Care Groups are a community-based model for improving maternal and child health that has spread widely over the past 12 years. The model is now being used by over 20 organizations in over 16 countries. Some key lessons learned from project evaluations between 2009-2011 include: - Care Group projects have routinely achieved greater reductions in under-5 mortality than average Community Health and Social Marketing Group Projects, saving an estimated 49% more lives on average. - However, standard measurement tools like BLSC and LIST may underestimate the impact of Care Groups on health outcomes. Retrospective studies directly measuring outcomes in communities have found even greater reductions in mortality not captured by standard tools. - Care Groups affect many health indicators through multiple

1. Care Groups: Lessons Learned, Project Evaluations 2009-2011 Tom Davis Senior Director of Program Quality Improvement Food for the Hungry

3. Organizations known to be using Care Groups: ADRA Africare American Red Cross CARE Concern Worldwide Catholic Relief Services Curamericas Emmanuel International Food for the Hungry GOAL International Aid International Medical Corps International Rescue Committee Medical Teams Interenational Pathfinder PLAN Salvation Army World Service Save the Children World Relief World Vision

4. Countries where Care Groups are known to be in use: Bolivia Burundi Cambodia DRC Ethiopia Guatemala Haiti Indonesia Kenya Liberia Malawi Mozambique Niger Philippines Rwanda Uganda Zambia

6. Estimated Lives Saved Across Care Group Projects For modeling, factors in budget amt. vs. 3M.

8. E X A M P L E No RH intervention … but RH impact (through promoting antenatal care during maternal nutrition module).

10. CareGroupInfo.org

14. The preceding slides were presented at the CORE Group 2010 Fall Meeting Washington, DC To see similar presentations, please visit: www.coregroup.org/resources/meetingreports