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Michael Little, co-director of the Unit, facilitates a panel discussion with conference speakers. Working with the Gates Foundation to achieve lasting impact at scale!
The Social Research Unit at Dartington recently published a report that describes their work with the Gates Foundation to support their effots to diffuse and disseminate family health innovations in low-income countries.
On November 1st and 2nd, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a conference in their headuarters in Seattle, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the widespread uptake of proven and emerging health innovations. The Unit facilitated these discussions, working alongside partners at Yale, Kaiser Permanente and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation members.
The objective of the meetings were to advance the science and practice of purposive spread of innovations and behavior change and thus contribute to improved health outcomes for women and children at a global scale.
As part of the Unit's commitment to this work, they have drafted a report that describes the event and ideas put forward during the conference. The report draws out points of connection and provides a regular clear explanations of emerging ideas and applications.
Following that, the Unit will meet again with the foundation, and other key partners at two meetings; one in Ethiopia, and the other in India to explore the processes of dissemination in different contexts.
In addition to regular summary reports on findings after each convening, the Unit will prepare an edited book summarizing the emerging direction of travel.
To find out more about this work, click on the following link: Achieving Lasting Impact at Scale. To download a copy of the report, please click on the attachment below.
