Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The African Health Initiative sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) seeks to catalyze significant advances in strengthening health systems by supporting collaborative partnerships that will design, implement and evaluate large-scale models of care that link implementation research and workforce training directly to the delivery of integrated primary healthcare in select countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2009, DDCF awarded four grants ranging from $8 million to $15 million, each to support Population Health Implementation & Training (PHIT) Partnerships in Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. Research conducted by each PHIT Partnership will measure the impact of the interventions on improving health systems performance and reducing child mortality and other health outcomes. The Partnerships will participate in a Data Collaborative to promote cross-site sharing and global learning. The Data Collaborative will be led by a central coordinating body referred to as the Data Coordinator. The Data Coordinator will serve as a technical resource to the Partnerships, and ensure that each collects a set of comparable measures, or “core metrics.” It will also facilitate public access to data in a timely manner; help identify lessons learned across the Partnerships; promote the communication of research findings to the wider community; and when appropriate, coordinate PHIT Partnership data collection and analysis with efforts supported by other organizations. A team at the Institute for International Programs (IIP), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University is serving as the Data Coordinator. The Population Health Implementation and Training Data Collaborative: Concept Paper and Scope of Work <<More about the Initiative>> | 
