Selected Projects
TREAT TB (Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis Project), Strategy Development (2008-2012)
The goal of the TREAT TB program is, through research, to improve TB control practice and policies that will lead to improved case detection and treatment success rates and ultimately decrease TB morbidity and mortality. As a subcontractor to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), EnCompass is helping to develop strategies for the evaluation, knowledge management, and communications activities of the project. To date, EnCompass has led the development of a knowledge portal (www.treattb.org), and developed a logic model and a Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) for the project.
United Nations Organization, Assessing Best Practices in Proposals to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2010)
EnCompass designed and facilitated a consultation in Tunisia that brought together 65 people from 11 countries whose proposals had failed to secure HIV funding from the Global Fund. The objective of the consultation was to gain a common understanding of issues related to unsuccessful HIV proposals to the Global Fund, learn countries’ experiences preparing successful HIV applications, and identify actions required by various stakeholders to ensure that countries are equipped to develop sound HIV proposals in their next submissions. EnCompass conducted a study to identify key elements that have hindered successful HIV proposal development and, post-consultation, conducted a critical analysis of Technical Panel Review Forms for seven of the 11 participating countries. The findings of the study was presented as an e-poster at the 2010 International AIDS Conference.
The World Bank, Health, Nutrition and Population Unit, Disease Control Program, Strategic Planning Retreat (April 2010)
EnCompass designed and facilitated a one-day planning retreat in Washington, DC, to help the newly formed Disease Control Program (DCP) develop a shared vision and core services; strengthen cohesion and identification of the team; define internal processes for monitoring its scope of work; and, draft FY2011 work objectives. In consultation with the World Bank, EnCompass also developed a report that captured the key outcomes of the retreat. The report included draft work and operational plans for FY2011 and roles and responsibilities for the DCP team.