As part of it its efforts to improve the quality of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) care in low-income countries, MCHIP has taken specific steps to improve the monitoring of MNCH services through strengthening routine HMIS. These efforts have led to better monitoring and evaluation, higher-quality data, and informed decision-making in 28 countries across MNCH interventions. Ongoing efforts to …
Reproductive health services in Malawi: An evaluation of a quality improvement intervention
An article in the journal “Midwifery” evaluates the impact of a quality improvement initiative in Malawi on reproductive health service quality and related outcomes. Results from the study indicate that PQI is an effective way to improve the quality of health services in a low-resource setting. To read the article, click here.
Behavior Change Communication & Community Mobilization Within the Healthy Fertility Study
The Healthy Fertility Study (HFS) in Bangladesh integrates postpartum family planning (FP) within a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program, which has demonstrated results in reducing newborn mortality. This brief highlights the key components of the HFS Behavior Change Communication and Community Mobilization Strategy, which is a core component of the HFS approach. The strategy aims to promote recommended MNH …
Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care: Asia Regional Meeting Report 2012
The 2012 Asia Regional Meeting on Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care was designed to assist country programs, donors, and governments in developing and implementing comprehensive and innovative programs to address public health priorities in maternal and newborn health. This report reviews the remarkable progress that is being made by the Asia region in moving toward achieving …
Investigacion culaitativa de los comportamientos comunitarios en relacion a la Salud Materna y Neonatal
Fact Sheet summarizing an assessment of community knowledge and practices in maternal and newborn health from MCHIP/Paraguay.
Global Status Report
All 2011 and 2012 Global Status Report downloadable files are available below. 2012 Global Status Report on PPH and PE/E 2012 Progress Report (Full Report) 2012 Progress Report (Short Report) 2012 Progress Report_Short Report (High Resolution) Appendix 1: Global Surveys of Scale-Up of National PPH and PE/E Programs in English, French and Spanish Appendix 2: Completed Global Surveys of Scale-Up …
Pilot Introduction of Oxytocin in the Unijectª Injection System During Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL) at the Institutional Level in Honduras
This report evaluates the acceptability and feasibility of introducing oxytocin Uniject for active management of the third stage of labor. The Ministry of Health of Honduras (MOH) identified oxytocin in the Uniject™ injection system (oxytocin in Uniject) as a potential part of its strategy to address high mortality from postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to the system’s benefits of being single-dose, …
Pilot Introduction of Oxytocin in the Uniject™ Injection System During Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL) at the Institutional Level in Honduras
This report evaluates the acceptability and feasibility of introducing oxytocin Uniject for active management of the third stage of labor. The Ministry of Health of Honduras (MOH) identified oxytocin in the Uniject™ injection system (oxytocin in Uniject) as a potential part of its strategy to address high mortality from postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to the system’s benefits of being single-dose, …
Assessing the Quality and Humanization of Maternity and ANC Care in Mozambique (presentation)
This presentation includes a summary of key results, conclusions, and preliminary recommendations from the MCHIP Mozambique QoC study results report.
Triptico Plan de Parto (“Birth Preparedness Plan”)
This birth preparedness plan is an abbreviated form of the Libreta de la Mujer Embarazada y del Recien Nacido, which guides expectant mothers through their birth preparedness plan, and also includes danger signs to guide their decision making in seeking health care on time and avoiding emergencies. From MCHIP’s community interventions work in Paraguay.