William Newbrander Named USAID/BASICS Technical Director
April 21, 2008—USAID/BASICS is pleased to announce the appointment of William “Bill” Newbrander as Technical Director. In this position, he will supervise the project’s technical focus areas, including: pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy, malaria, nutrition for children and infants, newborn survival and health, and pediatric HIV/AIDS.
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USAID/BASICS Establishes Long-term Technical Assistance Program in Liberia
February 29, 2008—USAID/BASICS has commenced a 21-month technical assistance agreement with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia to support introduction of the country’s Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS). The Government is aiming to ensure that at least 70% of health facilities are providing the BPHS by 2010, and is further seeking a five percent reduction in the child mortality and maternal mortality rates by the same time.
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Indonesia Country Coordinator Named
February 28, 2008—USAID/BASICS is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Erlyn Sulistyaningsih as Indonesia Country Coordinator. In this position, Dr. Sulistyaningsih will work with the Ministry of Health, USAID's Indonesia Health Services Project, and USAID/POUZN to support the revitalization of diarrhea case management, including the introduction of zinc for treatment.
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Publications and other resources recently posted on this site include:
- Scaling Up Child Survival Interventions in Cambodia: Service Delivery CostsA follow-on study to work carried out by BASICS and WHO in late 2006 to estimate the cost of national program resource needs for scaling up key child survival interventions through 2010 in Cambodia. In as much as the 2006 study primarily covered commodity and program costs, this latest analysis provides estimates of service delivery and management costs, such as salaries and transport.
- Improving Child Health through the Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet Program: Quantitative and Qualitative Studies These two reports summarize findings of assessments carried out to facilitate increased community access to essential drugs and enhance the quality of health services for young children in Tanzania through the country’s Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet program.
- Community Consultation on Child Health Practices in Timor-Leste This report provides results from a 2007 consultation conducted by the Timor-Leste Integrated Maternal and Child Health Care Project (jointly implemented by USAID/BASICS and USAID/IMMUNIZATIONbasics) to learn more about key preventive and care-seeking health practices related to child health.