PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

In 2019, with USAID funding, FHI 360 and PRONTO partnered to begin delivering PRONTO trainings in Mozambique.

“For more than four decades, FHI 360 has delivered innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing human development challenges.” FHI 360 currently works in 60 countries around the world “bring[ing] about positive social change and providing lifesaving health care, quality education and opportunities for meaningful economic participation.”

PRONTO is collaborating with LIFT Simulation Design Lab, based at University of Utah, to build, pilot, and study PRONTOSTAT™, an innovative interprofessional simulation and team-training program aimed at equipping emergency teams in American maternity deserts with the practice and confidence to identify and manage obstetric emergencies in their communities.

Beginning in 2020, PRONTO partnered with Save the Children to bring PRONTO training to three regions in Niger withUSAID funding.

“For 100 years, [Save the Children] has been giving children in the U.S. and around the world a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm… We do whatever it takes to save children, transforming their lives and the future we share.”

PRONTO is a subawardee on UCSF’s research and implementation projects in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

AMREF is an NGO and leading research organization throughout Africa that works to build partnerships and community and health system capacity.  AMREF partnered with PRONTO through the Micronutrient Initiative funded “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” project in Kenya.

PRONTO is partnering with CARE as part of a scale-up project in India.

CARE India is an NGO that has “been working in India for over 60 years, focusing on ending poverty and social injustice. Our overall goal is the empowerment of women and girls from poor and marginalized communities leading to improvement in their lives and livelihoods.” CARE India is part of the CARE International Confederation.

CIESAR is an organization that supports sexual and reproductive health research, development, implementation, and evaluation in Central America. Edgar Kestler, the Guatemalan lead for the SLAB funded scale-up study, is the director of this center.

PRONTO partnered with CHAI in 2019 to lead ongoing PRONTO trainings in Niger State, Nigeria.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, working in 36 countries around the world aims to “save lives and reduce the burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries around the world. [They] aim to strengthen the government and private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems in the countries where we work.”

CISIDAT partnered with PRONTO on its 2010 Implementation Trial in Mexico.

CISIDAT is a Mexican non-governmental, interdisciplinary organization of experts in clinical care, science and behavior, which seeks to support research in the field of HIV/AIDS/TB and related topics.

In 2018, PRONTO began working with HAI in Timor-Leste to train 20 simulation facilitators. These 20 facilitators are conducting simulation in 8 municipal CSIs, with ongoing monitoring and evaluation by HAI and PRONTO.

Health Alliance International has worked for over 30 years providing “support to government partners to strengthen primary health care and foster social economic, and health equity for all.”

InMujeres is a federal institution that promotes gender equality in Mexico. It provided additional funding from the implementation trial in Mexico.

INSP was the major partner of PRONTO Mexico and was the founding institution of PRONTO. The institute regularly conducted PRONTO training throughout Mexico and completed evaluative research and dissemination.

I-TECH supported PRONTO trainings in Namibia and Ethiopia.

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is affiliated with the University of Washington, and “is a global network that works with local partners to develop skilled health care workers and strong national health systems in resource-limited countries. I-TECH promotes local ownership to sustain effective health systems.”

The Kenyan Ministry of Health partnered with PRONTO on the “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” project, which was funded by MI.

Laerdal Global Health supports PRONTO’s work by providing discounted neonatal simulators.

PRONTO and partners received a MEPI award to pilot trainings in Kenya through Prime-K (below).

The Micronutrient Initiative works in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil society organizations to address hunger. It focuses on strengthening and integrating delivery platforms for micronutrients and other health interventions. MI awarded PRONTO and partners a $1.2 million grant to implement the “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” project.

Peer-Health was a competitive grant program funded by USAID and NIH, which supported scientists in developing countries working on research projects.  Members of the PRONTO team at the University of Nairobi in Kenya applied for and won this award in 2013 to scale-up PRONTO training and measure impact.

This program was a partnership between University of Nairobi and University of Washington and University of Maryland Baltimore that sought to improve the quality of medical education and extend the reach of medical training outside of just Nairobi.

PRONTO implemented simulation and team training for the nurse mentors with a focus on intrapartum and immediate postpartum care for both obstetric and neonatal emergencies. Five districts in the state of Madhya Pradesh were included in this project.

PRONTO collaborated with Pathfinder International on the project “To improve the quality of maternal care in public health facilities in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India” funded by the John D. and Catherine T. Arthur Foundation.

PRONTO was awarded the Saving Lives at Birth grant in 2014 for scale efforts in Guatemala.

Provided travel support to trainers from Mexico for the Guatemala Implementation trial in 2012.

Provided additional funding and support of the implementation trial in Mexico.

University of Nairobi partnered with PRONTO on the “Linda Afya ya mama na Mtoto” project, which was funded by MI.

The University of Washington, Department of Global Health supported the PRONTO projects in Kenya, in addition to the Meso-America Contract from the Gates Foundation.

In 2020, with USAID funding, PRONTO partnered with the URC HEARD project and is bringing PRONTO trainings to Malawi and Madagascar.

“For 50 years, URC has sought to combine the idealism of academic research with the pragmatism necessary in the real world. In over 40 countries, URC is improving the quality and impact of social services and systems, focusing on important areas such education; malaria; maternal, neonatal, and child health care; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment; and food and nutrition support.”

WGHA provided PRONTO with funding for the development and commercialization of the PRONTOPack.

WGHA is dedicated to facilitating collaboration to create activities and partnerships in global health that wouldn’t otherwise exist.