USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
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In April Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to The Gambia to commence preparations for midline evaluation data collection for the World Bank project focused on maternal and child nutrition and health. She attended meetings with a range of stakeholders in preparation for the quantitative and qualitative midline data collection that will take place this summer. Midline data will … Continue reading Midline evaluation prepped in The Gambia
Professor Laura Ferguson disseminated baseline evaluation findings for her ongoing project with the World Bank in December. The project focuses on nutrition and primary health care services for women and children in The Gambia’s poorest regions to help reduce maternal and child mortality and under-nutrition. The findings were distributed at high-level meetings which were well-attended … Continue reading Maternal, child health findings disseminated in The Gambia
Dr. Laura Ferguson visited The Gambia this month as part of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights' ongoing Maternal and Child Nutritional and Health Results Project with the World Bank. She provided technical support to the national government for its monitoring and evaluation of health and nutrition in the country. Working with a … Continue reading Project continues towards improving The Gambia’s national health monitoring
This month Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to The Gambia to continue her ongoing work with the World Bank focused on maternal and child nutrition and health. The primary purpose of this trip was to assist the monitoring and evaluation team within the National Nutrition Agency and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to strengthen … Continue reading Dr. Ferguson assisting monitoring and evaluation in The Gambia
Professor Laura Ferguson is working with the World Bank Group to conduct an impact evaluation with an embedded process evaluation for Maternal and Child Nutritional and Health Results Project. Implemented by the government of The Gambia and using a results-based financing (RBF) mechanism the $8.68 million grant will bring community-based nutrition and primary health care … Continue reading World Bank maternal, child nutrition and health results project underway in The Gambia
