Overview
Under the Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative (BKMI), the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with technical support from K4Health, are working to deliver coordinated, integrated, and harmonized communication and knowledge management that motivates healthier population, health, and nutrition (PHN) behaviors and increases use of health services among communities. This effort is part of the U.S. Government’s Global Health Initiative (GHI), which focuses on maximizing sustainable health impacts and looks for unique and innovative opportunities to scale-up existing efforts. Bangladesh has been selected as a “GHI-plus” country.
To increase access to, comprehension of, and application of integrated, coordinated, and harmonized PHN BCC knowledge and resources, K4Health will provide logistics to deliver digital BCC tools and resources to frontline health care workers, including electronic Toolkits of coordinated PHN messages and materials and PHN eLearning courses.
Accomplishments
- Increase capacity of GOB and its partners for coordinated, integrated and harmonized knowledge management (KM) and behavior change communication (BCC), and
- Increase access to, comprehension of, and application of integrated, coordinated and harmonized PHN BCC knowledge and resources.
The objectives of the BKMI are to:
