MCHIP initiated a nursing pre-service education (PSE) program in Lesotho in May 2010 to improve the quality of nurse- and midwife-delivered care. The program included support to the development of primary health care (PHC) clinical placements for trained nursing assistants and general nursing and midwifery students. To expand on its anecdotal program evaluation, MCHIP conducted operational research on PHC clinical …
Advance Distribution of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in South Sudan
This MCHIP co-authored article in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics describes the results of a study to evaluate whether a facility- and community-focused postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) prevention program in one county in South Sudan achieved high uterotonic coverage of all births. Under this program, PPH prevention and management were strengthened at health facilities, and advance distribution of misoprostol …
Assessing the Socioeconomic Profile of the Beneficiaries of an Intervention: A Step-by-Step Guide
This document describes a simple and low-cost method for assessing the socioeconomic profile of the beneficiaries of an intervention, and to determine whether the intervention is pro-poor. The note provides details on each step of the analysis.
Determinants and pattern of care seeking for preterm newborns in a rural Bangladeshi cohort
This MCHIP co-authored article—published in the journal BioMed Central—examines the reasons behind the lack of care seeking data for preterm births and related complications in rural Bangladesh. The open access article can be found here.
South-to-South Technical Assistance Strengthening Midwifery Education Peru to Paraguay
MCHIP program learning brief on collaboration with the Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing of Universidad de San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru, to provide south-to-south technical assistance among midwifery schools, including the Instituto Andrés Barbero.
Strengthening Midwifery Education in Small Caribbean Countries through a Regional Platform
MCHIP program learning brief on developing the Caribbean Regional Midwives Association (CRMA).
Feasibility and validity of telephone triage for adverse events during a voluntary medical male circumcision campaign in Swaziland
BMC Public Health published an MCHIP co-authored article entitled “Feasibility and validity of telephone triage for adverse events during a voluntary medical male circumcision campaign in Swaziland.” The article describes a retrospective study that analyzed a dataset of telephone calls logged by the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) hotline during a VMMC campaign. The objectives were to determine reasons clients …
Quality Improvement in Mozambique’s Model Maternities: Linking improvement in standards with health outcomes and impacts
Background on the establishment and expansion of the Model Maternities Initiative in Mozambique.
Bottlenecks and Breakthroughs: Lessons Learned from New Vaccine Introductions in Low-resource Countries, 2008 to 2013
From 2008 to 2013, the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided in-depth technical assistance on the operational aspects of the introduction of 15 new vaccines in 10 GAVI-eligible countries; this represented 14% of all GAVI-supported introductions during this time period of vaccines used in routine immunization. The lessons …
Increasing the Use of Dexamethasone in the Management of Preterm Birth in Cambodia
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health has identified prematurity as a priority issue to reduce newborn mortality and improve newborn health. This briefer highlights the recommendation of antenatal corticosteroid (ACS) administration for women with preterm labor, preterm prelabor rupture of membranes and for women who are preterm and experience obstetrical complications which could necessitate delivery, such as severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia or antepartum hemorrhage.