International Community Health Network
- Quarterly News -
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CORE Group-Pathfinder UNGA and UNFSS Side Event
Food Security, Climate Change, and Health: Women Leading the Response
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During this UN General Assembly/UN Food Systems Summit side event, moderated by Dr. Kathleen Mar and co-hosted by CORE Group and Pathfinder International, we discussed why food security is a gender issue, the links between climate change and food security, and initiatives to tackle these challenges. Speakers included Mr. Muhammad Aslam Ghauri from the Government of Pakistan; Pamela Onduso from Pathfinder, and Toyosi Bakare from Action GX. Lisa Hilmi, CORE Group's Executive Director, made closing remarks.
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Have You Seen Our 2020 Annual Report? |
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We are excited to share our 2020 Annual Report with our members, partners, friends and supporters. Read our Annual Report to relive the highlights from last year including our inaugural virtual Global Health Practitioner Conference; the Lives in the Balance Summits; Pitch Challenge; program updates; working group activities; and more!
Cover photo by our 2020 Annual Report Photo Contest Winner, Mwangi Kirubi / Food for the Hungry.
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CORE Group Led International Youth Day Campaign "Elevating the Voices of Youth in the Climate Action" |
To commemorate International Youth Day, CORE Group hosted a social media campaign to elevate the voices of youth leaders engaged in climate action. We collaborated with PMNCH, the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning, and YOUNGO. The campaign included a Twitter Chat on August 12, a video campaign, and sharing climate change and health facts. There were 22 posts on Twitter, including 20 graphics and 6 videos. |
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CORE Group Co-Hosted #All4Climate Event Ahead of the Pre-COP26 Summit
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CORE Group partnered with PMNCH, Lancet Countdown, and others on a virtual youth-led conclave, entitled ‘Adolescents & Youth Taking Charge: Action on climate change for their well-being. Speakers included CORE Group Technical Programs Officer, David Imbago, who discussed how adolescents and youth are taking action on climate change for their well-being and the health of the planet. |
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New and Re-Elected CORE Group Board of Directors |
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We are pleased to present the new and re-elected members of CORE Group's Board of Directors. The CORE Group Board of Directors is dedicated to advancing CORE Group’s mission, values, strategies, goals, priorities, and policies. |
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SARAH FORD | BOARD CHAIR, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES |
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MARÍA JOSÉ CISNEROS-CÁCERES, MD | AT-LARGE, AMBOSS |
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NIKOLOS OAKLEY | AT-LARGE, INTRAHEALTH INTERNATIONAL
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Working Group Leadership Opportunities |
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CORE Group is now looking to expand our Co-Chairs in the following groups for additional support and due to regular Co-Chair rotations. Co-Chairs generally serve two-year terms.
Co-Chairs play an important role in moving the Working Group forward, encouraging participation from CORE Group membership and other partners, hosting webinars and other learning opportunities, and more. Please see the attached description.
Co-Chairs must be a Member of CORE Group (Organizational, Individual, or Student). If you are not already a member, find more information about our membership options here.
Please let us know if you are interested in taking on a Co-Chair role by sending your CV and expression of interest to jobs@coregroup.org. The deadline has now been extended to Friday, November 12, 2021. Please reach out with any questions.
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Become a CORE Group Member! |
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Contribute to Global Community Health Impact
The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical time to join together and collaborate for greater community health impact. CORE Group’s membership is made up of more than 185 organizations and individual associates committed to advancing community health for underserved people in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Through our International Community Health Network, over 9,000 health and development professionals come together to share ideas, identify gaps and promising innovations, and collaborate to create the next generation of practical tools, guidance and insight. Join us today!
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Photo credit: Smile Train |
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Technical Working Group & Interest Group Activities
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Disability-Inclusive Health Technical Advisory Group: Hosted a COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Disability Inclusion Workshop to identify key action steps to build a roadmap for disability-inclusive COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The workshop featured a panel of experts on social and behavior change, vaccine service delivery and last mile distribution, and disability inclusive health, including field-based experts able to comment on current COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
One Health: Held their inaugural journal club on Exposure to Animal Feces and Human Health. These journal clubs are opportunities to learn more about seminal articles on One Health; discuss issues related to policies, programs, and research; and network with colleagues.
Social and Behavior Change: Published a set of complexity-aware tools to help design and evaluate SBC-focused interventions. Tools in this set include an advocacy brief, core set of indicators, and checklist to help in documenting SBC interventions.
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New Incentives successfully increased immunization coverage for children between 12 and 16 months of age through an innovative, conditional-cash transfer program implemented in North West Nigeria. They disbursed cash incentives to caregivers conditional on infants receiving four critical vaccines. Read more in their newly released annual report. |
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Pathfinder International used a centering model of care to significantly improve uptake and retention of antenatal care services in their Afya Pwani project. They provided a safe space for 7,000 pregnant and postnatal women to share experiences and receive essential health information from a midwife or other skilled providers. Read more about their project here. |
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CMMB is piloting a new program to provide mental health and resiliency tools for caregivers in Peru. After uncovering significant mental health needs for community health workers, CMMB implemented workshops that focused on resilience, stress management, and self-care.
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Medicines for Humanity made their first deliveries of supplies to clinics in Aquin and Cavallion. They sent soap, sanitizer, PPE, medical supplies, medicines, solar lights, and tents to local populations. Medicines for Humanity also installed a new borehole in the Chankwale community in the Chipangali District in Eastern Province, Zambia, providing clean water to more than 600 families. Learn more.
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Want to share news and updates from your organization for the next newsletter?
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9 November 2021 | Online | Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
9 November 2021 | Online | Swansea University
15-16 November 2021 | Online| Women Lift Health
16 November 2021 | Online | Save the Children, UYAFPAH, and WETEC Kenya
18 November 2021 | Online | USAID Health Research Program
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Complexity is a key factor—perhaps the key factor—in social and behavior change (SBC) programming. This set of complexity-aware tools were developed to help design and evaluate SBC-focused interventions. Tools in this set include: an advocacy brief, core set of indicators, and checklist to help in documenting SBC interventions.
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Jobs and Other Opportunities |
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CORE Group members are eligible to post jobs for free of cost as member benefit. |
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