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IRD PollMicrofinance GraduationThis impact evaluation is being conducted in collaboration with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) at Yale University. The project aims to conduct an impact on an intervention targeted at the ultra poor residing in the coastal area of the Sindh Province. The intervention combines an intensive period of training, financial education and saving, with the intention that participants will eventually graduate (after 18 months) into a standard microfinance program. The impact evaluation aims to yield independent assessments of strengths and limits in order to validate and improve interventions that have the potential to improve the lives of hundreds of millions of poor households currently outside the purview of microfinance. |
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The Pneumonia Project
The Pneumonia Project is a collaborative project of Interactive Research and Development (IRD), Johns Hopkins University, and the Indus Hospital. The study aims assess the incidence rates of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in Karachi and to estimate the proportion of disease and mortality attributable to these diseases.
GAVI Hepatitis B
This project aims to provide catch up Hepatitis B immunizations to 50,000 school-going children in Korangi, Landhi, and Shah Faisal Town. This study is a collaboration between IRD, Indus Hospital, and The Health Foundation.