Men’s decisions about seeking voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services are complex, influenced by culture, education, sexuality, gender relations, marital status, and exposure to urban or modern culture, among other factors. This qualitative assessment was conducted in February 2011 in three districts of Iringa region to inform the VMMC program implemented in Iringa, Tanzania, by the Ministry of Health and …
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.
Bringing Early Infant Male Circumcision Information Home to the Family: Demographic Characteristics and Perspectives of Clients in a Pilot Project in Tanzania
This article in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice describes an MCHIP-supported pilot project in Tanzania’s Iringa region to offer early infant male circumcision. To read the open access article, click here.
Piloting a Streamlined Index for Assessment of Quality of Labor and Delivery Care in Tanzania – Findings and Recommendations
There is a need for streamlined observation-based tools to measure labor and delivery (L&D) care quality. Using data from the MCHIP Maternal and Newborn Quality of Care Surveys (QoC Surveys), a research study recently developed a short but comprehensive index of 20 informative indicators that can be used to measure the quality of routine L&D care by facility-based or external …
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Tanzania
This analysis is based on the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey data from Tanzania. 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. Attachment Size Tanzania-PPFP.pdf 269.52 KB
Family Planning Needs During the First Two Years Postpartum
These seven reports — from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda — are based on Demographic and Health Survey data summarizing 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.
Facility-based active management of the third stage of labour: assessment of quality in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organization published an MCHIP co-authored article on “Facility-based active management of the third stage of labour: assessment of quality in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa.” The study – which examined recorded use of uterotonic medicines, controlled cord traction, and uterine massage – covered 390 facilities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania between 2009 – 2012. …
“If You Are Not Circumcised, I Cannot Say Yes”: The Role of Women in Promoting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania
This MCHIP co-authored article presents a detailed analysis of a qualitative study of ways women influence uptake of voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) as reported by men and women from Tabora and Njombe regions in Tanzania in 2014. The study found both male and female participants had a widely held view that women have an important role to play in …
If You Are Not Circumcised, I Cannot Say Yes: The Role of Women in Promoting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania
This MCHIP co-authored article presents a detailed analysis of a qualitative study of ways women influence uptake of voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) as reported by men and women from Tabora and Njombe regions in Tanzania in 2014. The study found both male and female participants had a widely held view that women have an important role to play in …
Covering the Last Kilometer: Using GIS to Scale-Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services in Iringa and Njombe Regions, Tanzania
The journal Global Health: Science and Practice published an MCHIP co-authored article on “Covering the Last Kilometer: Using GIS to Scale-Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services in Iringa and Njombe Regions, Tanzania.” The article highlights how interactive GIS maps—created by overlapping facility data (including roads and infrastructure) with population and service delivery data—permitted strategic deployment of mobile voluntary medical male …