Senegal Undertakes Reforms to Increase Financial Protection for Health

Senegal is a leader in the West African region as it continues to reform and innovate its health system toward the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). Healthcare is a right guaranteed in the Senegalese constitution and remains a high political priority for the Government of Senegal. Through the USAID Building a Resilient Health System…

Trauma-Informed Approaches to Development

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 at the 2023 Global Health Supply Chain Summit

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:…

Driving Innovation through Collaborative Learning: Evidence from Moldova

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…

Case Study: Local Definitions and Metrics of Inclusion for Financial Institutions in Colombia

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…

Trauma-Informed Approaches in Development Summit

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…

Strengthening Humanitarian Responses: Technology, Data and Evidence-Based Approaches

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,…

Managing Health Supply Chain Risk Through Strategic Outsourcing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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…

Strengthening Laboratory Capacity for Malaria Diagnosis

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.