On May 4, IPA Peru, along with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) training leader Erica Field and PhD candidate Javier Romero, met with Silvia Loli Espinoza, Vice Minister of the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MOW).

From April 24-April 26, the National Food and Nutrition Commission of Zambia hosted the third National Food and Nutrition Summit in Lusaka.Also known as the Third International Conference on Nutrition (ICN3), the event focused on the role of nutrition in driving sustainable development and was sponsored and attended by a range of government, research, and aid organizations. IPA Zambia presented on a study by Günther Fink,  Rachel Levenson, Peter Rockers, and Sarah Tembo evaluating the effect of growth charts on child development.

On April 16, IPA Peru shared preliminary results of an impact evaluation conducted with the Peruvian Ministry of Education.The study evaluated the effectiveness of information campaigns in increasing students' and parents' understanding of the returns to education and reducing school dropout and child labor in rural and urban areas.The campaigns were delivered as telenovela-style videos and an interactive app on tablets. Oswaldo Molina, an Associate Professor at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, presented on the preliminary findings at the U.S.Department of Labor.