Tagged: data

  • January 13, 2020

    Total Quality Leadership and Accountability: Reaching the last mile in HIV epidemic control

    Written by
    Otto Chabikuli, Director, Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360
    Moses Bateganya, Technical Director, HIV Programs, FHI 360
    Robert Chiegil, Director, Project Portfolio, West Africa and Middle East, FHI 360

    At recent global health meetings that assessed progress made against the HIV epidemic, presentation after presentation confirmed that the world is inching closer to epidemic control. The excitement at these gatherings was palpable. It would be the first time in human history that such a public health milestone would be achieved without either a cure or a vaccine.

    As technical experts attending these meetings, we were struck by the critical importance of logistical and operational interventions, alongside biomedical ones, to reach the last mile. Yet, unlike the private sector, public health systems in low- and middle-income countries often remain underfunded and understaffed. This environment can make project management very challenging.

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  • August 6, 2013

    Video: Timely, reliable data improves education system in Djibouti

    With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and under Project AIDE, FHI 360 has been improving the quality of education with a focus on early grade reading in Djibouti for the past four years. This video describes a component of the project which has transformed the national education information environment, initially at the Ministry and regional levels, and now at the school level.

    As a result of this component, Djibouti now has a world caliber, internationally and locally responsive Education Management Information System that has been almost entirely operated by the local Ministry for the last two years. Although a small country, Djibouti has a fairly complex internal system of public and private schools that are now accommodated with 21st-century information systems.