In 1999, SC/US launched the Haripur District Reproductive Health Program. This program focuses on the Reproductive Health issues of safe motherhood, family planning, and management and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) / Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs). Funding support comes from the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the Packard Foundation and the Gates Foundation (through the Saving Newborn Lives Initiative-SNL). From 2002 to 2004, under its SNL initiative, Save the Children piloted the use of the Positive Deviance Approach to improve maternal and newborn care in 6 villages.
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Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group(CORE) Workshop
The CORE Group and the Positive Deviance Initiative sponsored a half-day workshop on December 9, 2004 at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC. Speakers were Jerry and Monique Sternin of the Positive Deviance Initiative and David Marsh from Save the Children. The workshop sought to explore the potential for applying the Positive Deviance (PD) approach to areas other than nutrition.
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