CORE Group Overview

CORE Group Overview

1. CORE Group
Overview

2. CORE Group
generates collaborative action and
learning to improve and expand
community-focused public health
practices for underserved
populations around the world.

3. The American
people want to
help…
U.S. NGOs respond
.
Life without CORE Group

4. The realities of the field
Stronger approaches, tools, joint training,
run programs together
CORE network
collaboration makes
resources go further,
and work better.
Life with CORE Group

5. Our similarities.
We all…
Support health programs for underserved people in other
countries, especially women and children
Focus on community approaches with local partners
Put our hearts “into the field”
Measure our impact
We differ by…
Vision and mission
Size
U.S. location
Age of organization
Funding sources
Technical approaches
What brings CORE members together?
And then, our diversity helps us help each other.

6. Non-profit, citizen supported
Community-focused work
Application process
One-year “courting period”
Active participation required
Members support staff time for
involvement
CORE Group Membership Criteria

7. ACDI/VOCA ~ Adventist Development and Relief Agency ~ African Medical
and Research Foundation ~ Africare ~ Aga Khan Foundation ~ AME-SADA ~
American India Foundation ~ American Red Cross ~ CARE International ~
Catholic Medical Mission Board ~ Catholic Relief Services ~ Christian
Children’s Fund ~ Christian Reformed World Relief Committee ~ Concern
Worldwide ~ Counterpart International ~ Curamericas Global, Inc. ~ Food
for the Hungry ~ Freedom from Hunger ~ Future Generations ~ Global
Health Action ~ Haitian Health Foundation ~ Health Alliance International ~
HealthRight International ~ Helen Keller International ~ Hesperian
Foundation ~ HOPE worldwide ~
Who are our members?

8. IMA World Health ~ International Medical Corps ~ International Relief
and Development ~ International Rescue Committee ~ International
Youth Foundation ~ La Leche League International ~ MAP International ~
Medical Care Development International ~ Medical Teams International
~ Mercy Corps ~ Partners for Development ~ PATH ~ Pathfinder
International ~ Physicians for Peace ~ Plan International ~ Population
Services International ~ Project Concern International ~ Project HOPE ~
Relief International ~ Salvation Army World Service ~ Save the Children
~ WellShare International ˜ White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
~ World Neighbors ~ World Relief ~ World Vision
More members…

9. Why is it the missing piece of the health system
puzzle?
Hard for government to reach (end of the line)
Entails complex, in-depth effort, sometimes difficult conditions
Hope held out for short cuts
Can be ignored
Why is it necessary?
Most “health care” takes place at home, in community
May be the only way to reach some populations
Potential for deep-rooted, sustainable change
Millennium Development Goals: 4, 5, 6, 8
The “Community Health” Approach

10. CORE doesn’t run programs in “the field.”
Inform research agenda, provide links to field
.
Assure critical, timely
resources & policies.
Support evidence base, ideas
Share the vivid realities.
CORE doesn’t run programs in “the field.”
How do we advance Community Health?
Framework: Irene Tinker
CORE
Group

11. Cross-cutting
Monitoring and Evaluation
Social and Behavior Change
Technical
Newborn, infant and child health
Maternal health
Nutrition
Infectious diseases
Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, TB,
Pandemic Influenza, and others
Focus areas

12. CORE Group’s
Community Health
Network
Global Health Program Initiatives
Global Policy and Advocacy
Practitioner
Academy
CORE Group advances
community health in
partnership with:
• Member NGOs working
in 180 countries
• Universities
• Advocates
• Multilaterals
• Global Alliances
• Country partners
• Donors
• Governments
• Private sector
• Other organizations
(health, educ., agric, etc.)
How CORE Group advances community health worldwide
Diffusion of Innovations
Technical
Working
Groups

13. CORE Group’s Global Health Program Initiatives
1.Promotion of Nutrition in the Community Context
Saving lives through preventive measures during the most critical nutritional period in a person’s life.
2. Strengthening Community Mother-Child Care
Preparing communities and households for safe motherhood and healthy newborns.
3. Scale-up of Community Case Management of Sick Children
Scaling up locally-based diagnosis and treatment in partnership with families and communities.
4. Assuring Integrated Prevention and Care for Infectious Diseases
Enabling community-oriented, integrated care for people with multiple illnesses.
Strategic Approaches within each Initiative:
• Global and country partnerships
• Social and behavioral change
• “Community health systems” strengthening
• Evidence-based development/ implementation research
• Advocacy and global learning

14. Approaches & Tools: PD/Hearth, Barrier Analysis,
Nutrition Pathways, C-IMCI, Designing for Behavior
Change, Lot Quality Assurance Sampling, Community-
Based TB Guidance, Case Studies, PDQ, Care Groups.
Polio and Malaria Secretariats: Country-level
Global Fund Evaluation
Pandemic Flu Preparedness Model for
Community/District Emergency Management
Sample Products and Projects

15. Resources for Practitioners
Listserves: CORE Community; Working Groups;
Job listings
Case Studies, Curricula: range of topics
Databases: Child health and development;
Consultants
Webpages: Vetted content for Working Groups, other
topics

16. World Relief creates Care
Group Model. WR/Food for
the Hungry pioneer model in
Mozambique
M & E data →
Model works!
Donor
support
Policy Impact:
USAID (CSHGP,
FFP), UNICEF
now support
Care Group
approach
Others adopt
the Model
42%
U5MR, 682
lives saved
Others
adopt the
Model
Others adopt
the Model
WR refines,
expands use of
the Model;
publishes
Johns Hopkins
University
input
CORE Group involves many organizations to
create “How To” tools, collect impact data,
define approach, influence policy. This
increases awareness, interest, understanding,
quality, replicability, credibility and buy-in.
Avg. 30% est.
reduction in
U5MR
(7 projects; 67%
higher than
CSHGP avg.)
FH adapts,
expands use of the
Model (CS, Title II)
From innovation in the field…
… to LARGE SCALE IMPACT

17. •Ten years ago, 2 NGOs
using approach—now 19
NGOs, 30 projects, 14
countries
•Care Group model featured
in UNICEF’s 2008 State of
the World’s Children
Report.
•Care Group approach used
in $70 million USAID I-LIFE
project in Malawi.
•GOMoz has shown interest
in scale-up for use with
health extension workers.

18. Members: Technical staff
Practitioner Academy
Product, program development
Focus on “Hill” Health Advocacy, Policy
All aspects of health, all levels
CEOs, Exec. Directors
High level int’l policy forums
Development of org. standards
What makes CORE Group unique?
Interaction
172 orgs. advocate for
better international
education, health care,
agriculture, business, etc.
Global Health
Council
500+ organizations, 5000
individuals as advocacy
voice targeting legislators,
global policymakers, field
programs, and more.
CORE Group
50 members synergize to
advance the field of community
health programming, building
on evidence-based experience.

19. CORE Group
recommends:
Community-based
integrated
approaches

20. “Demands collaboration between government and non-
governmental actors…”
“Calls for coordination at the national, intermediate and
community levels…”
“Requires a robust response to areas that have been
neglected, such as child and maternal mortality, and
strengthening comprehensive primary health care.”
Global Health Recommendations 2009: PIH, Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud Center, Physicians for Human Rights, HAI, RESULTS
and Action Aid
Progress in Global Health…

21. To what end?

22. CORE Group
generates collaborative action
and learning to improve and
expand community-focused
public health practices for
underserved populations
around the world.

23. As a collaborative body, we are
always interested in new
partnerships for community health.
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www.coregroup.org