This we owe to the vulnerable little ones like Omar and his mom, who left the clinic with better knowledge and a two-week ration of therapeutic food thanks to a successful cooperation of a thoughtful donor, a cooperative government and a supportive development organization.
Other contributing factors included improved mechanisms for decision-making and implementation; political commitment backed up with necessary resources; leadership from the top along with a growing capacity of mid-level managers; increased MoH capacity to plan and coordinate; and supportive development partners in the context of a conducive external environment.
The case of Guna, in Madhya Pradesh, however, showed that MAPEDIR can work well even in the poorest of settings with minimal civil society inputs when the local government and health system are responsive and accountable and there is a supportive development partner.
Planning for accessibility as a complement to mobility-based planning gives legitimacy to land-use initiatives like traditional neighborhood designs and transit-supportive developments.
PSI's work in Zimbabwe is a good example of how IPC can be deployed as an effective supplement to mass media interventions: the media element supports development of supportive social norms and sparks private conversations with social mobilizers, religious and community leaders, partners, and peers that could result in a decision to undertake VMMC.
The study examined the sale prices of apartment buildings, condominiums and individual homes in New York City neighborhoods where 123 supportive housing developments were opened between 1985 and 2003.
"The dominoes start falling backwards," said Yves Ades, a psychologist and the chief operating officer of Services for the UnderServed, which runs 36 supportive housing developments for people with mental illness across the city, including one in the Rockaways that lost 71 units to flooding.
NDVets is also partnering in two additional permanent supportive housing developments for veterans that are under construction now.
A larger concern for many may be the prospect of supportive housing developments going up in their neighborhood.
Last fall, L.A. councilman Mike Bonin, who represents much of the Westside, took some of his constituents from Venice on a tour of existing permanent supportive housing developments.
But most permanent supportive housing developments feature smaller units and more common space — where residents may gather for meetings, workshops or events — so building more densely makes sense.
