Implementing Partners

USAID implements its foreign assistance activities by utilizing the expertise of other key Federal agencies, as well as contributing to programs or purchasing services of U.S. organizations and companies. USAID utilizes cooperative agreements and contracts to achieve results that contribute to the agency's performance goals. USAID also partners with international organizations to implement global health activities. In addition to partnering directly with international organizations to accomplish specific objectives, USAID collaborates and coordinates with other donor organizations in the field to maximize the effectiveness of its global health programs.

American International Health Alliance (AIHA)
The mission of AIHA is to advance global health through volunteer-driven partnerships that mobilize communities to better address healthcare priorities, while improving productivity and quality of care. The success of AIHA's partnership program is the result of the extraordinary commitment and expertise of participating partner institutions and volunteers; a unique collaborative model for sustainable change; and a dynamic network of knowledge and information services that provide a strong foundation for programmatic endeavors. AIHA provides a framework for these three crucial elements through a host of activities, support services, and management systems that foster the exchange of knowledge and ensure the success of the development process.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The mission of CDC is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability. As the U.S. government's federal disease prevention agency, CDC accomplishes its mission by working with partners throughout the nation and the world to monitor health, formulate prevention strategies, develop sound public health policies, implement prevention strategies, promote healthy behaviors, and foster safe and healthful environments. USAID works closely with various parts of the Agency including the Epidemiology Program Office on the strengthening of disease surveillance programs around the world.

The CHANGE Project
The CHANGE Project provides leadership and technical assistance on behavior change to USAID programs worldwide. The project develops and applies new state-of-the-art techniques for behavior change that will allow USAID programs to increase the impact, sustainability, scale and cost-effectiveness of their health interventions. With regards to disease surveillance, research is being conducted to clarify the role of behavior change in disease surveillance and develop practical applications for the expansion of surveillance programs.

Environmental Health Project II (EHP)
The principle objective of EHP is to reduce mortality and morbidity in children under five or associated with infectious diseases of major public health importance, by improving environmental conditions or reducing exposure to disease agents. EHP is exploring the use of newer technologies such as GIS to develop new disease surveillance systems for vector control programs.

Global Health Council
The mission of the Global Health Council is to promote better health around the world by assisting all who work for improvement and equity in global health to secure the information and resources they need to work effectively. The Global Health Council fulfills its mission to further the cause of improving health equity worldwide through Advocacy, Building alliances, and Communicating best practices and experiences.

HealthTech III: Technologies for Child Health
The HealthTech Project identifies health needs that can be solved with technological solutions, then adapts, develops, tests, and introduces new health, nutrition and family planning technologies to meet those needs. HealthTech is identifying opportunities for the use of rapid diagnostic tools to strengthen the diagnostic aspect of surveillance systems.

Institute of Medicine
The mission of the Institute of Medicine is to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge to improve human health. The Institute provides objective, timely, authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to government, the corporate sector, the professions and the public. USAID supports and is a member of the Forum on Emerging Infections.

International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN)
INCLEN is a network of host country epidemiologists, healthcare providers and applied researchers, conducting training to build capacity and utilize state-of-the-art epidemiological methods to identify health threats and to analyze the efficacy, efficiency, and equity of health inventions and preventive measures.

The Partners for Health Reformplus Project (PHRPlus)
PHRPlus is USAID's principle technical service resource in health policy and sector reform, providing technical assistance, training and collaborative research regarding health policy and management, health financing and health service improvements in developing countries. PHRPlus is strengthening routine disease surveillance systems and the use of information at the country level.

Routine Health Information Network (RHINO)
RHINO is a multi partner effort involving the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation Project, the World Bank, and John Snow, Inc. It is a network, comprised of developing country governments, donor agencies, technical groups, and PVOs that promotes the sharing of experience of quality and practical approaches to the collection and use of routine health information in developing countries.

The Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA)
The SARA project is managed by the Academy for Educational Development. The first SARA contract ran from 1992-1999; the current contract runs through September 2004. The SARA project supports the work of USAID's Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development (AFR/SD) to improve policies and programs in health and basic education. Together, AFR/SD and SARA aim to improve the link between research, policy development and program design and implementation in Africa by promoting the use of information in policy and program development, and by identifying information gaps.

Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET)
TEPHINET is a non-profit organization that strengthens international public health capacity through initiating; supporting and networking of field-based training programs worldwide that enhance competencies in applied epidemiology and public health interventions.