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    The hard bits: where can experts and donors make a difference?

    The problem with much technical assistance, is that it focuses on the easy bits. In a series of large projects we reviewed, funded by a range of different donors, all of the support was focused on the easy bits. Yet on their own, the easy bits do not help change people’s lives.

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    The science of detecting false data

    Leaders of health and education systems often rely on datasets that are inaccurate or incomplete. Advanced analytics can help understand and improve data reliability.

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    Using satellite imagery to improve immunization coverage in DRC

    In 2017, surveys showed that only one in three children were fully immunized in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while one in five did not receive any vaccines at all (MICS). Partners, including Acasus, worked together to provide innovative satellite-based data-maps to help vaccinators plan how to reach unvaccinated children.

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    Mapping and understanding the needs of populations in urban slums

    Combining simple data collection tools, geo-spatial analysis, and local stakeholder expertise can help develop targeted solutions to improve the Expanded Programme on Immunisation service delivery in urban slums.

    Management & Leadership

    Practical Advice for Young Public Officials

    There is a common misconception about young people and how they are not afraid to make mistakes or fail. Of course we are afraid. When you are in a position of enormous responsibility, your mistakes could cost lives. I have called this article ‘practical advice,’ but these are rather ideas.

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    Best practices for effective political advocacy in global education
    Most governments recognize the need to improve health and education outcomes but fail to act. Data-driven advocacy led by local champions can help drive action.
    Education & Health
    Reaching twenty million children in two weeks: Learnings from Sindh, Pakistan
    The province of Sindh in Pakistan ran one of the largest Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaigns, reaching around twenty million children in two weeks. We learned from this successful campaign how to help governments and our partners to run special immunisation operations.
    Education & Health
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    Using ‘reminder bracelets’ to improve immunization coverage in Ethiopia
    GAVI estimates that in the countries it supports, one in five children ‘drop out’ of the schedule between their first and third dose of Diphtheria, Pertussis And Tetanus (DPT) vaccines, while 10 million children do not receive a single dose of DPT at all.
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    Citizens, our best public service quality auditors
    Eliminating corruption calls for mechanisms of accountability. These can include companies and the media, but we also have the already tried and tested option of using technology to ask for our citizens’ opinions about the services they use.
    Brave Change
    It takes more than expertise to deliver impact for citizens. It takes courage. The courage to be on the ground, wherever we’re needed, whatever the risk.
    Education & Health
    Lessons from two decades of school reform in New York City
    New York City’s schools have improved significantly and can teach us a lot about reform.
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    Chad’s immunization turnaround during the pandemic
    Chad’s immunisation coverage was one of the lowest up to 2017, but a combination of renewed interest from political leaders, investment from global funders and the implementation of a data-driven decision-making system changed this situation.
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    Using rankings to incentivise performance improvement
    Rankings can drive big improvements in performance. They can also generate disagreements and gaming. Understanding the nuances of ranking systems is key to using them effectively.
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    Shining the spotlights on solutions
    Focusing on solutions is far more powerful than focusing on problems.
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    Using geo-spatial analysis to improve health service delivery and target zero-dose communities: examples from Ethiopia and Afghanistan
    Each year, around ten million children receive no vaccinations at all. More than fifty percent of these zero-dose children live in urban slums, remote communities, and conflict environments. Acasus developed a framework to help find them using geo-spatial analysis.
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    Building on what has worked to transform health and education in Nigeria
    Many reform efforts continue the status quo or apply radical solutions to common problems. In our experience, the best approach is far simpler: understand what is already working and use those insights to improve the system.
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