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Health and nutrition IDinsight

WEBWhat we do in health and nutrition. While biomedical and public health research has given the world effective interventions for many leading causes of disease, governments and NGOs need a spectrum of context-specific information to improve health and nutrition within low-income and marginalized communities.

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The Philippine Department of Health and IDinsight announce first

WEBSeptember 28, 2023 – IDinsight announces a partnership with the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) to design and conduct the first national Universal Health Care (UHC) survey. The survey will collect data on healthcare access, affordability and quality. The results of this survey will offer insights into the status of healthcare for Filipinos and health …

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Health & Nutrition trends in India – Quarterly report IDinsight

WEBThis report inspects varied dimensions of the quality of the data, and then generates substantive insights on mother and child nutrition across states in India over the last quarter. The report covers some critical topics over this period, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and nutrition services.

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Needs assessment – IDinsight's Impact Measurement Guide

WEBSuppose you plan to boost girls’ attendance by providing free menstrual hygiene management products in school. You first conduct a needs assessment, and learn from the students and their families that girls already have access to …

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Strengthening community health volunteer programmes in Kenya

WEBCommunity health volunteer (CHV) programs are foundational to robust health systems. Evidence suggests that CHV programs can lead to a citizenry that is more engaged in care decisions and reduce the financial burden on care within the health sector. 1 In Kenya, CHVs are typically selected by the communities in which they live and serve …

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Lessons from designing a monitoring system for the Philippine

WEBWe share our experience designing a monitoring system to support the Philippine Department of Health in rolling out Universal Health Care. Health systems across the Philippines have historically faced challenges due to fragmentation in health financing and service delivery models. In 2018, the Universal Health Care Act was …

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Heather Lanthorn IDinsight

WEBHeather is a social and behavioral scientist who uses evidence to drive decisions and results. She is Co-Director of the Mercury Project, at the Social Science Research Council, building the evidence base about scalable, cost-effective programming to strengthen vaccine demand and uptake around the world.

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Neha Raykar IDinsight

WEBNeha Raykar is a Director at IDinsight, based in New Delhi, India. She leads IDinsight’s work in the areas of maternal and child health and nutrition, adolescent health and wellbeing, and health systems governance in India. Neha has over 15 years of experience in research and monitoring and evaluation in the social impact sector.

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Philipp Kastrau IDinsight

WEBHis areas of expertise include health and personnel economics. Philipp Kastrau is an Economist at IDinsight, based in Nairobi, Kenya. His work is focussed on ensuring that evaluations and other client services IDinsight provides are technically rigorous. He is also involved in the technical training of IDinsight’s staff. Prior to IDinsight

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IDinsight welcomes Sarah Lucas as Global Lead for the Data on …

WEBApril 11, 2022 – IDinsight announces today the appointment of its new director, Sarah Lucas, who will oversee the organization’s Data on Demand (DoD) initiative, created t o produce timely, high-quality data-driven insights for public sector decision-makers. Sarah will work with the DoD team to expand its capabilities and reach. Building on systems …

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Neil Buddy Shah IDinsight

WEBBuddy is the former CEO and Co-Founder of IDinsight, where he provided significant evaluation, policy, and management expertise. Trained as a physician and development economist, Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is an award-winning social entrepreneur, CEO, and global health funder who is passionate about making global health efforts as …

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Rachel LuSava IDinsight

WEBRachel M. LuSava is an Associate Director on the East and Southern Africa Team at IDinsight, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In her role, Rachel leads IDinsight project teams and develops new clients, primarily in the health sector. Prior to joining IDinsight, Rachel worked in maternal and newborn health with Jacaranda Health in Kenya.

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Ruth Levine IDinsight

WEBRuth Levine is Vice President for Just Societies, and Chief Learning Officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Ruth is a development economist with more than three decades of experience working on the design and implementation of policies and programs related to global health and education, social protection, gender equality, and …

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Improving lives with data and evidence IDinsight

WEB5 December 2023. IDinsight Interim Executive Team Marc Shotland and Esther Wang share reflections in their 2023 year-end letter and 2023 Year in Review report.

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Will Thompson IDinsight

WEBWill Thompson is an Economist at IDinsight, based in New Delhi, India. Dr. Thompson oversees the technical design and analysis of impact evaluations, process evaluations, and complex sample surveys. Will’s portfolio spans sectors and clients, including projects for government and non-government partners in spaces such as …

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A dignity framework for respectful development IDinsight

WEBIn this paper, we develop a conceptual framework of dignity – the dignity chain–across the global development sector and, then, empirically assesses components related to the funding, design, and development outcomes of receivers through three experiments: First, we examine how US citizens value respectful development in their …

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Encouraging Child Mothers to Return to School: Rapid Review of …

WEBLiterature Review: Encouraging Child Mothers Return to School - 382 KB. Each year 13,000 girls drop out of schools in Kenya due to pregnancy (APHRC, 2020). To address this problem, the Kenyan government created the School Re-entry Policy for Girls in 1994, and followed up with the National Guidelines for School Re-Entry in Early …

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Stefania Pozzi IDinsight

WEBStefania supports the Morocco team on its various workstreams, including national needs assessments and human development. Prior to IDinsight, Stefania was a Global Senior Research Associate at Precision Development (PxD), where she developed and implemented a wide range of research projects including randomized controlled trials …

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Katie Henneman IDinsight

WEBKatie Henneman is a member of the Global Operations team at IDinsight, based in the US. Katie manages complex projects to support global operations, US operations, and other operational needs of IDinsight. Additionally, Katie is responsible for the oversight of US HR/compliance, US benefits, and US payroll. Prior to IDinsight, Katie worked as a

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State of Aadhaar Initiative IDinsight

WEBState of Aadhaar Initiative. Ronald Abraham , Elizabeth Bennet , Akash Pattanayak , Shreya Dubey , Sindy Li , Neil Buddy Shah , Noopur Sen 1 October 2021. IDinsight conceptualised the State of Aadhaar initiative in 2016 and authored two annual reports: 2016-17 and 2017-18. We generated data-driven insights on the Indian …

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