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Employing Evidence in Policy Advocacy to Mobilise Parliamentarians on Nutrition in Tanzania: Some Lessons from the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (IDS Case Study, 2015)

This case study shares experiences from a collaboration between Partnership for Action on Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS, UK), using HANCI evidence to support policy advocacy with the Tanzanian Parliamentary Group for Nutrition, Food Security and Child Rights (PG-NFSCR). The lessons are intended to help other civil society organisations think through the ways in which they can use and apply HANCI data in their own in-country advocacy work.

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Keeping the Faith: The Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response (a joint report by CAFOD, Christian Aid, Tearfund and Islamic Relief 2015)

Keeping the Faith, a joint report by CAFOD, Christian Aid, Tearfund and Islamic Relief, shows that Christian and Muslim leaders were able to deliver health messages in parts of the two countries – Liberia and Sierra Leone – that governments and NGOs could not reach. As trusted sources of information, they quashed rumours about the disease – such as that the disease was man-made and being spread deliberately – and encouraged communities to accept life-saving advice from health workers. They also played a crucial role in counselling survivors and challenging stigma.

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Global Hand Washing Day Social Media Toolkit (The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing 2015)

Updated for 2015, this social media toolkit has sample messages, blog ideas, and resources to help celebrants and handwashing champions spread the word about the annual Global Handwashing Day (15 October).

Ebola Communication Preparedness Implementation Kit (I-Kit) (HC3, 2015)

This Ebola Communication Preparedness Implementation Kit (I-Kit) provides national and local stakeholders, as well as program managers, with key considerations and a roadmap for instituting and implementing critical, relevant, practical and timely communication for responding to the threat of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. The I-Kit guides countries in social and behaviourr change communication (SBCC) and risk communication activity planning, including communication plan development for every stage of an Ebola response.

Engaging Civil Society in Health Finance and Governance: A Guide for Practitioners, HFG [USAID](2014)

This Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project’s guide provides governments and donors practical advice on engaging civil society in health finance and governance in order to meet health sector objectives and to improve health outcomes. The guide describes the potential and limitations of civil society engagement entry points and presents an array of tools that may be used to do so.

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