Track record
Contributing to the development of the District Health Information Software-2 (DHIS-2) Nutrition Modules in close collaboration with UNICEF. This is inclusive of the development/ inputs to background technical documents, dashboard(s), scorecard(s), and indicators. These modules will harmonize routine collection of nutrition data within health systems of low and middle-income countries
Conducted landscape analyses of facilitating factors and barriers to young children’s diets, 6-23 months of age, in 6 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). This work was through the lens of food systems, health systems, social protection, and WASH, per recent UNICEF guidance. The landscape work consisted of DHS descriptive analyses, literature review for peer-reviewed and grey literature from the past 10 years, key informant stakeholder interviews with countries, and a desk review of country policies, strategies and programs. Developed nutrition content and messages for cell phone application for the EECA region, that was deployed during COVID-19, and included content on COVID-19 and breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and child growth, tailored to the cultural context of the region and based on latest global guidance and evidence. This work culminated into:
- 1 technical report, 1 regional policy brief and 6 country policy briefs
- A webinar on “Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Nutrition” https://www.jhsph.edu/alumni/attend-an-event/spotlight-series/spotlight-series-with-justine-kavle with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, that featured the development of a cell phone application for parents for rapid deployment of information to dispel misperceptions around infant and young child nutrition (IYCN) due to COVID-19. Global recommendations on IYCN and COVID-19 were translated to the unique context of the region.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Kenya, we documented infant formula industry tactics targeting health providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and key actions taken by the Government of Kenya to protect and support breastfeeding practices. This culminated in a Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) blog published during World Breastfeeding Week 2020.:
How Kenya is fighting back to protect breastfeeding: Addressing infant formula industry tactics during COVID-19
In partnership with Save the Children, Core Group, and Medair, Kavle Consulting LLC developed two tools, two case studies, three briefs and a report for an Office of Foreign and Disaster Assistance (OFDA) funded “Addressing Gaps in the Evidence for Health and Nutrition in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus” to guide planning and implementation of humanitarian transitions from emergencies to routine services and the adaptation of community-based approaches for humanitarian emergency contexts.
- Report: Increasing Global Capacity for Coordinating, Integrating and Transitioning Community Health and Nutrition in Response to Protracted Crisis and in Transition to Recovery: Experience and Lessons Learned
- Case Study: Improving Health Service Delivery Transitions in Public Health Emergencies Utilizing a Health Service Delivery Exit Matrix Tool
- Brief: Improving Health Service Delivery Transitions in Public Health Emergencies: A Health Service Delivery Exit Matrix Tool
- Case Study: Improving Health Service Delivery Transitions in Public Health Emergencies: Development and Use of a Community Health Service Delivery Tool
- Brief: Improving Health Service Delivery Transitions in Public Health Emergencies: Development and Use of a Community Health Service Delivery Tool
- Brief: Strengthening Health Systems in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus Experience and Lessons Learned from Pakistan and Sudan
Contributed to 5.2 million children reached with nutrition interventions in 11 sub-Saharan African and 2 Latin America & Caribbean countries
Led teams to develop:
- 14 country guidelines, strategies, and policies for nutrition
- 12 peer-reviewed publications
- 14 technical briefers and reports
- 10 materials for social behavior change
- 6 global guidance materials
Contributed to success in nutrition in 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East
Developed:
- 11 technical briefers and reports
- 4 peer-reviewed publications
- 3 country-based SBCC materials
Leadership in monitoring and evaluation for scale-up activities contributed to:
7 operations research studies examining the scale-up of
family planning5 in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America