One of the major factors contributing to low coverage of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) among pregnant women is provider confusion about when and how to distribute them. Technical expertise in malaria in pregnancy (MIP) is typically provided by national malaria control programs (NMCPs), while MIP interventions are implemented through national reproductive health …
A Counseling Guide for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Two Regions of Egypt
This Guide is based on the results of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices study using Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) methodology. TIPs was part of a larger study examining factors associated with the rise in stunting levels in Lower Egypt in comparison to Upper Egypt. To understand barriers and facilitating factors to optimal IYCF, the study explored …
Examining Factors Associated with Stunting in Lower Egypt in Comparison to Upper Egypt
The aim of this operations research study was to understand how mothers’ behaviors, perceptions, and cultural beliefs impact dietary intake and feeding practices in stunted and non-stunted Egyptian children from 0–23 months of age. Four research objectives were addressed in this report, as part of this operations research study: Identify gaps and positive aspects of IYCF practices through the application …
Cultural Beliefs and Perceptions of Maternal Diet and Weight Gain during Pregnancy and Postpartum Family Planning in Egypt
This operations research study addressed the following four objectives: Identify gaps and positive aspects of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices through the application of the Trials for Improved Practices (TIPs) methodology with Egyptian mothers; Understand cultural beliefs, perceptions, behaviors, and motivating factors that may facilitate or act as a barrier to optimal IYCF practices and how these factors …
Junk Food Is a Feeding Problem Contributing to Poor Growth and Stunting in Egyptian Children
Brief on causes and outcomes of stunting in Egyptian children, as well as the role of junk food.
Recommended Practices and Counseling Messages to Address Infant and Young Child Feeding Problems in the First Two Years of Life in Egypt: An Update for Health Care Providers
Through learnings from a study on stunting implemented in Lower and Upper Egypt through the MCHIP/SMART project, this brief was developed to give health care providers additional information and suggestions on how to improve infant and young child feeding practices.
Tracking implementation progress for Kangaroo Mother Care
This brief provides an overview of results from an evaluation of KMC implemention in four countries: Malawi, Mali, Rwanda and Uganda.
Quality of Antenatal and Delivery Care Services in Six Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2010–2012, MCHIP conducted a series of health facility surveys examining the quality of care that mothers and newborns received in facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of these surveys was to determine the frequency and quality of evidence-based MNH interventions performed by antenatal care and delivery care providers. This brief presents a summary of study findings from six …
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Improving Quality, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, and Demand for Services during an Accelerated Scale-Up
This collection of research studies provides evidence from five African countries—Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Lesotho—that safe, high-quality voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services performed by trained healthcare professionals in low resource settings can be implemented and sustained at scale and has the potential to significantly prevent new HIV infections in adolescent and adult men. The papers published under …
Moving malaria in pregnancy programs from neglect to priority: experience from Malawi, Senegal and Zambia
This article, published in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice, describes the results of a systematic case study methodology to assess health system strengths and challenges as they relate to malaria in pregnancy (MIP) in Malawi, Senegal and Zambia. Data were collected between 2009 and 2011 through desk reviews and key informant interviews. The data were subsequently analyzed across …