Background on the establishment and expansion of the Model Maternities Initiative in Mozambique.
A Joint Process Documentation of the Scale-Up of the Helping Babies Breathe Initiative in Bangladesh and Malawi
Over 60 countries have introduced HBB but relatively few have attempted a national rollout. Interventions such as HBB must be implemented at scale in order to achieve impact at the population level, but this introduces a set of system-related challenges that are not faced during small-scale trials. Improved understanding of the science of scale-up is crucial to achieving population-level impact. …
A Process Documentation of the Scale-Up of the Helping Babies Breathe Initiative in Malawi
Over 60 countries have introduced HBB at some level but relatively few have attempted a national rollout. Interventions such as HBB must be implemented at scale in order to achieve population-level impact, but this introduces a set of system-related challenges that often are not faced during small-scale trials. Improved understanding of the science of scale-up is crucial to achieving impact …
Report on the Feasibility of Measuring the iCCM Task Force Indicators through Existing Monitoring Systems in DRC, Niger, Madagascar, Senegal, South Sudan and Zambia
The Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Task Force (TF) proposed a list of 48 indicators to guide governments and partners in monitoring and evaluating national iCCM programs. The iCCM TF undertook a review process to determine the number of indicators being reported by country programs, and opportunities and challenges related to measuring indicators not being reported. This report supports the …
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care in Mozambique
The objective of this document is to share the results of work undertaken in Mozambique to promote respectful health care, particularly in maternal and neonatal care.
Handwashing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Korogocho (Nairobi) and Bondo (Nyanza)
This assessment evaluates the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of mothers of infants under 28 days of age and of health care providers in two disparate, but resource-poor settings in Kenya: a rural area in Bondo (Nyanza) and Korogocho slums (Nairobi). The findings showed that new mothers in urban slums and rural areas do not have sufficient knowledge or do not …
Washing Hands to Save Newborn Lives in Asia and Africa
One-page briefer highlighting qualitative research on the handwashing behavior of mothers and others close to newborns in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Kenya.
PPIUD Services: Start-Up to Scale-Up Regional Meeting Burkina Faso
MCHIP and Population Services International’s Support for International Family Planning Organization program (with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development) convened a regional meeting in West Africa to bring together international and regional experts to advance integration of postpartum intrauterine device services into maternal health services. This meeting report covers the event, which took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, …
Swaziland Male Circumcision Volunteer Orientation Materials
Materials to orient volunteer surgeons in providing male circumcision services in Swaziland.
Advance distribution of misoprostol for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage at home births in two districts of Liberia
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has published the MCHIP co-authored article “Advance distribution of misoprostol for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) at home births in two districts of Liberia” describing the results of a learning phase program on the feasibility, acceptability and program effectiveness of a PPH prevention program for home and facility births in two districts of Liberia. The program …