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 …
Assessment of the consistency of national-level policies and guidelines for malaria in pregnancy in five African countries
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 …
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 …
Malaria Communities Program: Strengthening Platforms for Case Management in Communities
The Malaria Communities Program (MCP) was launched on December 14, 2006. Through 20 awards to 18 partners in 12 countries, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has supported efforts of communities and nongovernmental organizations to combat malaria at the local level. This paper presents results from MCP projects working to strengthen community-level systems for malaria case management and examines in detail …
Review of National-Level Malaria in Pregnancy Documents in 19 PMI Focus Countries
With support from the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), MCHIP conducted a review of malaria in pregnancy related policies, guidelines, training and supervision materials in 19 PMI focus countries (Angola, Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe). The review aimed to: Understand what is included in national-level reproductive health …
Voluntary medical male circumcision and adolescents: An opportunity for nurses to contribute to an HIV-free generation
Co-authored by MCHIP staff, this article makes the case that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services—which target healthy, HIV-negative males, especially adolescents—provide an important opportunity for provision of preventive health services with this population. In particular, VMMC services present a chance to offer these young men HIV testing and counseling, and screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, as well …
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Kenya
This analysis is based on the 2008–09 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Kenya. It summarizes key findings related to pregnancy spacing, fertility return, family planning (FP) use and contact with key services for women during the period from the last birth through two years postpartum.
Assessing the quality of care for prevention, identification, and management of maternal and newborn complications at the time of birth
MCHIP presentation on Quality of Care given at the 2011 APHA.
ACCESS End of Project Report
The Access to Clinical and Community Maternal, Neonatal and Women’s Health Services (ACCESS) Program — a five-year, $75 million Leader with Associates Award — aimed to improve the health and survival of mothers and their newborns through expansion of coverage, access and use of maternal and newborn health services, and through improving household health behaviors and practices. This report presents …