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 …
MAISHA Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care Study: Tanzania
A series of MCHIP health facility surveys on quality of care (QoC) focus on the frequency and quality of interventions that address the direct causes of maternal and newborn deaths, and act as key sources of information for policymakers and other stakeholders in country. The Tanzania reports—on labor and delivery, and antenatal care—highlight areas of relative strength as well as significant gaps …
The Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Illness Task Force: Fact Sheet
Fact sheet on the iCCM Task Force, an association of multilateral and bilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations, working to promote integrated community level management of childhood illness. (MCHIP provides secretariat support to the Task Force.)
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.
Estimation of National Coverage of Uterotonic in the Third Stage of Labor: Report of the Meeting of the Expert Panel (Mozambique)
To attempt to overcome the lack of national coverage data for the key intervention of uterotonic in the third stage of labor, in consultation with WHO, from April to June 2013 MCHIP piloted a rapid estimation exercise in three countries—Mozambique, Tanzania, and one state in India. After an initial desk review, MCHIP worked with the MOH and in-country technical organizations …
Uterotonic Use Immediately Following Birth
It is widely accepted that the most effective intervention for preventing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the administration of a uterotonic to a woman immediately following delivery. However, few countries currently have data on the percentage of births that receive a uterotonic. In 2012, the WHO Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of PPH included guidance that “monitoring the use of …
Child Survival and Health Grants Program—Contributing to Emerging Priorities in Maternal and Newborn Health
USAID’s Child Survival and Health Grants Program has supported 29 grants to international nongovernmental organizations focusing on maternal and newborn health (MNH) since about 2005. The objective of this paper is to recommend a five-year prospective learning strategy for this MNH portfolio.
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in the Ethiopia
This analysis is based on the 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Ethiopia. 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.
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.
Family Planning and Immunization Integration: Reaching postpartum women with family planning services
Offering family planning services to postpartum women through infant immunization contacts is “one of several promising ‘high-impact practices in family planning’ identified by a technical advisory group of international experts.” This brief focuses on deliberate efforts to integrate postpartum family planning and infant immunization services, and integration of these services through routine immunization contacts.