This study aimed to answer questions around the context and practices of handwashing among those who come into contact with newborns in Indonesia, with the objective of learning how to introduce and strengthen the practice of handwashing among new mothers, caregivers and birth attendants.
Healthy Fertility Study: Operations Research to Address Unmet Need for Contraception in the Postpartum Period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh Final Report
This report presents findings from the 36-month postpartum follow-up survey of the study “Operations research to address unmet need for contraception in the postpartum period in Sylhet District, Bangladesh,” also known as the “Healthy Fertility Study.” Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this project began in 2007 as a partnership of the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and …
Postnatal Care Home Visit: A Review of the Current Status of Implementation in Five Countries
This report gives an account of the early development of community-based newborn programs in five countries—Bangladesh, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria and Rwanda—in which postnatal home visits have featured prominently.
Strengthening Health Management Information Systems for Maternal and Child Health: Documenting MCHIP’s Contributions
As part of it its efforts to improve the quality of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) care in low-income countries, MCHIP has taken specific steps to improve the monitoring of MNCH services through strengthening routine HMIS. These efforts have led to better monitoring and evaluation, higher-quality data, and informed decision-making in 28 countries across MNCH interventions. Ongoing efforts to …
Estimation of National Coverage of Uterotonic in the Third Stage of Labour: Report of the Meeting of the Expert Panel (Jharkhand)
The Directorate of Health Services at Jharkhand, India, along with MCHIP, conducted a qualitative assessment of the use of uterotonic in the third stage of labor across Jharkhand. A group of field experts met in June 2013 to determine this process indicator, based on their field experience and existing data available.
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in the Philippines
This analysis is based on the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from the Philippines. It summarizes key findings related to birth and pregnancy spacing, fertility return, unmet need for and use of family planning (FP), and contact with key services for women during the period from the last birth through two years postpartum.
Across the Behavior Change Continuum: Assessment of Return to Fertility Messages and ÒAsmaÕs StoryÓ within the Healthy Fertility Study
The Healthy Fertility Study (HFS), conducted in Sylhet Division in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, assesses the impact of integrating family planning (FP) within a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program. Behavior change and community mobilization activities within the study aim to increase postpartum contraceptive uptake, and build community support for FP use during this critical period. As a …
Across the Behavior Change Continuum: Assessment of Return to Fertility Messages and “Asma’s Story” within the Healthy Fertility Study
The Healthy Fertility Study (HFS), conducted in Sylhet Division in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, assesses the impact of integrating family planning (FP) within a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program. Behavior change and community mobilization activities within the study aim to increase postpartum contraceptive uptake, and build community support for FP use during this critical period. As a …
Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh
The journal Global Health: Science and Practice has published an article entitled “Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh.” Co-authored by MCHIP staff, the article describes the intervention package and evaluation design of a study conducted in a rural district of Bangladesh to evaluate the effects of …
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Pakistan
This analysis is based on the 2006-07 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Pakistan. 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.