Fact Sheet summarizing an assessment of community knowledge and practices in maternal and newborn health from MCHIP/Paraguay.
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.
Libreta de la Mujer Embarazada y del Recien Nacido (“Pregnant Women’s Card”)
This “pregnant women’s card” is for use by health care providers to help convey key health messages to expectant mothers in relation to pregnancy, birth and newborn care. It also includes danger signs to guide decision making in seeking health care on time and avoiding emergencies. From MCHIP’s community interventions work in Paraguay.
Cuando el Amor es Saludable: Consejos prácticos para cuidar la salud de la familiar (briefer)
One page handout (the “MCHIP Afiche”) with health messaging on maternal and newborn health. From MCHIP’s community interventions work in Paraguay.
Cuando el Amor es Saludable: Consejos prácticos para cuidar la salud de la familiar (brochure)
A brochure (the “MCHIP folleto”) with health messaging on maternal and newborn health. From MCHIP’s community interventions work in Paraguay.
Presentation on the MCHIP Program (in Spanish)
Presentation on the MCHIP Program (in Spanish)
Método Mamá Canguro (brochure)
Brochure on KMC (in Spanish).
Sante Maternelle et Neonatale au Senegal : Succès et Défis
Aimed at stakeholders in Senegal, this case study was created in response to a USAID Mission in Senegal request to MCHIP to describe the process of scaling up key evidence-based interventions to improve maternal and newborn survival over the preceding five years, and key associated results of these efforts.
Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition – Family Planning (MIYCN-FP) Integration Toolkit
K4Health Toolkits are electronic collections of carefully selected information resources on a particular topic for health policy makers, program managers, and service providers. This toolkit contains materials for advocacy, training, client counseling, program implementation, and learning from country experiences. Recent evidence shows that birth-to-pregnancy intervals of less than 24 months increase risks for child mortality and child undernutrition (stunting and …
Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low-and middle-income countries
These guidelines aim to improve the quality of care given to low birth weight infants in developing countries by improving the skills of health workers.