To generate key lessons, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Malawi have conducted assessments of their programs related to community case management (CCM) of childhood illness programs. The CCM programs in all three countries included the treatment of three major childhood illnesses by community health workers: diarrheal disease, malaria and pneumonia. For this report, each country’s CCM assessment was …
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 …
Scaling Up Lifesaving Commodities for Women, Children, and Newborns
This toolkit provides information about the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, its 13 priority commodities , and examples of how its ten recommendations to improve access and availability are being applied globally and within countries.
Advance Distribution of Misoprostol for Self- Administration: Expanding Coverage for the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage
This guide has been developed to provide organizations and agencies with a step-by-step guide to participating in the improvement and scale-up of existing misoprostol distribution programs for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). It is intended for use by organizations that have not previously implemented misoprostol programming, as well as by Ministries of Health (MoHs) and consortiums of implementing partners interested …
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 …
Postpartum Family Planning Technical Meeting Meeting Report
On May 27, 2013, MCHIP held the 6th annual postpartum family planning (PPFP) technical meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a satellite event at the Women Deliver Conference. This marked the first time that the PPFP technical meeting was held outside of Washington, D.C. The meeting provided an opportunity for implementers and field practitioners to share technical updates and progress …
Programming Strategies for Postpartum Family Planning
This document was prepared to: 1) support the Statement for Collective Action for Postpartum Family Planning (Annex 1); and 2) be used by program planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate PPFP into national and subnational strategies. Available for download in English, French and Spanish from the World Health Organization website.
Malaria Communities Program: Malaria in Pregnancy – Improving Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (Second Dose) and Antenatal Care Coverage
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 document highlights the first of four case studies highlighting program results, and describes how MCP grantees built community capacity …
Malaria Communities Program: Achieving, Tracking, and Maintaining High ITN Coverage – Community Strategies
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 case study presents results from MCP projects working to increase ITN coverage and examines in detail the work of …
Namibia Centership Project Case Study Report
The Centership model in Namibia was envisioned as an innovative answer to the recognized need for community members to reach their own communities with health promotion, HIV/AIDS awareness, referrals, data collection, and provision of limited services. ICF International evaluated the project over three years, with a focus on documenting the implementation process, challenges, and learning. Key informant interviews, data collection, …