Danya creates, delivers, and evaluates innovative behavior change strategies that empower people of all ages and from all walks of life to live healthier and better educated lives. Danya provides innovative services and solutions in the areas of public health communication, research and evaluation, information technology, education and training, program management support, and health product development. Danya helps its public- and private-sector clients develop research-based tools and campaigns that communicate clear, concise, and effective messages across all media forms. Launched in 1996, Danya is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nairobi, Kenya.

 

PROGRAM AREAS

Danya has assembled an outstanding, dynamic team of diverse specialists in communications, public health, research, marketing, mental health, education, the medical disciplines, social marketing, information technology, and conference planning. These dedicated professionals concentrate on making a difference in:

-Health

-Education

-Food security

-Economic development

Their substantive expertise, technological capabilities, and personal customer service help our customers make a difference through the strength of insight, integration, innovation, and impact.

 

SERVICES

Founded on the guiding principles of Integrity, Quality, and Creativity (IQc), Danya is committed to providing innovative solutions for social impact in health and education. Danya applies research-driven analysis coupled with dynamic communications strategies, technology-enabled services, and quality management support to deliver effective solutions to government, international, and commercial sectors that help address today’s most pressing social issues and those emerging in the future.

Our core competencies include:

 

Program Management

Danya expertly blends the management, programmatic, and technical knowledge of our highly specialized professional staff to support the unique needs and requirements of each client. The proven performance and commitment to excellence of Danya's experienced teams are demonstrated in the successful oversight of large, complex, multiyear federal government programs. Providing program management services for federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration for Children and Families, and the U.S. Navy requires extensive expertise, a diverse range of tools and technologies, and the ability to identify emerging solutions and apply them to improve project outcomes. Danya approaches each new client opportunity by developing a customized program management system that recognizes performance accountability as critical for successful program implementation and sustainability.

 

Communications

At Danya, we are driven to find innovative approaches to motivate behavior change. Challenged to take actions that result in people living healthier lives, Danya champions communications campaigns that are inspired by science and powered by the latest technologies to maximize social impact. Danya’s experienced communications team is at the forefront in crafting unprecedented strategies and tailored solutions that break through barriers such as infrastructure, geography, level of education, economic status, linguistic representation, and cultural differences to deliver messages influencing changes in behavior. Danya’s methodology for accomplishing effective communications campaigns involves an end-to-end solution, including identifying key messages for different target groups, developing a strategy, and implementing the campaign using multiple-channel delivery methods, followed by an evaluation of the impact to determine adjustments for future efforts.

 

Monitoring and Evaluation

A scientific perspective serves as the foundation from which emerges every Danya initiative undertaken on behalf of our government, international, and commercial clients. Danya’s scientific expertise has led the way in the development and testing of best-of-class monitoring and evaluation systems designed to increase programmatic impact. This extensive experience assessing progress, outcomes, impact, and effectiveness of program services includes developing reliable evaluation instruments, robust technologies, and benchmarking tools; conducting onsite reviews and tracking monitoring activities; and collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. Danya designs and implements evaluative research approaches and uses various proven strategies to facilitate a comprehensive assessment of program performance. The data collected from these in-depth monitoring and evaluation efforts is analyzed to form the basis of a recommended course of action for improving program performance. These research findings, lessons learned, and best practices are codified to serve as model processes and relevant products and services for the benefit of other clients’ programs.

 

Information Technology Services and Solutions

Danya is an innovator in using technological solutions to have an impact on performance. Recognizing the power of technology to influence the human experience, Danya has compiled a team of experts dedicated to uncovering the most robust technology applications that will have the greatest measurable social impact. Our technical expertise has created virtual collaborative communities connecting people and resources rapidly and efficiently across government agencies and around the world. To answer client challenges, Danya taps a wide range of advanced technologies to achieve maximum impact. Among these technological innovations are Web sites, interactive databases, e-learning modules, online collaborative portals, dashboards, 3D animation, multimedia health products, and interactive games. To reach a broad audience with targeted communications and valued content, Danya has developed creative and highly successful methods for dissemination via mobile phones, the Internet, radio, television, comic books, newsletters, and press releases, among other devices. It is the technological innovations that develop, analyze, and package information combined with targeted communications dissemination that make our programs so effective.