Futures Group

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Applied Models and Tools

Photo by World BankOur work in analytic models and tools has improved the evidence base and related decisionmaking for MCH policies and programs. The Maternal and Neonatal Program Index (MNPI), first conducted in 1999 to assess program efforts to improve the policy environment for safe motherhood issues, has now been applied in over 60 countries. In addition, Futures Group’s renowned SPECTRUM suite of policy models has components applicable to MCH.

Adding to its set of available tools, Futures Group developed and tested the Child Status Index, which assists service providers in monitoring the impact of their programs on individual children’s lives in relation to the resources they receive. We are currently conducting targeted evaluation studies of five existing OVC programs in Kenya and Tanzania to examine what works in terms of child outcomes and program effectiveness.

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