MCHIP and Population Services International’s (PSI) Support for International Family Planning Organization (SIFPO) program, with funding from USAID, convened a regional meeting in Africa to bring together international and regional experts together to advance integration of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services into maternal health services. A total of 59 participants from 10 countries actively engaged in South-to-South learning, sharing …
Final Assessment Report: Integration of Expanded Program on Immunization and Family Planning in Liberia
From March to November 2012, Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (with technical support from MCHIP and supported by USAID) piloted a model for integrating the service delivery of immunization and family planning in 10 health facilities in Bong and Lofa counties. A final assessment, on which this report is based, was conducted in December 2012 to assess the …
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Rwanda
This analysis is based on the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Rwanda. It summarizes key findings related to birth and pregnancy spacing, fertility return, unmet need for and use of family planning, and contact with key services for women during the period from the last birth through two years postpartum.
A Documentation of Malaria Program Implementation in Burkina Faso
In collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program of Burkina Faso, MCHIP documented the status of malaria program implementation by all partners in the country. This report describes best practices/strategies that have supported malaria programming successes, as well as existing bottlenecks in malaria program implementation and recommends how these could be overcome. Available in English and French.
Quality and Humanization of Care Assessment: A Study of the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care Delivered in MozambiqueÕs Model Maternities
This QoC report from Mozambique summarizes the findings on antenatal care (ANC) and Labor & Delivery Care from observations of 525 deliveries and 303 ANC consults in 46 facilities (17 facilities currently in the MOH’s Model Maternities Initiative and 29 in the future expansion plans for the initiative). Data tables are available in a separate file below.
Quality and Humanization of Care Assessment: A Study of the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care Delivered in Mozambique’s Model Maternities
This QoC report from Mozambique summarizes the findings on antenatal care (ANC) and Labor & Delivery Care from observations of 525 deliveries and 303 ANC consults in 46 facilities (17 facilities currently in the MOH’s Model Maternities Initiative and 29 in the future expansion plans for the initiative). Data tables are available in a separate file below.
Matching Supply with Demand: Scaling Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania and Zimbabwe
In order to improve voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) service uptake and target demand creation activities more effectively, clients currently accessing and receiving VMMC services should be better characterized by their demographic, socioeconomic, and sexual risk behaviors. This case study of VMMC programs in the Iringa Region of Tanzania and in Zimbabwe describes both the age distribution of clients accessing …
Review of National-Level Malaria in Pregnancy Documents in 19 PMI Focus Countries
With support from the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), MCHIP conducted a review of malaria in pregnancy related policies, guidelines, training and supervision materials in 19 PMI focus countries (Angola, Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe). The review aimed to: Understand what is included in national-level reproductive health …
Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Testing the Validity of Women’s Self-Report of Key Maternal and Newborn Health Interventions during the Peripartum Period in Mozambique
Despite a growing need to track coverage and quality of high-impact peripartum interventions, currently, nationally representative household surveys conducted in low-income settings primarily measure contact with the health system, shedding little light on content or quality of care. This article describes a study to validate the ability of women in Mozambique to report on facility-based care they and their newborns …
“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in Tanzania
Published in the inaugural issue of the Global Health Science & Practice journal, this article was co-authored by MCHIP staff and reveals findings from a study in Tanzania on the cultural values surrounding voluntary medical male circumcision. To read the open source article, click here.