Changes in our climate are contributing to changes in vector ecology, amplifying the risk of epidemics and pandemics from both endemic and emerging infectious disease agents. In addition, the threat of bioterrorism continues to pervade across the globe. Global health, however, security cannot be achieved without the creation of equitable, resilient, and efficient health systems…
Chemonics’ trauma-informed approach emphasizes a combined conceptual approach of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s six Trauma-Informed Principles, and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Intervention Pyramid to inform the practical activity recommendations and tools for each stage. With 28 unique tools and numerous other external tools included, this toolkit…
Chemonics staff were excited to join more than 400 other supply chain professionals from around the world at the recent 2023 Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS). Our staff from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Zambia, and Washington, D.C., participated in a series of presentations and panels under the summit theme, “The Journey to Self-Reliance:…
Please find below a number of resources about Chemonics’ work in humanitarian responses and how technology, data and evidence-based approaches have been utilised. Technical Report – Coordinated response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique provides model for supply chain emergency response Technical Brief – Keeping Our Commitments: Agility in the face of COVID-19 disruptions to the…
The Moldova Future Technologies Activity collaborates with the private sector, academia, and government to build an innovative digital system of economic opportunities for Moldova’s small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs. This “golden triangle” of diverse stakeholders identifies opportunities, co-creates solutions, and advocates for a business-friendly policy environment and integration with global markets. Simultaneously, collaborators address…
This case study explores how financial institutions define, measure, and track financial and social inclusion and identify what proactive activities they are undertaking to be more financially and socially inclusive. We interviewed 17 key informants from four Colombian financial institutions that participated in the USAID/Colombia Rural Finance Initiative project implemented by Chemonics. The financial institutions…
During the Trauma-Informed Approaches in Development Summit, we launched our Trauma-Informed Approaches Toolkit, while also showcasing trauma-informed programming in action. The summit included a panel discussion on Trauma-Informed Approaches in Action: Creating Trauma-Informed Spaces within Communities, featuring practitioners and experts from USAID’s Inclusive Development Hub, Heartland Alliance International, Chemonics’ safeguarding initiative, and two Chemonics UK-implemented…
The USAID Transformation Communications Activity (TCA) partners with the Government of Ukraine (GoU), the private sector, and civil society to increase the resilience of Ukraine’s democracy through innovative communications initiatives that engage Ukrainians in a conversation about the country’s democratic transformation and European integration.
Chemonics UK hosted a hybrid event on 5 December 2023 at our offices in London and online via Teams Live Events. This event convened international development and humanitarian partners, donors, practitioners, and researchers to explore current and emerging technology, data, and evidence-based approaches for informing emergency responses globally. The event explored examples of where technology,…
Private sector engagement in public health supply chains increases market competitivity, improves efficiency and allows for cost reduction, while enabling ministries of health to focus on their core competencies and become stewards of their supply chain operations. This paper, published in the Henry Stewart Publications Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, highlights best…
Briefing Paper – Climate Finance for a Just Transition: A Forum on Blended Finance and Catalytic Strategies While still falling short of the $3.5 trillion annual investment needed to reach a net-zero future, global climate finance is accelerating and has more than doubled over the past decade. Yet ensuring this capital flows to the most…
In malaria-endemic countries, timely and accurate malaria diagnosis is essential for effective case management. To strengthen laboratory services and malaria diagnosis, the Mozambique Integrated Malaria Program (IMaP), a five-year USAID-funded project led by Chemonics International Inc., implemented a variety of capacity building activities.