The MCHIP Pregnancy Wheel allows providers to easily calculate the gestational age of the clients they care for in the antenatal period, and also acts as a job aid. Because this wheel is larger than previous versions, providers can determine at a glance the counseling and evidence-based interventions that should occur at each visit, helping to ensure a healthy outcome …
Community Health Worker Scale Up Workshop Report
Summary of proceedings from a technical advisory group meeting to discuss community health worker (CHW) performance at scale. Participants from 13 organizations attended the meeting to discuss the design and management of CHW programs at the community, district, and national levels in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The meeting focused on considering effective community health work and the larger system in which CHWs function.
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.
Building on the Current Evidence to Strengthen Community-Based Service Delivery Strategies for Promoting Child Survival
This document highlights four community-based delivery strategies that are common in most reports that have demonstrated improvements in child health in high-mortality, low-resource settings. These findings should be of interest to district-level managers, Ministry of Health offi cials, national-level policy makers, and donors.
Comparing Estimates of Child Mortality Reduction Modeled in LiST with Pregnancy History Survey Data for a Community-based NGO Project in Mozambique
Using results of a recent review of evidence for community-based child health programming, a search was conducted for NGO child health projects implementing community-based interventions that had independently verified child mortality reduction estimates, as well as population coverage data for modelling in LiST.
A Malaria in Pregnancy Country Case Study: Malawi’s Successes and Remaining Challenges for Malaria in Pregnancy Programming
MCHIP conducted program reviews of malaria in pregnancy (MIP) programming and community case management (CCM) programming, which resulted in comprehensive country case studies. The purpose of each case study was to gain a better understanding of MIP and CCM programming efforts, specifically: • Best practices/strategies that have supported MIP or CCM programming success; • Existing bottlenecks in MIP or CCM program implementation and how …
A Malaria in Pregnancy Case Study: Senegal’s Successes and Remaining Challenges for Malaria in Pregnancy Programming
MCHIP conducted a program review of malaria in pregnancy (MIP) programming successes and challenges in Senegal, which resulted in a comprehensive country case study. The purpose of the case study was to gain a better understanding of MIP programming efforts, specifically: Best practices/strategies that have supported MIP programming successes; Existing bottlenecks in MIP program implementation and how these are addressed; …
Successes and Challenges for Malaria in Pregnancy Programming: A Three-Country Analysis
MCHIP conducted program reviews of malaria in pregnancy (MIP) programming successes and challenges in Zambia, Senegal and Malawi, which resulted in three comprehensive country case studies. In addition, MCHIP developed a three-country analysis brief linking the results, recommendations and next steps across the three case studies, available below in English and French.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Logistics, Commodities, and Waste Management Requirements for Scale-Up of Services
Program planners and policy makers should consider the significant contribution of supply chain and waste management to VMMC program costs as they determine future resource needs for VMMC programs.