Global programs / NGO networks for health
NGO Networks for Health (Networks) combines the resources of five PVOs (Adventist Development and Relief Agency [ADRA], CARE, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health [PATH], Plan International, and Save the Children/US) to improve family planning, reproductive health, child survival, and HIV services in selected countries. This paper outlines principles and a strategic framework for behavior change (BC) programs, a major Networks focus. Key lessons learned by Networks regarding BC are as follows: (1) BC is both an individual and a group process and is part of the larger process of social change. Many prominent behavior change theories do not sufficiently take into account the cultural and social contexts in which individuals decide and act. (2) BC programs should view partners as agents of their own change rather than as "target audiences" and "beneficiaries" who are objects of change as defined by outside experts. (3) Sound public health knowledge alone cannot effect BC; social, economic, and political factors are also important. There is often a gap between public health knowledge and practice, indicating that while this knowledge plays an important role in BC, it do
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ACJ-316 (2000). The source's own text.
Operated in: Nicaragua, Armenia, Thailand, Nepal, Malawi, Senegal.
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.
A few documents to read first. Each opens in the side panel, with the PDF to download.
Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| The NicaSalud network : restoring community health activities in Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch -- a final evaluation (December 1999-October 2001) | 2001 | Linked evaluation |
| La Red NicaSalud : la restauracion de actividades de salud comunitaria despues del Huracan Mitch -- la evaluacion final (Diciembre 1999-Octubre 2001) | 2001 | Evaluation-type document |
| Report of the final evaluation of Umoyo network Malawi : USAID grant # HRN-A-00-98-00011-00 | 2003 | Linked evaluation |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGO Networks for Health | implementer | 2000 to 2003 | Stated in a document | 23 sources |
| Save the Children (U.S.) | implementer | 2000 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
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Scope: global. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.95.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRN-A-98-00011 (cooperative agreement, FY1998) | 2000 to 2003 | Stated in a document | 23 sources |
| implementer |
| 2002 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
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: district, region or province; squares are facilities.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition | 2000 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 13 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 2000 to 2002 | Stated in a document | 10 sources |
| Armenia | 2001 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Malawi | 2002 to 2003 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Asia Regional | 2000 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Civil society 23%; Health systems, policy and finance (general health) 13%; Good governance 11%
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