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Over 250 million children remain out of school. To improve access to education, we must break down the barriers faced by both girls and boys and design community-based education approaches and frameworks.

World NTD Day is one week away! Here, Emmanuel Ssegawa shares what most excites him about WI-HER's iDARE methodology and how it can be used to improve health outcomes and strengthen NTD programming.

The Power of WI-HER's iDARE: NTD Example Emmanuel Ssegawa shares one example of how WI-HER's iDARE™ methodology can be used to improve outcomes by discussing its use in neglected tropical disease pr...

How can a root cause analysis tool help NTD stakeholders create targeted interventions to improve MDA coverage for last-mile populations?

Find out at on January 21st; WI-HER's Emmanueal Ssegawa, along with colleagues from USAID's Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases | East (Act | East) will share about the RCA tool in an Innovation Lab. We hope to see you there.

WI-HER collaborates directly with health workers, the Ministry of Health, multi-level government officials, the private sector, and other community influencers across nearly every district in Uganda to facilitate improved health outcomes. https://ow.ly/qARx50UIPTH

When we better understand the barriers people experience in accessing or accepting preventative medicine for neglected tropical diseases like lymphatic filarisis, we can create interventions that address their specific needs. From our work under USAID to Act End Neglected Tropical Diseases | East program, led by RTI: https://ow.ly/pLyp50UIsEF

In our latest Staff Spotlight, get to know Bryce Feibel, WI-HER's Operations Manager, as she shares what excites her about her work, and where you'll find her when she's off the clock.

A health worker in Uganda offered Julius medicine to prevent and treat trachoma, but he refused to take it. Why? A root cause analysis conducted by WI-HER under USAID's Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases | East program uncovered how misconceptions about the cause of the disease initially held him back.

Using Community-Centered Root Cause Analysis to Reach the Last Mile in NTD Elimination - WI-HER The Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tool and process helps identify gaps in the health system as well as who is being missed by health services.

Understanding the gender issues that influence gaps in school enrollment and retention is critical to improving education for both girls and boys.

Evaluating gender-related barriers that affect boys’ and girls’ access, attendance, participation, and attainment in school enables the development of new interventions or modifications to existing interventions to overcome these barriers and work toward increased opportunities for both boys and girls to receive high-quality education.

Girls’ Education: Critically Important for Health and Empowerment - WI-HER Girls’ Education: Critically Important for Health and Empowerment

Digital inclusion initiatives don't always reduce the digital divide, which is why it is critical to evaluate a program's effectiveness and adapt activities to meet the needs of the individuals a program is trying to reach.

Do Digital Inclusion Initiatives Have Any Impact? Insights from a systematic review of 32 empirical studies