CORE Group Overview

CORE Group generates collaborative action and learning to improve and expand community-focused public health practices for underserved populations around the world.

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people want to

help…U.S. NGOs respond.

Life without CORE Group

The realities of the field

Stronger approaches, tools, joint training,

run programs together CORE network collaboration makes resources go further, and work better.

Life with CORE Group

Our similarities. We all…

Support health programs for underserved people in other countries, especially women and children Focus on community approaches with local partners Put our hearts “into the field” Measure our impact

We differ by… Vision and mission Size U.S. location Age of organization Funding sources Technical approaches

What brings CORE members together?

And then, our diversity helps us help each other.

Non-profit, citizen supportedCommunity-focused workApplication processOne-year “courting period”Active participation requiredMembers support staff time for

involvement

CORE Group Membership Criteria

ACDI/VOCA ~ Adventist Development and Relief Agency ~ African Medical

and Research Foundation ~ Africare ~ Aga Khan Foundation ~ AME-SADA ~

American India Foundation ~ American Red Cross ~ CARE International ~

Catholic Medical Mission Board ~ Catholic Relief Services ~ Christian

Children’s Fund ~ Christian Reformed World Relief Committee ~ Concern

Worldwide ~ Counterpart International ~ Curamericas Global, Inc. ~ Food

for the Hungry ~ Freedom from Hunger ~ Future Generations ~ Global

Health Action ~ Haitian Health Foundation ~ Health Alliance International ~

HealthRight International ~ Helen Keller International ~ Hesperian

Foundation ~ HOPE worldwide ~

Who are our members?

IMA World Health ~ International Medical Corps ~ International Relief

and Development ~ International Rescue Committee ~ International

Youth Foundation ~ La Leche League International ~ MAP International ~

Medical Care Development International ~ Medical Teams International

~ Mercy Corps ~ Partners for Development ~ PATH ~ Pathfinder

International ~ Physicians for Peace ~ Plan International ~ Population

Services International ~ Project Concern International ~ Project HOPE ~

Relief International ~ Salvation Army World Service ~ Save the Children ~

WellShare International ˜ White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood ~

World Neighbors ~ World Relief ~ World Vision

More members…

Why is it the missing piece of the health system puzzle?Hard for government to reach (end of the line)Entails complex, in-depth effort, sometimes difficult conditionsHope held out for short cutsCan be ignored

Why is it necessary?Most “health care” takes place at home, in communityMay be the only way to reach some populationsPotential for deep-rooted, sustainable changeMillennium Development Goals: 4, 5, 6, 8

The “Community Health” Approach

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CORE doesn’t run programs in “the field.”How do we advance Community Health?

Framework: Irene Tinker

CORE Group

Cross-cuttingMonitoring and EvaluationSocial and Behavior Change

TechnicalNewborn, infant and child healthMaternal healthNutritionInfectious diseases

Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, TB, Pandemic Influenza, and others

Focus areas

CORE Group’s Community Health

Network

Global Health Program Initiatives

Global Policy and Advocacy

PractitionerAcademy

CORE Group advances community health in partnership with:

• Member NGOs working in 180 countries• Universities• Advocates• Multilaterals• Global Alliances• Country partners• Donors• Governments• Private sector• Other organizations (health, educ., agric, etc.)

How CORE Group advances community health worldwide

Diffusion of Innovations

Technical WorkingGroups

CORE Group’s Global Health Program Initiatives

1. Promotion of Nutrition in the Community Context Saving lives through preventive measures during the most critical nutritional period in a person’s life.

2. Strengthening Community Mother-Child CarePreparing communities and households for safe motherhood and healthy newborns.

3. Scale-up of Community Case Management of Sick ChildrenScaling up locally-based diagnosis and treatment in partnership with families and communities.

4. Assuring Integrated Prevention and Care for Infectious DiseasesEnabling community-oriented, integrated care for people with multiple illnesses.

Strategic Approaches within each Initiative:

• Global and country partnerships• Social and behavioral change• “Community health systems” strengthening• Evidence-based development/ implementation research• Advocacy and global learning

Approaches & Tools: PD/Hearth, Barrier Analysis, Nutrition Pathways, C-IMCI, Designing for Behavior

Change, Lot Quality Assurance Sampling, Community-Based TB Guidance, Case Studies, PDQ, Care Groups.

Polio and Malaria Secretariats: Country-level

Global Fund Evaluation

Pandemic Flu Preparedness Model for Community/District Emergency Management

Sample Products and Projects

Resources for Practitioners

Listserves: CORE Community; Working Groups; Job listings

Case Studies, Curricula: range of topics

Databases: Child health and development; Consultants

Webpages: Vetted content for Working Groups, other topics

World Relief creates Care Group Model. WR/Food for the Hungry pioneer model in MozambiqueM & E data → Model works!

Donor support

Policy Impact:USAID (CSHGP,

FFP), UNICEF now support Care Group approach

Others adopt the Model

42%U5MR,

682 lives saved

42%U5MR,

682 lives saved

Others adopt the

Model

Others adopt the Model

WR refines, expands use of

the Model; publishes

Johns Hopkins University

input

CORE Group involves many organizations to create “How To” tools, collect impact data,

define approach, influence policy. This increases awareness, interest, understanding,

quality, replicability, credibility and buy-in.

Avg. 30% est. reduction in

U5MR (7 projects; 67% higher than CSHGP

avg.)

Avg. 30% est. reduction in

U5MR (7 projects; 67% higher than CSHGP

avg.)

FH adapts, expands use of the Model (CS, Title II)

From innovation in the field…

… to LARGE SCALE IMPACT

• Ten years ago, 2 NGOs using approach—now 19 NGOs, 30 projects, 14 countries

• Care Group model featured in UNICEF’s 2008 State of the World’s Children Report.

• Care Group approach used in $70 million USAID I-LIFE project in Malawi.

• GOMoz has shown interest in scale-up for use with health extension workers.

Members: Technical staffPractitioner AcademyProduct, program development

Focus on “Hill” Health Advocacy, PolicyAll aspects of health, all levels

CEOs, Exec. DirectorsHigh level int’l policy forumsDevelopment of org. standards

What makes CORE Group unique?

Interaction 172 orgs. advocate for better international education, health care, agriculture, business, etc.

Global Health Council 500+ organizations, 5000 individuals as advocacy voice targeting legislators, global policymakers, field programs, and more.

CORE Group50 members synergize to advance the field of community health programming, building on evidence-based experience.

CORE Group recommends:Community-based integrated approaches

“Demands collaboration between government and non-governmental actors…”

“Calls for coordination at the national, intermediate and community levels…”

“Requires a robust response to areas that have been neglected, such as child and maternal mortality, and strengthening comprehensive primary health care.”

Global Health Recommendations 2009: PIH, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center, Physicians for Human Rights, HAI, RESULTS and Action Aid

Progress in Global Health…

To what end?

CORE Group generates collaborative action and learning to improve and expand community-focused public health practices for underserved populations around the world.

As a collaborative body, we are always interested in new partnerships for community health.

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