CORE INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: CORE INC. (KNOWN AS CORE GROUP) IMPROVES AND EXPANDS COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ACTION AND LEARNING. CORE GROUP IS A MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION OF 154 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND HOME TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER CORE GROUP MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOLARS, ADVOCATES AND DONORS TO SUPPORT OUR VISION OF A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE CAN ATTAIN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH: CORE GROUP ACCELERATED HEALTH IMPACT BY UNIFYING MEMBER AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT HIGH QUALITY, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (MNCH) PROGRAM AROUND THE WORLD. THESE EFFORTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE OUTPUTS OF CORE GROUP'S VOLUNTEER WORKING GROUPS, WHICH BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS AROUND THE WORLD, TO COLLABORATE AND DEVELOP TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND TOOLKITS; SHARE EVIDENCE-BASED RESOURCES; HOST TRAININGS, EVENTS, AND WEBINARS; AND LEAD GLOBAL EFFORTS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES FOR IMPROVED HEALTH. IN 2019, THROUGH USAID'S FLAGSHIP MATERNAL AND CHILD SURVIVAL PROGRAM (MCSP) PROGRAM, CORE GROUP HOSTED KNOWLEDGE SHARING WEBINARS AND SIDE SESSIONS AT GLOBAL CONFERENCES TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT. IN FEBRUARY 2019, CORE GROUP CO-HOSTED A WEBINAR WITH MCSP AND UNICEF ON THE "NEW WHO COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER GUIDELINE & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES" THAT REACHED OVER 680 PEOPLE GLOBALLY. CORE GROUP ALSO CO-HOSTED A WEBINAR WITH MCSP AND UNICEF ON "SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN HEALTH: PERSPECTIVES FROM INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS" IN MAY 2019. THIS WEBINAR FEATURED SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY APPROACHES USED IN MALAWI, M&E APPROACHES FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE ROLE OF DONORS IN PROMOTING CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH. CORE GROUP, PMNCH, IAP, AND CLAC HOSTED THE EVENT "THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN WELCOMING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE" AT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY ON MAY 22, 2019. CORE GROUP THROUGH ITS SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH WORKING GROUP PRODUCED A NEW MCSP RESOURCE "MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF EVOLVING SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS IN HEALTH" THAT WAS DISSEMINATED AT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY. IN JUNE 2019, MCSP AND CORE GROUP HOSTED A WOMEN DELIVER SIDE EVENT ON "HOW WOMEN DELIVER HEALTH TO COMMUNITIES: ELEVATING VOICES OF WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH." DISCUSSION CENTERED ON CHALLENGES FACED BY FEMALE HEALTH WORKERS, PROGRESS IN HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER THE HEALTH WORKFORCE. IN ADDITION, CORE GROUP SUPPORTED THE MCSP EVENT "HARNESSING THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL" AT THE MAY 2019 CORE GROUP GLOBAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER CONFERENCE. MCSP AND PARTNERS DISCUSSED AND HIGHLIGHTED GLOBAL AND COUNTRY PROGRESS AS WELL AS THE UNFINISHED AGENDA FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING COMMUNITY HEALTH WITHIN NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: TOPS BRIDGE: CORE GROUP WAS PART OF THE TOPS PROGRAM BRIDGE AWARD, WHICH SERVED TO CONTINUE ACTIVITY FROM THE TOPS PROGRAM AND TO ACT AS A TRANSITION MECHANISM FOR THE TOPS FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM, IDEAL. CORE GROUP CONTINUED TO BRING ITS EXPERTISE IN CULTIVATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH FACILITATION, PLANNING AND LEADING PARTICIPATORY EVENTS, AND FURTHERING CAPACITY AND SKILLS BUILDING IN ORDER TO NURTURE AN OPEN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, THE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION NETWORK. CORE GROUP CONVENED THE 2018 ASIA REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING MEETING: FOOD SECURITY RESILIENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGENCY ON OCTOBER 2-4 IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. OVER 150 IMPLEMENTERS, DONORS, RESEARCHERS FROM OVER 21 COUNTRIES REPRESENTING MORE THAN 40 ORGANIZATIONS CONVENED TO SHARE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION INNOVATIONS, EMERGING TOPICS, PROMISING PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, CORE GROUP OVERSAW TRANSITION PROCESSES OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE FSN NETWORK WEBSITE, FSN NETWORK NEWS BI- WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, AND FSN NETWORK'S TWITTER ACCOUNT. CORE GROUP'S ROLE ON THE TOPS PROGRAM BRIDGE AWARD ENDED IN NOVEMBER 30, 2018. INCREASE GLOBAL CAPACITY FOR COORDINATING, INTEGRATING, AND TRANSITIONING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN RESPONSE TO PROTRACTED CRISES AND IN TRANSITION TO RECOVERY: THE CORE GROUP LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN AUGUST 2018 BY ORGANIZING AN INITIATION PHASE TO ON-BOARD THE SUB-GRANTEES, SAVE THE CHILDREN AND MEDAIR, IN A COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. DURING THIS TIME, WEEKLY MEETINGS WERE HELD TO DISCUSS PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND DELIVERABLES AND REVIEW CASE STUDY PROPOSALS. CORE GROUP, SAVE THE CHILDREN AND MEDAIR FINALIZED GUIDING DOCUMENTS, TIMELINES AND THE BREAKDOWN OF ACTIVITIES FOR EACH REPORTING CYCLE. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS FOR THE TECHNICAL CONSULTATION (TC) SESSIONS WERE IDENTIFIED, MECHANISMS FOR THE GROUP DISCUSSED AND THE TOR DRAFTED. CORE GROUP ALSO MADE AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO ORGANIZE CONSULTATIONS AMONG KEY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE REBUILD CONSORTIUM, BRANCH CONSORTIUM, WHO GLOBAL HEALTH CLUSTER, PMNCH, DFID AND THE WIDER NETWORK OF CORE GROUP MEMBERS. CORE GROUP ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE WHITE HOUSE BIO- SECURITY CONSULTATION ON THE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA AS IT RELATES TO BUILDING GREATER COHESION IN THE HUMANITARIAN-DEVELOPMENT SPHERE AND SEVERAL CONFERENCES AND TECHNICAL MEETINGS ON EMERGING RESEARCH WITHIN THE NEXUS. CORE GROUP ALSO DELIVERED MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ON THE RESEARCH OF THE HUMANITARIAN-DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE (HDTF) DURING THE IBP REGIONAL PARTNERS MEETING FROM APRIL 9-11 IN TURKEY. CORE GROUP ALSO CONTINUED TO ENGAGE AND SHARE HDTF RESEARCH IN GLOBAL PLATFORMS SUCH AS THE FRAGILE STATES WORKING GROUP, THE GLOBAL WASH CLUSTER AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH CLUSTER. THE OTHER HALF OF THE YEAR SAW SAVE THE CHILDREN COMPLETE THEIR CASE STUDIES ON HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING IN PAKISTAN AND SUDAN. EACH CASE STUDY REPORT WAS REVIEWED BY THE TC MEMBERS FOR FEEDBACK AND FINALIZED BY CORE GROUP. ON THE OTHER HAND, CORE GROUP AND MEDAIR COLLABORATIVELY REVISED RESEARCH MEDAIR'S REAL-TIME TOOLS (EXIT MATRIX TOOL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY ADAPTATIONS IN EMERGENCIES) AS WELL AS OUTLINED DISSEMINATION PLANS FOR THESE TOOLS TO BE SHARED AMONG FIELD PARTNERS AND THE NGO COMMUNITY. CORE GROUP CONTINUED TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE AND LEARNING AROUND THE HUMANITARIAN-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS HOSTING THREE QUARTERLY KNOWLEDGE SHARING WEBINARS IN ADDITION TO REGULAR QUARTERLY HDTF MEETINGS. ADDITIONALLY, CORE GROUP EXPONENTIALLY EXPANDED ITS HDTF COLLABORATION HUB ON ITS WEBSITE WITH REGULARLY UPDATED EVENTS AND RESOURCES, AND ALSO PRODUCED 6 THEMATIC BI- WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS TO OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS ON THE HDTF TASK FORCE. HANSHEP: IN APRIL 2019, CORE GROUP WITH GLOBAL IMPACT ASSUMED THE SECRETARIAT ROLE FOR THE HANSHEP MEMBERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM WORLD BANK, USAID, DFID, BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, AND MOST RECENTLY WHO. CORE GROUP LED A SCOPING ACTIVITY FROM MAY TO JULY WITH THE HANSHEP MEMBERS TO FAMILIARIZE ITSELF WITH THE GROUP, REVIEWING ITS MISSION AND VISION AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BEING SECRETARIAT. CORE GROUP FACILITATED THE FIRST VIRTUAL MEETING WHICH WAS HELD ON AUGUST 16, 2019 AND WELCOMED THE NEW SECRETARIAT AND WHO AS WELL AS DISCUSSED A LIST OF TOPICS AROUND PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH SYSTEMS THAT THE MEMBERSHIP WANTS TO TACKLE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT MEETINGS. CORE GROUP ALSO OVERSEES MANAGEMENT OF THE HANSHEP WEBSITE AND REFRESHES IT WITH UPDATES WHERE NEEDED.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: POLIO CGPP: CORE GROUP FACILITATED AND SUPPORTED COMMUNICATIONS, PROGRAM LEARNING, AND LINKAGES BETWEEN THE CORE GROUP POLIO PROJECT (CGPP) SECRETARIAT AND FIELD SECRETARIATS IN ETHIOPIA, INDIA, NIGERIA, SOUTH SUDAN, AND KENYA. CORE GROUP ATTENDED SEVERAL GLOBAL CONFERENCES AND CO- HOSTED SIDE EVENTS TO PROMOTE CGPP'S PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND SHARE LESSONS LEARNED. THESE CONFERENCES INCLUDED THE HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH 2018 CONFERENCE, GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PMNCH PARTNERS' FORUM, AND WOMEN DELIVER. CORE GROUP ALSO FACILITATED PRESENTATIONS BY SECRETARIAT LEADERS AT THE MAY 2019 CORE GROUP GLOBAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER CONFERENCE WITH OVER 330 PARTICIPANTS. IN FEBRUARY 2019, CORE GROUP ATTENDED THE CONGRESSIONAL POLIO RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON, DC TO HIGHLIGHT USAID AND CGPP'S EFFORTS IN THE GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE. IN ADDITION, CORE GROUP DISSEMINATED AND SHARED CGPP UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS VIA THE CGPP WEBSITE AND A VARIETY OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, INCLUDING TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND YOUTUBE. THE CGPP WEBSITE WAS REDESIGNED AND THE COUNTRY MAPS WERE UPDATED. GHSA: CORE GROUP SUPPORTS A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA. THEY PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT TO THE SECRETARIATS IN KENYA, ETHIOPIA, AND SOUTH SUDAN TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY BASED SURVEILLANCE, OUTREACH AND HEALTH EDUCATION, PARTNER COORDINATION, AND OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. IN KENYA AND ETHIOPIA, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON ZOONOTIC DISEASES INCLUDED RABIES, RIFT VALLEY FEVER, BRUCELLOSIS AND ANTHRAX. IN SOUTH SUDAN THESE ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON EBOLA. ADDITIONALLY, THE GHSA ADVISOR PARTICIPATES IN CORE GROUP EVENTS BY HOSTING A WORKSHOP TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN HEALTH SECURITY PLANNING, AND FACILITATES BIMONTHLY CALLS AMONG SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTITIONERS TO IMPROVE LINAKGES BETWEEN THE SECTORS.

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