Futures Group International

Featured News January 2009 Symposium Announcement & Call for Abstracts From Data to Impact: Using Health Data for Results Arusha, Tanzania January 28-29, 2009 In an effort to strengthen the links between data and decision making, MEASURE Evaluation, the Health Metrics Network, and the East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA) are co-organizing a meeting January 28-29, 2009 in Arusha, Tanzania with the objectives of sharing successful experiences in using health data to improve programs and policies. Proven approaches for improving the use of data, common challenges to data use and key priorities for creating a culture of evidence-based decision making will be shared in this two day, interactive meeting. The meeting will include plenary presentation, group discussion and break-out learning sessions. In addition to the symposium, a skills building session in approaches and tools to facilitate data use will be held on January 30. For more information, to register and submit an abstract, visit the website.

Futures Group International specializes in the design and implementation of public health and social programs for developing countries. Since 1971, we have worked on projects in more than 100 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Our staff works collaboratively with in-country counterparts to improve policies and programs that address population issues, reproductive health, HIV, infectious diseases, and maternal and child health. Futures has experts in disciplines such as public policy, economics and health finance, medicine, law and human rights, public health, demography, epidemiology, gender, social marketing and communications, and monitoring and evaluation who employ a focused yet flexible approach to helping countries and communities build local capacity and forge public-private partnerships.

Committed to the sustainability of the programs in which we participate, we build the capacity of our partners to make well-informed decisions and effectively address a multitude of complex health and social issues.