GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Geographical areas
SDGs
SDGs
PROGRAMMATIC APPROACHES
Programmatic approaches
Perinatal Mortality Reduced: 19 vs. 36 per 1,000
Automated SMS and a mobile phone voucher enabling 2-way communication between wired mothers and healthcare providers in a resource-limited setting
Cluster RCT
Participatory Learning - Diabetes Reduced 20.7%
mHealth and community mobilization (participatory learning and action cycle)
20.7% reduction in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes.
Translation of academic data - see line 6
Three-arm, cluster-randomised trial
Empowerment around FGM - 69% Talked to Family vs. 12% in Control
Community-based interventions empowering participants along with others in their networks
3-phase blind control single blind cluster trial
Risk Information - Teen Pregnancy Reduced 28%
Providing information on the relative risk of HIV infection by partner’s age
RCT with 328 primary schools
Critical Discussion - Partner Violence down 55%
Programmes that are participatory, engage multiple stakeholders, foster critical discussion about gender relationships and the acceptability of violence, and support greater communication and shared decision making among family members, as well as non-violent behaviour
Systematic review - 100 reviews and evaluations
Critical Reflection and Dialogue and Sexual Violence Reduction - down 25%
Engaging men and their partners in participatory, small-group sessions of critical reflection and dialogue
Multisite RCT
Cash or Food Transfers with BCC - Physical Violence down 26%
Cash or food transfers with behaviour change communication (BCC)
2 cluster RCTs with 5,000 households
In-kind Transfers and Decrease in Child Marriage - 5.1% lower
Interventions that support girls' school attendance and progress through cash or in-kind transfers
Systematic review of 34 studies published between 2000 and 2019, covering 30 distinct evaluations
Participatory Action - Neonatal Mortality Down 32%
Community mobilization through participatory women’s groups in poor rural and highly tribal areas.
Systematic review; 7 RCTs; 119,428 births
Radio Campaign - Primary Care Consultations up 35%
A radio campaign addressing family behaviours on all-cause post-neonatal under-5 child mortality
Repeated cross-sectional cluster RCT
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Geographical areas
SDGs
SDGs
PROGRAMMATIC APPROACHES
Programmatic approaches
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) Interventions - 18% Reduction in Neonatal Mortality Risk
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) interventions - often using community health workers and health promotion groups or women's groups and often incorporating community mobilisation activities - that engage women, families, and communities during the prenatal, postnatal, and neonatal periods to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries
Systematic review
Gender Socialisation - 5-Point Reduction in Physical IPV
A gender socialisation (GS) intervention that addresses harmful gender norms and inculcates egalitarian spousal relationships, layered with components on financial literacy (FL) education and contraceptive counselling to bolster women's empowerment
Cluster RCT
Nutrition and Health Behaviour Change Communication, along with Home Visits - 15.9 Percentage Point Reduction in Diarrhoea
Agriculture production activities integrated with nutrition and health behaviour change communication (BCC), along with home visits by either an older woman leader or health committee member
Cluster RCT
Mobile-based Conditional Cash Transfers - 62.3% vs. 58.4% Full Immunisation
Mobile-based conditional cash transfers (mCCT) with varying amounts, schedule, design, and payment method with or without automatic short messaging service (SMS) reminders
7-arm, factorial RCT with 5 mCCT arms, one reminder (SMS)-only arm, and one control arm; 11,197 caregiver-child pairs
Gender Socialisation, Relationship Training, and More - 6-Percentage-Point Increase in Women's Participation in Household Decision-making
Three-layered interventions involving (i) gender socialisation and relationship training, (ii) financial literacy and household budget management, and (iii) couples' counselling on modern contraceptive methods with vouchers available
4-arm cluster RCT with 1,064 couples
Gender-Sensitive Curriculum - 16% of Regressive Attitudes Converted
Discussion-based, facilitated classroom sessions to create awareness of gender-based discrimination, change dominant gendered perceptions, promote gender-equitable attitudes, raise girls' aspirations, and provide tools to participants to translate attitude change and greater aspirations into behaviour change
RCT with 14,809 students at baseline (across 149 treatment schools and 164 control schools)
Savings Group Curriculum - 8% Higher Prevalence of Paying School Fees
A curriculum delivered within savings groups to help caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV in Uganda to plan and save for the education-, nutritious food-, and health-related expenses for all the children in their care
RCT
Home Visits - Reduced Problems in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Universal home visits that discussed risk factors with pregnant women and their spouses, such as domestic violence and heavy work during pregnancy, that could lead to maternal morbidity
RCT
Handwashing Promotion - 27% Fewer School Absences due to Illnesses
A hand washing with soap communication intervention that established social norms for child and mother, used the fear of contamination and disgust, and created peer pressure.
RCT
School-based Behaviour Change Intervention - 1.9 Times Lower Rate of Sexual Initiation
A school-based intervention that sought to reduce sexual initiation and promote condom use through peer education, teacher-led lessons, and youth-friendly health service clinics
Cluster RCT with 5,091 adolescents