This document identifies several elements that are essential to the implementation of an effective PD/Hearth program. Experience repeatedly shows that these elements cannot be adapted, modified or skipped altogether without seriously diminishing the effectiveness of the program.
Positive Deviance/Hearth Materials: A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children
A Positive Deviance/Hearth Nutrition Program (PD/Hearth) is a home- and neighborhood-based nutrition program for children who are at risk for protein-energy malnutrition in developing countries. The program uses the “positive deviance” approach to identify those behaviors practiced by the mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from low-resource families and to transfer such positive practices to others in the community with …
The Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C-IMCI) Framework: A FacilitatorÕs Guide for Conducting Country Meetings on HH/C-IMCI
The purpose of this guide is to assist NGOs, ministries of health, and bilateral and multi-lateral organizations in implementing a two-and-a-half-day workshop on household and community IMCI (HH/C-IMCI).
Tuberculosis Control Programming for PVOs: Facilitator’s Manual
The purpose of this manual is to assist PVOs/NGOs to organize and facilitate a course on tuberculosis control programming for PVOs/NGOs at the country or regional level. The curriculum is designed to prepare PVO/NGO and partner staff to implement high-quality tuberculosis control programming, including diagnosis, case finding, drug supply, information analysis and use, working with partners, communication issues, incentives and …
The Rapid Household Survey Handbook: How to Obtain Reliable Data on Health at the Local Level
This manual is designed to help health managers understand the why and the how to of rapid health surveys. It’s targeted to managers within civil society organizations (or nongovernmental organizations), leaders of government health districts, as well as health program monitoring and evaluation officers or managers of regions or districts in which programs are implemented. The manual also enables such …
Tuberculosis Control Programming for PVOs: Facilitator’s Manual
The purpose of this manual is to assist PVOs/NGOs to organize and facilitate a course on tuberculosis control programming for PVOs/NGOs at the country or regional level. The curriculum is designed to prepare PVO/NGO and partner staff to implement high-quality tuberculosis control programming, including diagnosis, case finding, drug supply, information analysis and use, working with partners, communication issues, incentives and …
The Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C-IMCI) Framework: A Facilitator’s Guide for Conducting Country Meetings on HH/C-IMCI
The purpose of this guide is to assist NGOs, ministries of health, and bilateral and multi-lateral organizations in implementing a two-and-a-half-day workshop on household and community IMCI (HH/C-IMCI).
Child Survival and Health Grants Program Technical Reference Materials
Technical Reference Materials (TRMs) are a series of modules designed to reflect the essential elements to be considered when implementing the given intervention or strategy—important resources that CSHGP grantees should consult when planning their interventions. The TRMs are also the standard technical materials for USAID Population Health and Nutrition Officers around the globe. The TRMs are regularly updated with state-of-the-art …
The Expansion of Community-Based Tuberculosis Programming: Critical Program Design Issues for New Partners
This document outlines nine project-design challenges most likely to face those working at the community level. It should be used as a primer for gaining a better understanding of the challenges community-based tuberculosis programs and providers face, as well as some of the ways nongovernmental organizations are currently addressing these challenges.
Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool For Program Planners
This tool includes a workbook and reference guide and is designed to help program planning teams—including those designing Child Survival and Health Grants Program or Title II food security program proposals—in the design of the nutrition component of their programs. The design assistant provides guidance on how to compare and contrast approaches and select the most appropriate combination of community-based nutrition …