Subject: July 15 IHD Global Staff Meeting Summary
From: Diana Silimperi <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:08:44 +0000

Thanks for joining us for the July 15 FY 16 Q1 IHD Global Staff Meeting! The meeting, facilitated by Katherine Brouhard, included staff from 20 countries in person and via audio and webcast.  Thank you for your patience as we continue to finetune our presentation technology. Below please find quick highlights of the meeting – more detail available on the slides or by reaching out to presenters. View the presentation slides and recording of the session on AGI.

Highlights

New Business Q1 (contact [email-masked])

·         9 Proposals submitted ($187M)

·         1 Award ($2.2M) Gates Immunization Tracking Project

·         8 Modifications ($205K)

Abt Projects in Nigeria

·         Dina Abi-Rached, Bethesda-based Technical Project Officer for PATHS2, gave overview of the current six projects working in Nigeria: Dfid PATHS2, USAID SHOPS Associate Award, USAID SHOPS, USAID HFG, USAID AIRS, Gates ICARE (sub to PACT).

Project Highlight:  Nigeria PATHS2 Health Systems Strengthening

National Programme Manager Mike Egboh gave an overview of PATHS2 and shared the project’s exemplary accomplishments.

·         Follow-on to PATHS1 (2002-2008), PATHS2 is a 6-year DfID-funded project (2008-2014)

·         Implemented at all levels of governance with focus in 5 states (Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Enugu, Lagos)

·         Granted 6-month extension in Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa and 2 years in Enugu and Lagos (2016)

·         Goal: Nigeria's own resources are efficiently and effectively used to achieve the MDGs

·         Purpose: Improve the planning, financing and delivery of sustainable and replicable pro-poor services for common health problems in 5 states

·         Selected project results:

o   140,067 Potential lives of women and under-fives saved: 2009-2014

o   1,210,974 Pregnant women attended at least 4 antenatal care visits: 2009-2014 (increase from 17% to 57% in 3 Northern states)

o   467,631 Deliveries took place in facilities 2009-2014 (increase from 10% to 25% in 3 Northern states)

o   462,732 Deliveries by skilled birth attendants: 2009-2014 (increase from 13% to 24%)

o   997,754 Women improved knowledge of maternal danger signs: 2012-2014 (increase from 4% to 20%)

Reputational Capital

·         Minki Chatterji gave overview of Q1 rep cap stressing the importance of rep cap as a vehicle to share our learning with others. Production of rep cap overall continues to rise. This quarter there were 5 peer-reviewed journal articles published as below. Anthony Leegwater and Ted Hammett each discussed highlights from their journal articles.

Anthony Leegwater and Carlos Avila. “A concise, health service coverage index for monitoring progress towards universal health coverage.” BMC Health Services Research

Ben Johns and Elaine Baruwa. “The effects of decentralizing anti-retroviral services in Nigeria on costs and service utilization: two case studies.” Health Policy and Planning

Kylie Ingerson. “PEPFAR Transitions to Country Ownership: Review of Past Donor Transitions and Application of Lessons Learned to the Eastern Caribbean.” Global Health: Science and Practice

Ted Hammett, Sara Donahue, Lisa LeRoy, Liza Solomon, and Michael Costa. “Transitions to Care in the Community for Prison Releasees with HIV: a Qualitative Study of Facilitators and Challenges in Two States.” Journal of Urban Health

Thierry van Bastelaer, Benjamin Woodman, and Minki Chatterji. “Saving for Delivery through Technology: An Inquiry into an Electronic Commitment Savings Product for Maternal Healthcare in Kenya.” International Journal of Health Planning and Management

·         Gael O’Sullivan discussed her participation in the World Social Marketing Conference in Australia in April stating that Abt had a high profile at the event with a panel discussion, oral session by Jordan JCAP’s Houda Khayame, an exhibit booth, and being a sponsor of the event.

Upcoming Events:

o   Aug 19: IHD Quarterly Report-out

o   Sept 16: Townhall

o   Oct 21: IHD Global Staff Meeting

We look forward to “meeting” with you all again October 21.

All the best!

(Sent to all IHD US & Field)