by health providers in Swaziland to provide statistical data […]
Both the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Health Initiative (GHI) emphasize preventing, monitoring, and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) as critical to strengthening […]
The purpose of this situation analysis, conducted for AIDSTAR-One, was to understand what supports and hinders effective care for children who have experience sexual violence and exploitation in Lesotho. The […]
Community health workers (CHWs), and the barriers they face in providing services, have been studied extensively. Less examined is how CHWs respond to these barriers. The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen […]
The purpose of this curriculum is to prepare health care and social welfare workers to gain a combination of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and wider attributes of gender-based violence (GBV) and […]
This manual will orient trainers to the GBV and VAC required competencies for organizing, coordinating, and delivering the gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) training package to health care […]
These job aids were developed to provide updated guidance to trainers of health care providers and social welfare officers on the provision of effective and comprehensive services to gender-based violence […]
This assessment toolkit for health care providers and social welfare workers is part of a training package addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC). The toolkit was developed with […]
These training slides for module 4 (of 4) is designed to help health care providers and social welfare officers improve their competencies in management and utilization of data for gender-based violence […]
These training slides for module 3 (of 4) are focused on refreshing health care providers and social welfare officers on preventing gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC). More […]
These training slides for this module 2 (of 4) provide learning competencies to health care workers and social welfare officers on interpersonal communication skills, medical, medicolegal, and psychosocial care and support […]
These training slides for module 1 (of 4) introduce the concepts, causes, magnitude, and consequences of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC). It prepares participants to understand essential elements of […]
EnCompass is the gender partner on the USAID Transform: Primary Health Care project in Ethiopia. Led by Pathfinder International, the project is supporting the Government of Ethiopia’s implementation of its […]
This special study for Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program provided an opportunity to return to two countries, Indonesia and Mali, four years after SNL ended its in-country […]
This special study for Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program provided an opportunity to return to two countries, Indonesia and Mali, four years after SNL ended its in-country […]
This special study for Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program provided an opportunity to return to two countries, Indonesia and Mali, four years after SNL ended its in-country […]
Over the last 15 years, newborn health has garnered increased attention, and individuals, organizations, and communities of organizations have emerged to work on newborn health and survival at both global […]
EnCompass is excited to continue partnering with ICF Internationalto implement the newly awarded USAID Demographic and Health Surveys-9 Project (DHS-9). With this new activity, we will continue our 10+ years […]
EnCompass was an evaluation and learning partner for Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program, a globally recognized leader in newborn health supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. […]
EnCompass designed and implemented the evaluation of the quality improvement methodology, the improvement collaboratives model. This innovative rapid improvement approach to healthcare planning and delivery is focused on monitoring, knowledge […]
EnCompass designed and implemented 17 field-based studies to understand and document costs, and to assess and improve the cost-effectiveness of specific quality improvement approaches and methodologies applied by improvement collaboratives […]
Save the Children provides comprehensive training and critical job aids to community volunteers in Africa working with families with children, especially those affected by HIV and AIDS. EnCompass developed a […]
In 2001, HCI developed a framework consisting of seven elements contributing to the institutionalization of improvement at the national, regional/provincial, district, and service delivery levels. This technical report presents the […]