Child
Health
Formative research on reducing exposure to indoor
pollution; development of tools for families to improve
child health; application of an integrated approach
to improving child health and nutrition
Communications
Capacity Building
Defining a competencies based approach to strengthen
communications capacity; implementing a competencies
approach in Peru
HIV/AIDS
Behavior change to reduce and prevent HIV/AIDS; Raising
awareness and promoting practical actions to challenge
HIV/AIDS stigma; and establishment of peer and counseling
networks
Immunization
Research on barriers to immunization; improving implementation;
and evaluation of community surveillance
Infectious
Disease
Strategies to contain drug resistance, dengue prevention
and control; integrated disease surveillance research
Maternal
Health
Using a behavior change approach to improve access
to skilled care; developing a framework and tools
to increase the use of skilled care during delivery
and post-partum
Polio
Development of a community surveillance kit; lessons
from polio communications programs; and guides and
checklists for routine immunization and disease surveillance
