Welcome New IBP Member Organizations
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Nandita Thatte
Dear IBP Colleagues,
Please join me in welcoming 6 new organizations to the IBP Network. We are thrilled to have these new member organizations with us representing a range of disciplines from research and academia, to behavioral science, and civil society. Please see a short description about each organization and contact information below.
We look forward to working together as part of the WHO/IBP Network!
With best wishes,
Howard Delafield International HDI works with an integrated approach to generate social impact grounded in behavioral science and catalyzed by creative solutions through tools such as emerging technology, applications of marketing, communications, media, events, and sustained by strategic public-private sector partnerships and coalitions. Areas of focus include infectious diseases, vaccines, women and children’s health and empowerment, gender equality, water, sanitation, and hygiene, environmental conservation, democracy, human rights and governance, and human trafficking. Howard Delafield International collaborates across sectors to combine theories from the behavioral and social sciences with principles and best practices from game-based learning, human-centered design, social marketing, and entrepreneurship to help organizations generate new ways to take on pressing health and environmental issues, both globally and locally. HDI is currently implementing a USAID funded project Game of Choice, Not Chance™ is a brand for mobile games using play to empower the choices and voices of young people. The first game is being co-designed with girls in India to provide an entertaining and safe space where they may explore, discover, and learn through interactive role-play in a virtual world. Within the game, girls can experience the power of their decisions, get connected to vital information and real-world resources, and become better equipped to shape their futures with confidence. Game of Choice, Not Chance is a response to USAID’s interest in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Approaches to Fertility Awareness and Adolescent Reproductive Health. Howard Delafield International is implementing the youth-centered initiative implemented through a consortium that includes India-based partners, Indusgeeks, Vihara Innovation Network, and Girl Effect, and U.S-based Cycle Technologies, and NAM ER Technology. Points of Contact: Kavita Ayyagari, kavita@... and Cynthia Hannah, cynthia@...
ideas42 is a leading non-profit behavioral design lab that leverages rigorous research from the fields of behavioral economics, cognitive science, and psychology to address a range of social problems and improve millions of lives. We use the behavioral sciences to help us understand the nuances of human behavior and why people make the decisions they do. Our deep expertise across a range of domains has showed us that context matters, that asking the right questions is critical, and that simple solutions are often available, but frequently overlooked or dismissed. We work to identify the subtle but important contextual details that can have a disproportionate impact on outcomes. ideas42 has developed a rigorous methodology to identify behavioral barriers that inhibit people from acting in accordance with their own broader preferences, and to design tailored solutions to overcome those barriers. We also educate thought leaders, policy-makers and practitioners about behavioral science, and how it can help to solve social problems. We run bespoke education programs to provide an introduction to the design of behaviorally informed policies, programs and products, and work extensively with partners to develop in-house behavioral capacity through our Behavioral Design Teams. Our work spans more than 45 countries and encompasses global and domestic health, economic mobility, international development, education, consumer finance, criminal justice, and energy efficiency, which enables us to draw insights from a wide range of sectors. Within our global health portfolio, we have partnered with a wide range of governments, foundations, and non-profit organizations in the areas of family planning, and maternal and child health, nutrition, HIV, and malaria. We bring expertise in applied behavioral science, innovative approaches to co-design and capacity building, and a management approach to support diffusion of innovation at scale. Point of Contact: Rahin Khandker, Vice President, rkhandker@...
UPCH is a private nonprofit university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of Cayetano Heredia, one of the eminent Peruvian physicians of the 19th century. The university is overseen by a board of trustees (patronato) and is not owned by any private or state entity. It is considered one of the top medical schools in Peru, along the Faculty of Medicine "San Fernando" of National University of San Marcos, and is currently one of the major producers and publishers of scientific research in the country. Point of Contact: Carlos Cáceres, carlos.caceres@...
MIT World Peace University, Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Pune India Background: Understanding that the ecosystem we find ourselves in is the most complex and important organism on the planet which must be maintained, MIT–WPU has established its Faculty of Sustainability Studies. MIT–WPU has already pledged itself to upholding the sustainability goals as laid down by the UN. The Faculty of Sustainability Studies is a realization of that commitment by being an interdisciplinary- higher education response to the global commitment to sustainable development and envisages to promote “a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination”. The Faculty of Sustainability Studies has created an undergraduate program, five postgraduate programs, and a Ph.D. Program. The faculty is building partnerships with the government, NGO’s and voluntary agencies to offer this program. The faculty’s teaching, training, and social engagement will be focusing on social innovation and creating values to promote sustainable and inclusive development. Point of Contact: Dr Joe Thomas, Associate Dean, Joe.thomas@...
University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda UGHE brings a new approach to recruiting and training health professionals. An initiative of Partners In Health and led by internationally recognized faculty and staff from around the world, UGHE is an independent university that builds on PIH’s three decades of experience in delivering health services to some of the world’s poorest communities. Our unique focus on practical experience outside the classroom ensures that students understand the complexity of delivering care in all settings. We prepare our students to serve in any environment with humility and compassion. By infusing the best new ideas in higher education and partnering with top universities and faculty from all over the world, UGHE students become changemakers. Our graduates will serve as government officials developing innovative policies to expand life-saving programs. They will be clinicians who diagnose and treat physical and social factors making their patients sick. They will lead programs and NGOs to improve health and save lives. Our vision is a world where every individual—no matter who they are or where they live— can lead a healthy and productive life. Point of Contact: Tsion Yohannes, ytsion@...
Development Research and Projects Center, Nigeria dRPC is a registered intermediary non-profit origination established with a mission of strengthening the capacity (organization and technical capacity) of civil society organizations to design and implement transformative and sustainable development interventions which engage government and address felt needs of the vulnerable and excluded such as women and girls. Our vision is for an ethical, inclusive and sustainable model of development engaging beneficiaries, civil society organizations as catalytic agents of change and government agencies for scale up, sustainability and ensuring public interest and public good. Point of Conatct: Stanley Udika Ukpai, Partnerships Director, stanleyukpai@...
Nandita Thatte, DrPH Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Email: thatten@...
-- Nandita Thatte, DrPH Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Email: thatten@...
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