Global programs / Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST)
The objective of the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project is to improve the quality and outcomes of health care and other services by enabling host country providers and managers to apply the science of improvement. The project seeks to build the capacity of host country service delivery organizations in USAID-assisted countries to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, client-centeredness, safety, accessibility, and equity of the health and family services they provide. USAID ASSIST also seeks to institutionalize the capacity to improve through competency development at the pre- and in-service levels as well as engaging with host country governments at the policy level.
Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-AID-OAA-A-12-00101 (2012). The source's own text.
Operated in: Latin America, Tanzania, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Malawi, India, Guatemala, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, Swaziland, Pakistan, Africa, Africa South of Sahara, Georgia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Ecuador, Paraguay, Burundi, South Africa, Mozambique, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, South Asia, Uganda.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Research Corp. (URC) | implementer | 2013 to 2020 | Stated in a document | 65 sources |
| University Research Corp. (URC) Center for Human Services | implementer | 2013 to 2015 | Stated in a document | 16 sources |
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Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. High confidence.
How sure we are: 1.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAA-A-12-00101 (cooperative agreement, FY2012) | 2013 to 2020 | Stated in a document |
Starting in October 2012, through the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, URC began building on the gains from HCI to support the MOHSW and implementing partners to scale up activities to additional regions not covered under HCI. 2 Program Overview What are we trying to accomplish?
Introduction Beginning in 2012, the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project in Burundi and its predecessor, the USAID Health Care Improvement Project, with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against AIDS via the National Program to fight AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (PNLS/IST) to im
In January 2013, the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project – the follow-on to HCI – started working with the Government of Malawi and implementing partners (IPs) to complete the process of piloting and finalizing the national OVC service standards, also with PEPFAR funding.
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| Title | Year | Type |
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| implementer |
| 2016 |
| Stated in a document |
| 4 sources |
| Clinton Hlth Access Initiat | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Swaziland Hlth Lab Serv Project | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Swaziland Natl AIDS Program | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Univ Res Co | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| URC Swaziland | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
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| 71 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Health Systems | 2013 to 2020 | Stated in a document | 64 sources |
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Health systems, policy and finance (general health) 33%; Social policies, regulations and systems (incl. gender, population) 15%; Maternal and child health 8%
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Program key awd:OAA-A-12-00101