Making Sense of Communities of Practice in Global Health
‘A community of practice is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.’ We define Communities of Practice (CoPs) in global health as open, inclusive, virtual spaces (discussion forums) that bring together people who share a concern [more…]
Graphic Design in the Development World: It’s All about the Details
In my years of designing graphics in the development world, I believe that on-the-job experience is far more important than just having the title Graphic Designer. In my own expression of the field, graphic design is the art of communicating with images or text (graphics) by arranging (design) them in such a way that they [more…]
How Can I Engage Members of a Community of Practice to Participate?
This blog was originally posted on the USAID Learning Lab website. A steady thread throughout my career has been a passion for bringing people together for relationship building and learning. One of the ways I’ve done this is to facilitate learning communities and networks (shout-out to USAID/PPL’s Reena Nadler, who I managed the CLA Community [more…]
WHO Global Benchmarking Tool is a “Game-changer” for Regulatory Systems Strengthening
This blog is part of the blog series “Pharmaceutical Systems in Practice: Global Insights” and was originally posted on the USAID MTaPS Program website. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1 in 10 pharmaceutical products sold globally is falsified or substandard,¹ with deadly effects and the situation is known to be far [more…]
Maternal and Newborn Care in the Time of COVID-19
This blog was originally posted on the Jhpiego website. In some of the most challenging areas for health, delivering high-quality care for all women should be the standard—before, during and after COVID-19. As the world struggles to adjust to life during a pandemic, maternal health needs don’t go away—they grow. Now more than ever, the [more…]
The Evolution of LeaderNet: Primed for New Ways of Working
This past January, I traveled to Nigeria to support the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) Project led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Every morning as I sipped coffee and prepared for the day with the news in the background, I noticed that something was happening with a new virus followed by images [more…]
Girls with Disabilities, on Periods.
By Dr.Shubha Nagesh, an Atlantic Fellow for Global Health Equity, and Muskaan Vohra, student at Monash University. The World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights three main barriers preventing girls and women from accessing proper menstrual hygiene, including lack of awareness, acceptance, and access to hygiene products. Menstruation is natural, but the onset of menarche may pose [more…]
Think Inside the Organization: catalyzing internal advisors as consultants
If you work in international development, you have probably experienced that pressing need for support. You need to conduct an assessment, your proposal design should have started yesterday, and the capacity building for your partners is right around the corner – the list could go on and on. You need short-term support, but you also [more…]
Thinking about gender while responding to an epidemic: Must have or nice to have?
March 2020 is unique in that it is both Women’s History Month and the month when WHO declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic. Lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks of other coronaviruses (MERS and SARS), Ebola, and Zika, have highlighted the lack of gender considerations in epidemic preparedness and responses, and its consequences. [more…]
La redWIM y su aporte a la evaluación transformadora de género
Este blog fue publicado originalmente en la comunidad de EvalGenero. (Read in English.) El monitoreo y evaluación (M&E) de proyectos, programas y políticas de desarrollo con enfoque transformador de género se ha convertido en un punto de entrada importante para medir y valorar las acciones que buscan la igualdad de derechos y oportunidades para hombres [more…]