This research brief presents the learnings from the documentation study on the scale-up of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine aqueous solution (CHX) in Bangladesh between 2015 and 2018. The results of this study are intended to inform continuing efforts to expand CHX coverage and future scale-up efforts of other innovations in Bangladesh, as well as the CHX scale-up efforts of other …
USAID’s Child Survival and Health Grants Program: Highlights from Final Evaluations in 2011
This two-page brief highlights key points from the final evaluations of nine Child Survival and Health Grants Program projects that ended in 2011.
Quality of antenatal care and household wealth as determinants of institutional delivery in Pakistan: Results of a cross-sectional household survey
This article, published in the journal Reproductive Health, highlights the results of a household survey of 4,000 married women who had given birth in the two years before the survey was conducted in Sindh province, Pakistan. The survey collected data on socio-economic and demographic variables, the quality of antenatal care provided during a woman’s last pregnancy, and whether she delivered …
Scaling Up High-Impact Health Interventions in Complex Adaptive Systems: Lessons from MCHIP
This report grew out of a review of the scale up of six maternal and child health interventions in India, Mali, Bangladesh and Malawi. The objective of the review was to identify effective scale-up strategies. Attachment Size Scaling-up-Synthesis-Report-100915.pdf 580.33 KB
The Power of Counseling: Changing Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning Practices in Dhamar, Yemen
This study was conducted in two districts of Dhamar, Yemen, to inform the development of evidence-based programming to address high rates of malnutrition, short inter-pregnancy intervals, and low contraceptive prevalence in the country. The study assessed mothers’ and couples’ ability to adopt recommended nutrition and family planning practices, identifying barriers and facilitating factors for optimal practices.
Institutionalizing early vaccination of newborns delivered at government health facilities: Experiences from India
Published in the International Journal of Medical Research and Review, this MCHIP co-authored article illuminates the findings from examination of a newborn vaccination program in two states in India: Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The study—of 46 selected health facilities across 5 districts—indicated that vaccinating newborns delivered at health facilities is easily implementable and replicable, and that its sustainability should ensure …
The Effect of Integrating Family Planning with a Maternal and Newborn Health Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Optimal Birth Spacing in Rural Bangladesh
The journal Studies in Family Planning published an article highlighting work funded under MCHIP. “The Effect of Integrating Family Planning with a Maternal and Newborn Health Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Optimal Birth Spacing in Rural Bangladesh” examines how integrating family planning with a community-based maternal and newborn health program might improve postpartum contraceptive use and reduce short birth …
MaMoni HSS brochure
Brochure on the MaMoni HSS project, an MCHIP Associate Award that aims to improve the utilization of integrated maternal, newborn and child health, family planning and nutrition (MNCH/FP/N) services to increase the availability and quality of high-impact interventions. The project supports the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Bangladesh to introduce and scale-up proven, evidence-based practices, with the ultimate aim …
Case Studies of Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs
Case studies from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Engaging Communities With a Simple Tool to Help Increase Immunization Coverage
The journal Global Health: Science and Practice has published an MCHIP-authored article on “Engaging Communities With a Simple Tool to Help Increase Immunization Coverage.” The article describes an approach that aims to raise awareness and boost demand. The “My Village Is My Home” tool is a poster-sized material used by volunteers and health workers to record the births and vaccination …