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… IATI activity description (US-GOV-1-AID-OAA-A-12-00101)
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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). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
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.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province, district; squares are facilities.
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Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. High confidence.
How sure we are: 1.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
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.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Programs that came before or after this one. A stated link names a document; a likely link is read from the text. Source: succession links
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
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| 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 |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAA-A-12-00101 (cooperative agreement, FY2012) | 2013 to 2020 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 71 sources |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Health Systems | 2013 to 2020 | Stated in a document |
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
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%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
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Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improving Uptake, Retention, and Quality of PMTCT Services along the Entire Continuum of Care: Evaluation Findings, Tested Changes, and Guidance from Tanzania | 2014 | PA-00W-Q4N | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
| Indonesia hospital accreditation process impact evaluation : midline report | 2015 | PA-00M-645 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Research and evaluation report: cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase immunization coverage in Pakistan | 2016 | PA-00T-CQ5 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
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.
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.
| ASSIST de USAID | 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 |
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 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 |
Basis: read from a record field
| 2018 |
| PA-00T-6F7 |
| linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Assessing changes in knowledge and factors influencing behavior related to Zika prevention among women receiving antenatal care in Latin America | 2020 | PA-00W-QH4 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |