Global Health Case Studies

Integrated Planning

The Zinc Task Force is a voluntary committee consisting of representatives from public health organizations with an interest in accelerating the adoption of zinc supplements as a treatment for childhood diarrhea. The Task Force comprises representatives from the World Health Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development, UNICEF, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and multiple consultants specializing in nutritional supplement manufacturing, social marketing, and field training.

Through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Applied Strategies facilitated the Zinc Task Force through a planning process to develop a comprehensive and integrated plan that identified areas of need not covered by individual organization charters and that minimized duplication of effort and investment across organizations. The plan served as the basis for seeking implementation funding to enable the Task Force to address the areas of need.

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