Explore. Discover. Impact
Established in 2017 in collaboration with Akhter Hameed Khan Foundation (AHK-F), the Urban Impact Lab (UIL) is our hub for grassroots interventions. Based in Dhok Hassu, covering 4 Union Councils of Rawalpindi, UIL draws inspiration from MIT’s urban lab model.
Our mission is clear: uncover insights into grassroots intervention effectiveness before magnifying impact. Through diverse methodologies, we journey into discovery, generating vital knowledge for research and evidence-based decisions.
- Delve into economic and health intricacies at individual, household, and community levels.
- Observe social dynamics through experiments, informing policies and programs.
Establish a robust disease surveillance system, focusing on communicable and non-communicable diseases, involving pilot testing, personnel training, and community trials.
- Conduct extensive research on diverse interventions, unraveling effects and intricacies.
- Conduct extensive research on diverse interventions, unraveling effects and intricacies.
UIL pioneers progress through expertise in study design, community-level interventions, survey planning, primary data collection, program data management, rigorous data analysis, and insightful data visualization.
UIL’s core research areas encompass family planning, maternal and child health, education, women’s economic empowerment, immunization, nutrition, and communicable and non-communicable diseases.