Integration across programs within the health sector or with other sectors has been identified as a means to increase efficient use of resource and operations, sustainability, and community acceptability. Nonetheless, there has been limited integration in practice to date due, for example, to resource differences between programs, only partial overlap of strategies, and separate management structures. Where it has happened, the catalyst was often donor funding leading to integrated activities ending as project funds were exhausted.

In an effort to support the translation of theories about integration into practice, Bridges to Development (Bridges) and the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) developed a framework and process to support programs to identify impactful and feasible win-win integration opportunities