JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Report from the cities : cases in urban child survival management
With unique capacities to leverage human and financial resources and to sustain supportive relationships with health ministries in developing countries, PVOs have been successful in reaching underserved child populations in urban areas worldwide.
Storms, Doris, ed. · 1992
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Abstract
This report explores the successes of 11 pioneer projects within the PVO Child Survival Program in East Africa, South Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean from 1985-1992. The report is presented in four sections, the first of which contains evaluations of programs implemented in Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Each discussion covers the issues of human resource management, health information systems, work that lies ahead, and project sustainability. A second section discusses priorities for PVOs initiating urban health programs as well as financial constraints to sustainability of child survival programs. A third section covers PVO lessons learned and recommendations, including strategies to be used specifically in urban areas and those which can be used in all community-based programs. A final section explores strategies of other agencies for special urban problems -- these include support for breastfeeding and family planning, HIV/AIDS education, environmental protection, alcohol and substance abuse prevention, and home-based health.
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