This document outlines a regional joint programme between UN agencies to develop capacity for the prevention of violence against women in Asia and the Pacific. It discusses how violence is a complex issue requiring coordinated work across various levels of society. It also describes promising prevention models and the need to build capacity to implement, monitor and evaluate interventions through developing human and institutional resources and cross-sectoral networks. The programme aims to provide technical assistance and support a regional learning community to generate knowledge and skills for transforming gender relations and preventing violence.
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Neha Kumar
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 1: Strengthening the participation of local communities in resettlemment, compensation, livelihood, and greivance
Gender in programme planning and implementation: Programme planning and designOxfam GB
Understanding how gender relations shape women’s and men’s lives is critical to disaster risk reduction (DRR). This is because women’s and men’s different roles, responsibilities, and access to resources influence how each will be affected by different hazards, and how they will cope with and recover from disaster. This presentation contains information on mainstreaming gender in programme planning and design. This presentation is part of Oxfam GB's Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction training pack available at www.oxfam.org.uk/genderdrrpack.
Expanding scope for gender integration and impact: moving beyond individual e...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Kenneth Macharia (AWARD), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Gunjan Veda, Holta Trandafili and Martha Cruz Zuniga
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Today, Africa is in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, heightened by the inability of homegrown African organizations to engage readily in the search for solutions to the continent’s problems. Across the continent, people are forcibly displaced from their homes and countries for several reasons, the most common being conflict and/or natural disaster related. Neither international aid nor international interventions on their own have significantly reduced vulnerability nor brought enduring solutions. An enhanced involvement of well-resourced and well-equipped African actors could improve both the effectiveness of interventions and the sustainability of subsequent recovery programmes
On a positive note, millions of displaced persons have been able to experience a voluntary, safe and dignified return home. However, with an estimated 22 million people remaining forcibly displaced across the continent, significant challenges remain.
African in spirit, concept and composition, AHA is a pan-African non-governmental organization providing effective humanitarian assistance to alleviate human suffering building on the strength of African people to solve African problems.
3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 1: Strengthening the participation of local communities in resettlemment, compensation, livelihood, and greivance
Gender in programme planning and implementation: Programme planning and designOxfam GB
Understanding how gender relations shape women’s and men’s lives is critical to disaster risk reduction (DRR). This is because women’s and men’s different roles, responsibilities, and access to resources influence how each will be affected by different hazards, and how they will cope with and recover from disaster. This presentation contains information on mainstreaming gender in programme planning and design. This presentation is part of Oxfam GB's Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction training pack available at www.oxfam.org.uk/genderdrrpack.
Expanding scope for gender integration and impact: moving beyond individual e...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Kenneth Macharia (AWARD), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Gunjan Veda, Holta Trandafili and Martha Cruz Zuniga
POLICY SEMINAR
Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development
APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Today, Africa is in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, heightened by the inability of homegrown African organizations to engage readily in the search for solutions to the continent’s problems. Across the continent, people are forcibly displaced from their homes and countries for several reasons, the most common being conflict and/or natural disaster related. Neither international aid nor international interventions on their own have significantly reduced vulnerability nor brought enduring solutions. An enhanced involvement of well-resourced and well-equipped African actors could improve both the effectiveness of interventions and the sustainability of subsequent recovery programmes
On a positive note, millions of displaced persons have been able to experience a voluntary, safe and dignified return home. However, with an estimated 22 million people remaining forcibly displaced across the continent, significant challenges remain.
African in spirit, concept and composition, AHA is a pan-African non-governmental organization providing effective humanitarian assistance to alleviate human suffering building on the strength of African people to solve African problems.
Catalyzing Equitable Development: An Initiative to Institutionalize a Gender...Dr Lendy Spires
The Catalyzing Equitable Development (CED) Program responded to two questions that are key to gender equality and effective development. First, can organizations effectively integrate gender in their programs and operations? And second, to the extent they can, does gender integration enhance development outcomes?
The CED program demonstrated that the answer to both of these questions is a strong “yes.” InterAction’s Commission on the Advancement of Women (CAW) implemented this program from January 2003-September 2006. The aim of the program was to institutionalize a gender perspective in the work of development and humanitarian assistance PVOs and NGOs as a necessary means to improve living conditions for poor communities in Africa and Asia. The program focused on building the capacity of PVOs and NGOs through training and technical assistance in Inter-Action’s Gender Audit Organizational Self Assessment and Action Planning methodology.
These organizations are major contributors to global development, collectively implementing about 40% of US government funded development assistance as well as administering over $7 billion annually in assistance from private sources and in-kind contributions. The program targeted the very way PVOs and NGOs do their work and enhanced the effectiveness of their field programs by reducing gender inequalities and promoting women’s and girls’ full participation throughout their operations.
However, the program did not stop at capacity building, but assessed the impact of capacity building at the field level. A unique feature of the program was a study on the impact of gender mainstreaming in four African countries, one of the few such impact studies that has been carried out globally by donors, governments, or the United Nations. In addition, the program documented innovative practices in gender integration from the Asia-Pacific region and drew out lessons learned to guide other planners and practitioners. Major accomplishments of the program are: 287 individuals and approximately 173 organizations (or country offices) participated in eight Gender Audit Courses and seven Gender Audit Workshops in the US and overseas. The Courses were offered in the U.S., Ghana, Kenya, and the Philippines. The workshops were offered in New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
This project has been created for EDRD*6000 Qualitative Methods- a graduate level course at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. Please reference the author or appropriate sources when using any of the information presented here.
New Directions in Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Older Adults With Mantl...i3 Health
i3 Health is pleased to make the speaker slides from this activity available for use as a non-accredited self-study or teaching resource.
This slide deck presented by Dr. Kami Maddocks, Professor-Clinical in the Division of Hematology and
Associate Division Director for Ambulatory Operations
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, will provide insight into new directions in targeted therapeutic approaches for older adults with mantle cell lymphoma.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) accounting for 5% to 7% of all lymphomas. Its prognosis ranges from indolent disease that does not require treatment for years to very aggressive disease, which is associated with poor survival (Silkenstedt et al, 2021). Typically, MCL is diagnosed at advanced stage and in older patients who cannot tolerate intensive therapy (NCCN, 2022). Although recent advances have slightly increased remission rates, recurrence and relapse remain very common, leading to a median overall survival between 3 and 6 years (LLS, 2021). Though there are several effective options, progress is still needed towards establishing an accepted frontline approach for MCL (Castellino et al, 2022). Treatment selection and management of MCL are complicated by the heterogeneity of prognosis, advanced age and comorbidities of patients, and lack of an established standard approach for treatment, making it vital that clinicians be familiar with the latest research and advances in this area. In this activity chaired by Michael Wang, MD, Professor in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, expert faculty will discuss prognostic factors informing treatment, the promising results of recent trials in new therapeutic approaches, and the implications of treatment resistance in therapeutic selection for MCL.
Target Audience
Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
- Video recording of this lecture in English language: https://youtu.be/lK81BzxMqdo
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These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
Anti ulcer drugs and their Advance pharmacology ||
Anti-ulcer drugs are medications used to prevent and treat ulcers in the stomach and upper part of the small intestine (duodenal ulcers). These ulcers are often caused by an imbalance between stomach acid and the mucosal lining, which protects the stomach lining.
||Scope: Overview of various classes of anti-ulcer drugs, their mechanisms of action, indications, side effects, and clinical considerations.
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Ve...kevinkariuki227
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
3. Violence is a complex issue
1. Violence is complex & political
2. Causes and solutions to violence unfold
across levels of society
3. A spectrum of work - from primary
prevention, protection, service provision
and policy – is required
4. Evidence-based interventions need to be
coordinated across this spectrum
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4. Prevention Programming
• Emerging evidence of promising prevention models*
• Grounded on evidence and theory
• Targeting all levels
• Long term approach
*Models (school-based interventions, sports for development
and prevention, community mobilisation, community
empowerment, parenting & childhood, communication &
campaign, etc.)
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5. Capacity Development for Prevention
To see results, prevention interventions must:
Be of high quality;
Be well coordinated across all sectors;
Sustain and continue.
Strong capacity is needed to ensure quality,
coordination, and continuity of prevention
interventions
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6. Capacity Development for Prevention
… Enhance capacity to understand violence & its
prevention, and to design, implement, monitor, and
evaluate effective interventions
Human resources capacity (knowledge and skills)
Institutional capacity (systems and structures)
Networks & partnerships (cross-sectoral coordination)
(WHO, Capacity building for preventing injuries and violence: Strategic plan 2009-
2013)
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7. How Can P4P Support?
Provide technical assistance to:
Refine intervention strategies and approaches based
on evidence of promising models
Design, implement, monitor, and evaluate prevention
interventions
Design and conduct trainings on violence and its
prevention
Link regional and global expertise
8. How Can P4P Support?
Support knowledge and skills generations through:
Regional Learning Community for Transforming
Masculinities to Promote Gender Justice for East
and Southeast Asia (RLC)
Linking RLC national process to Good Men
Campaign
www.regionallearningcommunity.ning.com
9. Regional Learning Community
Grouping of activists & practitioners in the region (more
than 10 countries)
Foster a regional community of social justice
Collectively generate knowledge and skills for transforming
masculinities and gender power relations through:
Curriculum development
Series of learning events and trainings
Networking
Partnership
10. Structure
•Human rights, social/gender justice & all forms of
Part 1
Part 1
injustice, oppression, inequality and hierarchy
WHY?
WHY?
•Patriarchy (intersectionality), power, gender,
Part 2
Part 2
masculinities (basis)
WHAT?
WHAT?
•Masculinities and: Sexualities, Violence, etc. (more
and Sexualities, Violence, etc. (more
Part 2
Part 2
specific & in-depth)
WHAT?
WHAT?
•Pathways to transformation (spaces of resistance,
Part 3
Part 3
personal transformation, social change)
HOW?
HOW?
11. RLC’s Cambodia Team
Core group formed (GADC, Banteay Srei, PHD, CWCC,
Pannasastra University & Diakonia) & looking to expand
partnerships (Good Men campaign)
National adaptation process being initiated – link to Good
Men Campaign
Aiming to enhance analytical understanding of gender
justice, and critical skills for transformative activism through:
National curriculum development
Training and collective learning process
Networking and movement building
Regional engagements
It is great to hear that capacity development is a key component for this social mobilization initiative in Cambodia. This is because capacity is a key to assure quality of interventions.
As we all here know, violence is a complex issue. There are many factors contributing to the perpetration and victimization of violence. It’s not a private issue, it involves all levels of the society, from individual, family, community, and society. As it’s a complex issue, it needs complex solutions. There is a spectrum of work, from primary prevention, protection, service provision, and policy. Interventions at all levels have to be grounded strongly upon good understanding, knowledge, and evidence of what can work and cannot work.
In the field of prevention, there is emerging evidence of promising prevention models – what works to prevent violence before it starts. There are various types of prevention interventions such as working with young people at school or out of school settings, working with young people through sports, arts, or music, community mobilisation through community communication and activities, working with parents (especially fathers) on parenting and childhood development, campaigns, etc. It’s very important that prevention interventions must be based on evidence (understanding factors contributing to violence, and critical elements driving change).Data:Prevalence, causes, risk and protective factors and consequences Evidence:What solutions work? What interventions are promising or effective in Asia? Theories of change: What, Why and How?What is the interventions trying to change, and why? How do we know that change will help end violence and improve the lives of women and men? A goal of more evidence is to identify effective program strategies or best practices that may have universal application
As we know, prevention of VAW means changing norms, beliefs, behaviours, practices, and systems. It takes a long time to see results, change. Therefore prevention interventions must be proper and of good quality. If interventions are superficial, fast, and short-sighted, we cannot expect change. We may be able to raise some awareness, but we will not change perceptions, attitudes, and practices. Interventions should be coordinated with other development interventions across different sectors. Additions, interventions must be long-sighted using approach that ensure long-term change. To ensure quality of our programmes/interventions/activities, good coordination, and continuity, capacity development is a key component.
Capacity building is one of the main challenges facing the violence prevention field, giving that the field is relatively new, and there are still “learning by doing”. Despite increased awareness, recognition and political commitment to violence prevention and response, capacity building has for so long been needed to realise commitments and effectively implement interventions. A comprehensive and sustained approach to capacity building is necessary and important. Capacity building for this field means the capacity and ability to understand violence (risk and protective factors contributing to perpetration and victimization of violence, not only simply gender inequality); How violence is created and affected by all levels of the society. It means also the capacity to understand its prevention – what can prevent violence before it happens, what do we know that will change, what can we influence, and how we can do it. We need capacity to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate effective interventions/programmes.This means – capacity of our human capital (ourselves, our staff, and our partners) in terms of knowledge and skills. Another is institutional capacity in terms of systems, structures, and resources our institutions have in place to create results. Importantly, it’s the capacity to strengthen networks and partnerships to prevent violence in a coordinated integrated manner.