The compendium is designed to assist program designers working for nongovernmental organizations to develop high-quality programs focused on women and children, to select the essential components and actions for their chosen interventions, and to select appropriate indicators. The tool addresses the temporal phases of a woman’s reproductive cycle from the household level to secondary care in facilities: pre-conception/ inter-conception, antenatal, …
The Rapid Health Facility Assessment (R-HFA)
The R-HFA was originally designed for use by nongovernmental organizations within the Child Survival and Health Grants Program, but as the Malaria Booster Initiative experience has shown, it is also suitable for use by District Health Management Teams. It is a relatively rapid instrument for measuring a small set of key indicators to give a “balanced scorecard” for maternal, newborn …
The Minimum Activities for Mothers and Newborns (MAMAN) framework
MAMAN is based on the essential maternal and newborn care interventions and comprises the basic, minimum high-impact MNC interventions that should be implemented within a health program. The MAMAN framework comes with a core set of indicators, to track and report on the progress of the minimum package of maternal and newborn interventions. The framework also includes a questionnaire and …
Scale and Scaling Up: A CORE Group Background Paper on Scaling Up Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
This paper briefly summarizes definitions, approaches and challenges to achieving “scale” in community-focused health programs, as discussed at the 2005 CORE spring meeting and the USAID CSHGP mini-university. This paper is meant to harmonize a vocabulary for use by NGOs and their partners as they further discuss, debate and analyze how NGOs and their partners can reach more people with …
Collaborating with Communities and Aligning with National Systems to Achieve High Impact and Coverage for Mothers and Newborns: USAID’s partnerships with International Non-Governmental Organizations through the Child Survival and Health Grants Program
This brief highlights Child Survival and Health Grants Program’s contributions to advancing maternal, newborn and child health.
Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Tanzania: A survey of the quality of maternal and newborn health in 12 regions of Tanzania
Conducted in July and August 2010, this observational study included 52 health facilities in 12 regions of Tanzania and additional facilities in Zanzibar. The aim was to gather information on the quality of maternal and newborn care, and the results serve as a baseline for the MAISHA program, as well as an important source of information for policymakers and stakeholders …
Testing innovative maternal, newborn, and child health approaches to serve vulnerable communities: USAID’s partnerships with 14 International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) through the Child Survival & Health Grants Program in 16 countries
This brief provides an overview of the international nongovernmental organizations-designed innovations currently supported by the Child Survival and Health Grants Program, and the operations research poised to advance policies and strategies at the national and global levels.
Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A guide for midwives and doctors
This manual, developed by the World Health Organization and Jhpiego, is written for midwives and doctors at the district hospital who are responsible for the care of women with complications of pregnancy, childbirth or the immediate problems of the newborn. The main text of the manual is arranged by symptoms (e.g., vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy) to facilitate immediate diagnosis …
Conference Report on Prenatal Corticosteroid Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Conference paper published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics to evaluate the evidence for prenatal corticosteroid use in low- and middle-income countries and to make recommendations regarding implementation and further research. Conclusions include recommendations for expanding the use of prenatal corticosteroids in hospitals with high-level newborn care in low-income countries. To read the abstract and download the article, click here.
Improved Labor Care to Reduce Intrapartum-Related Newborn Deaths
MCHIP maternal health technical brief.