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• Learn how NGOs can support the monitoring the durability of long-lasting ITNs

• Collaborate with SBC working group on strategic areas to improve SBC in malaria programs

• Explore ways NGOs can operationalize the Multisectoral Action Framework for Malaria

• Webinars on: improving case management through private providers, new prevention strategies to reach populations at risk and ACT resistance in the Mekong region

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND

PARTNERSHIPS• RBM Case Management working group

• MCHIP CCM and Malaria in Pregnancy work

• Global CCM Task Force

• MalariaCare

• Anemia Task Force

• Health Communication Capacity Initiative

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Integration!

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ADDRESSING CORE’S STRATEGIC PLANYes!!

Learning

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Overall health and wellbeing

Improve and expand practices

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COLLABORATIONS WITH TECHNICAL AND GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERSHIV and TB WGs

Nutrition WG (NACS)

SBC WG (stigma)

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FHI360 Clean, Fed and Nurtured

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• Completion of Make Me a Change Agent (MMCA) Manual

• SBC Capacity Building and Professional Development

• Gender• Disaster Risk Reduction

STRATEGIC PLAN RESPONSE

1. Strengthen hub of community health innovation and learning

-online webinars and learning opportunities-open to collaboration with academia for identified research needs

2. Increase global participation in collaboration learning and action network

--working group meetings open to international participation-Make me a Change Agent (MMCA) manual being piloted internationally-Collaboration with TOPS SBC Task Force

3. Engage with priority health initiatives at global and country level

-Participation and representation in USAID Population Level Behavior Change Evidence Summit

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND

PARTNERSHIPS• TOPS• USAID-MCHIP• JHUCCP HC3 Project (Health

Compass)• Open with partnerships to academia

for SBC research• Open to collaboration with other

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• Technical Series on ECD [Early Childhood Development] including possibility of WHO/UNICEF training on Care for Child Development (evidence-based PSS/PCI foundational lifeskills for 0 to 3 year-olds)

• m-Health Newborn Field Guide2. Community Health ( and TB) Framework and Guide on Integrating Pediatric TB with Community Health and be used in programs.

3. Community Health System Strengthening Focus on Civil Society and Accountability with the

Community Health Systems

4. CCM ( and SMRH): HBB at the community level and be part of iCCM? (WV pilot in S. Sudan)

STRATEGIC PLAN RESPONSE

The CCH Working Group is enthusiastic to expand the promotion and sharing of organizations’ learning experience on program implementation through partnership with institutions and universities and having research advisor(s) with the WG.

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND

PARTNERSHIPS1. Nutrition WG

Webinars and Technical Series on ECD (Early Childhood Development)

2. Tuberculosis (TB) WG

Framework for Integrating Pediatric TB and Community Health Programs

3. GHWA (Global Health Workforce Alliance) [ United Nations]

Principles of Practice for CHWs

4. mHealth Interest Group

mHealth Newborn Field Guidelines

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HBB at the community level and possibly be included with iCCM

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CCM and iCCM (commodities and supplies at the community level etc.)

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Newborn Health- Prevention of Pre-term births and Still births

- Prevention of infections; support HBB

Maternal Health- maternal nutrition and its impact on birth and child health outcomes

Maternal Mental Health- impact of maternal mental health on maternal outcomes and child nutrition and development

Gender-based Violence and its impact on maternal and child health

Reproductive Health- focus on adolescents, girls education/protection, fertility

Compendium of MNCH tools for use at project level

Best Practices- MNCH, women’s empowerment

STRATEGIC PLAN RESPONSE

Strategic Objective 1: Expand SMRH Group Leadership

-Co-chairs for Newborn, Maternal and Reproductive Health who establish sub-Groups

Strategic Objective 2: Establish sub-Groups to address state-of-the-art MNCH issues

- sub-Groups survey needs and organize SOTA educational programs

Strategic Objective 3: Support CORE and USAID Global initiatives and objectives

- increase awareness of global programs and disseminate findings, lessons, tools, and resources

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERSHIPS

CORE Group Collaboration with Working Groups

- Nutrition Group- Maternal Anemia

-SBC Group- behavior change for CARE Groups

-Dissemination of resources, tools related to MNCH/RH

Awareness and support for Global Initiatives- i.e. USAID, Promised Renewed; Every Women Every Child etc.

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FY14 PRIORITIES• CONTINUE TO HELP PROGRAMS MEASURE MORTALITY:

• -Continue to explore the SMART (Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transition) Methodology.• Had an introduction to the SMART methodology by Victoria Sauveplane from ACF Canada

with a practicum on using the ENA Software• Will provide a link for interested CORE members to ACIF to gain access to field based

trainings, both in the US and internationally.

• Update the MAP (Mortality Assessment for Health Programs) System Manual based on field experiences

• ELECTRONIC DATA COLLECTION GUIDANCE: Next Steps• Explore how to support district information systems with mobile data collection• Update data collection guidance based on field experiences

• KPC TRAINING TOOLS: Provide input to updated modules in the KPC• Spring meeting update on the changes made to the KPC will be provided to the

entire CORE Group• With the updated KPC tools we will explore the need for updated guidance on the

changes made and implementation of the new survey tools.• Continue to update the KPC modules based on field experiences

STRATEGIC PLAN RESPONSE

• Presented the SMART Methodology through ACF Canada at this meeting

• Long history of working with Bill Weiss from JHSPH and will continue that partnership

• Longstanding relationship with Henry Perry, formerly with and presently with JHSPH

• Collaborate with Joe Valadez, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, on topics related to LQAS.

• Working with ICF

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND

PARTNERSHIPS• Relationship with MCHIP and USAID with KPC Survey

Modules, work on LQAS methodology, and

• SMART for nutrition and mortality

• JSI for district health system strengthening and health information system strengthening

• Working with Emory and Columbia regarding nutrition and mortality studies

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Essential Nutrition Actions

Anemia

WASH for nutrition

ECD and nutrition synergies

Maternal nutrition

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Identify a research agenda and academic advisors

Continued input into USAID Nutrition Strategy

Support efforts to involve civil society in SUN

COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL & GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS AND

PARTNERSHIPSSMRH WG – Maternal nutrition, MIYCN – FP integration, Anemia

HIV WG - NACS

Malaria WG – Anemia

SBC WG – Nutrition and infection, PD/Hearth, Nutrition and ECD

CCH WG – Nutrition and infection, Nutrition and ECD

Disability WG – Nutrition and disability

FANTA – NPDA, Anemia

SPRING – Anemia, Nutrition-sensitive agriculture

MCHIP – Anemia, MIYCN – FP integration

TOPS – Nutrition-sensitive agriculture

SUN – Advocacy

Thousand Days - Advocacy