Case studies

Read a selection of case studies where you can learn how approaches and methods were used throughout the investment.
Group of people working together

2016 - 2021

DREAMS

DREAMS aims to reduce HIV incidences among AGYW through a holistic approach that addresses the complex underlying causes of vulnerability to HIV infection.

2019 - 2023

Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN)

ICAN aims to introduce and support women’s use of self-injection (SI) to enhance their contraceptive agency.

A person in colourful clothing bends down to pour water from a plastic container over their hands on a dusty path

2000 - ongoing

Community Approaches to Total Sanitation CATS

CATS encompasses a wide variety of community-led sanitation programs with the aim to end open defecation through community action and awareness raising.

Two women are looking at a smartphone, only their torsos and chins are visible

2016 - 2024

Cyber Rwanda

CyberRwanda is a digital platform that aims to improve the health and livelihoods of young people by providing them with access to accurate and age-appropriate family planning and reproductive health information.

A woman and her two children walk along a dusty path through a green field in Africa

2018 - ongoing

Pathways

Pathways is an innovative interdisciplinary project to deepen the understanding of the social and environmental factors that can predict health risks and influence healthcare seeking and service uptake-related behaviors of especially vulnerable women and their children under 5 years of age.

A woman sitting beside a man points to an image on a page being held by a young woman

2016 - 2020

Adolescent 360

A360 aims to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on girl-centered contraceptive programming to increase uptake of modern contraceptives.

Close up of a healthcare worker holding a pen writing on a paper medical record

2016 - 2021

PHISICC

PHISICC aims to design an enhanced paper-based health information system and study its impact on data quality, work satisfaction and health outcomes.

A car attempting to drive through a road flooded with brown water with green trees and bushes on either side of the road

2015

The role of traditional healers in health crises (Platform for Dialogue and Peace)

Study exploring the role of traditional healers, herbalists, spiritualists and country doctors in the transmission and mitigation of the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia.