

	HEALTH

Keeping up the momentum to control TB

By Dr. Timothy Mastro, Director, Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360 and Dr. Carol Dukes Hamilton, Director, Scientific Affairs, FHI 360

In many parts of the world, HIV poses a particular challenge to TB control. FHI 360’s TB initiatives strategically align with the Sustainable Development Goals, and our projects provide technical assistance to governments to yield evidence-based solutions to their local TB situations.


Communication and Social Marketing

Social marketing for public health systems change

By Todd Phillips, Director, Social Marketing and Communication, FHI 360

Decades of messaging about our individual eating and physical activity choices, all with the intention of improving the health of Americans, has inadvertently created a barrier to the systems approaches that are now recognized as needed to reduce obesity. Individual-focused messaging has led Americans to believe obesity is a personal problem caused by personal choices, and therefore investments in systems changes are not needed.


Education

How do we promote equity in education? A new research initiative

By Carina Omoeva, Director, Education Policy and Data Center, FHI 360 and Eric Eversmann, Senior Director for Basic Education, Save the Children

Nowhere is the challenge of equity more salient than in education, with its potential to positively shape life outcomes — or further exacerbate societal disparities.