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Providing Technical Assistance to USAID/South Africa and Partners

Over the course of a week in September 2022, Panagora's Health Facility Quality Improvement Support Linnetie Mugore visited several public health facilities with USAID/South Africa team members in King Cetshwayo district, located on the east coast of South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal province. USAID is implementing one of the largest PEPFAR programs in South Africa, which seeks to achieve HIV epidemic control and support the country's National Department of Health to provide high-quality HIV and TB services.

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Panagora Group Named on Inc. 5000 List for Third Time

NEW YORK, August 16, 2022 – Inc. revealed that Panagora Group is No. 1609 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

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Stakeholders in the Philippines’ Innovation Ecosystem Share Experiences and Ways Forward after USAID STRIDE

Strong partnerships between stakeholders in science and technology innovation ecosystems stimulate knowledge creation and transfer, enabling new products and business models to catalyze economic transformation and development. Through activities like STRIDE, USAID plays a vital role in strengthening collaboration among stakeholders in the Philippines’ innovation ecosystem, thus expanding inclusive, market-driven growth in the country. USAID/Philippines commissioned its CLAimDev activity to conduct an independent evaluation of STRIDE’s final three years, which were an extension beyond that activity’s original five-year contract. CLAimDev hosted an online learning event on March 16, 2022, to disseminate its findings, and give 300 participants an opportunity to share their insights on the challenges STRIDE encountered and ways to sustain its gains. CLAimDev’s full evaluation report is now accessible in USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse, and is also available in a web version here.

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The CLAimHealth Story

USAID’s health programming partnership with the Philippine government dates back to the Agency’s founding 60 years ago. The USAID/Philippines CLAimHealth (CLA for Improved Health) activity helped deepen the impact of this partnership by establishing a collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) culture in the USAID/Philippines Office of Health and among its implementing partners...

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U.S. Small Businesses: Making Locally-Led Development Stick

U.S. small businesses play an essential role in sustainable global development by engaging, strengthening, and partnering with local organizations and other actors. We are nimble, quick to mobilize, and understand local organizations’ needs for capacity building and the obstacles they face in enterprise-led development...

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Panagora’s Philippines Team Celebrates New Hybrid Workspace

On December 9, 2021, we opened a joint office for the two USAID-funded activities we implement in the Philippines: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting for Improved Health (CLAimHealth) and Collaborating, Learning and Adapting for Improved Development (CLAimDev). 

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