Improving policy, programs and understanding through evaluation research.

The study, conducted in a region of Niger with some of the highest rates of maternal mortality, child marriage, and infant mortality, found that the main cause for early marriage was a combined result of poor educational opportunities and a concern for girls' safety.

We provide safe space clubs to girls at risk for early marriage as well as mobilize families and influencers to change norms around girls education and early marriage.

The purpose of this study is to help inform USAID capacity building activities for adolescent girls and their communities. USAID's resilience efforts in Niger aim to respond to the food security needs of people in Maradi and Zinder, two of the most malnourished regions of Niger.

GAMIN is a longitudinal trial that will randomize 450 children aged 28 days to 59 months to a single dose of azithromycin or placebo.

The investigator's objective in this study is to determine the optimal age group to treat with biannual oral azithromycin distribution to reduce child mortality.

The Human Rights Center is partnering with Save the Children, Plan International, and local organizations in Jordan and Uganda on a long-term research initiative to strengthen efforts to prevent child marriage in humanitarian contexts.

The Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi), a partnership between Lynne and Marc Benioff, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers a unique opportunity to apply scientific, clinical, and community expertise to address the growing problem of prematurity.

STRIPE is a PEPFAR funded project to capacitate medical and nursing schools to deliver optimal HIV care. A key facet of this involves next generation of health leaders to be better equipped to engage in health diplomacy in their settings

Assessing the impact of a girl-focused, integrated adolescent package which generates demand for all steps in the HIV cascade.

This work seeks to decrease incidence of HIV and unintended pregnancies in Tanzania through the creation of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)-friendly drug shops and the distribution of HIV self-test kits alongside contraception and linkages to care.

CyberRwanda uses youth-centered design to create a fun, interactive, and inspirational Direct to Consumer (DTC) platform that seamlessly integrates employment skills with on-demand health information and products for Rwandan youth. 

HEARD addresses “know-do” gaps, or delays, in the discovery of effective interventions and their wide-scale application. HEARD emphasizes local ownership and partnerships in order to scale up equitable and sustainable efforts.