Current Projects
GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE
GBD team is coordinating with two partners as a communication and coordination secretariat to strengthen the skills, techniques and understanding of analysis and uptake of knowledge translation for decision-makers in Pakistan. Aim is to provide decision makers synthesis of data that reflects prioritized health concerns and assist in policy-making that is contextualized to local needs. Currently, focusing on family planning, health insurance program and key national infectious diseases such as Hepatitis B, C and TB etc. Additionally, putting in mechanisms to ensure sustainability of this work by capacity building of teams and external stakeholders.
3rd Party Monitoring of FP in Pakistan (FCDO-DFID)
RADS is the lead partner of Integrity (UK) on DFID – FCDO’s 90 million GBP FP support to Pakistan, via Implementing partners MSS, Greenstar, DKT. RADS does monthly, quarterly and annual surveys for FCDO with detailed reports showing how IPs have met KPIs, challenges and results as per agreed upon FCDO formats.
Polio persistence among Pashtun communities: Ethnography for Change
Working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to make Pakistan a polio free country, this nationwide study is combining available knowledge (through NEOCs/PEOCs), GPEI (Global Polio Eradication Initiative) with targeted ethnographic and behavioral research to explore reasons why polio persists in Pashtun communities/pockets across the country.