News & Updates

South Africa MERL Activity

In 2018, Panagora launched a five-year activity in South Africa leading the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) activity which supports the USAID/South Africa Bilateral Office of Health to maximize results under the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) health development objective.

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Panagora Launches CLAimHealth Activity in the Philippines

February 2018 - Panagora launched a four-year Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting for Improved Health (CLAimHealth) activity in the Philippines. Our all-Filipino team has decades of experience in the local health sector, recognized expertise covering all CLA Activity requirements, and deep experience serving USAID. The team is led by Chief of Party Dr. Mary Ann Lansang, a seasoned manager, medical doctor, and accomplished researcher with more than three decades of experience.

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Panagora Signs Support Effort to Prevent Misconduct

We are proud to be a member of the Professional Services Council's Council of International Development Companies (CIDC), which released this set of guiding principles to "address the risk of misconduct in the workplace and protect vulnerable populations overseas."

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Panagora Celebrates 7 Years of Impact

This January marks Panagora Group’s seventh-year anniversary! Our current work spans across a dozen countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, managing activities ranging from global health; monitoring, evaluation, and learning; knowledge management and communications; public-private partnerships; and school-related gender-based violence. Here’s a look at some of our past milestones and upcoming plans.

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Panagora Signs MFAN’s Principles for Strategic Transitions from Development Aid

“It’s a long-term dream to reach a time when all countries can stand on their own, partnering in new ways,” says Panagora President and CEO Betsy Bassan of the recently released “Principles for Strategic Transition from Development Aid.”

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Panagora Founder Profiled in “30 Most Inspiring Women in Business”

Betsy Bassan, CEO and Founder of Panagora Group, is featured in the latest Insights Success Magazine as one of “The 30 Most Inspiring Women in Business!” Check out her profile, which details Betsy’s rise in the international development industry and the growth of Panagora as a social enterprise working to make the world a better place “through more innovative and cost-effective, out-of-the-box solutions.”

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Celebrating Science and Self-Advocacy in Marking My Ten-Year Breast Cancer “Cure” Milestone

Breast cancer has shaped my and my family’s life for at least three generations. What I learned from this family history of cancer is that each of us must be our own best advocates – as early detection detectives and empowered voices with our health care workers. We also must be ever grateful for the medical advances that make treatment options and survival rates better each year.

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Panagora Named a 2016 USAID CLA Case Competition Winner

The annual collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) Case Competition calls for real case studies of USAID staff and implementing partners using a CLA approach for organizational learning and better development outcomes.

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