This toolkit brings together resources that are useful to country programs for developing, implementing, monitoring and scaling up maternal health-related interventions at various levels. These resources include a program implementation guide, annotated bibliography, technical brief and presentation, and advocacy brief and presentation. The toolkit can be found on the K4Health website here.
Implementing the Reaching Every District Approach: A Guide for District Health Management Teams
The purpose of this Guide is to stimulate interest in improving and sustaining high levels of immunization coverage in all districts and to give health program managers (governmental and non-governmental), supervisors and health workers practical information about the RED approach. The Guide is intended for adaptation and use by national immunization programs, as one of several resources that can be …
In Brief: Creating Stronger Incentives for High-Quality Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This brief provides an overview of schemes linking quality improvement and performance-based incentives (PBIs) and provides guidance on how this link could be further strengthened in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although both demand- and supply-side PBI schemes are recognized, the brief focuses mostly on the supply side. The first part describes current efforts to improve quality of care in existing PBI schemes …
Creating Stronger Incentives for High-Quality Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This paper provides guidance on developing stronger linkages between quality improvement and performance-based incentive in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), by reflecting on current efforts in both high-income countries and LMICs and focusing mostly on supply-side schemes.
Kangaroo Mother Care in the Dominican Republic (poster)
Poster highlighting the challenges and lessons learned of implementing Kangaroo Mother Care at San Vicente de Paul Hospital in the Dominican Republic.
Focused Antenatal Care Job Aid (French)
Focused antenatal care job aid.
Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Zanzibar, 2010: Findings from Selected Health Facilities in Unguja and Pemba
The MAISHA Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health Services study in Zanzibar, conducted in November–December 2010, was an observational study conducted in nine health facilities in Pemba and Unguja. The aim of the study, which combined observations of service delivery with inventories, record reviews and health worker knowledge assessments, was to provide strong information on the quality of maternal and …
Jharkhand immunization success – power of partnership: a case study
An analysis of factors contributing to routine immunization improvements in Jharkhand based on consultations with stakeholders and field workers.
Kangaroo Mother Care Implementation Guide
This Guide provides pertinent guidelines primarily for national-level policymakers and managers of maternal and newborn health programs. Chapters detail key steps in the development, implementation and expansion of sustainable, facility-based KMC services in developing countries. (Available in English, Spanish and Arabic.)
Spousal Separation and Interpretation of Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need in Rural Nepal
Nepal has experienced a relatively rapid increase in use of family planning. Simultaneously, spousal separation caused by migration for employment has increased. To determine contraceptive prevalence and unmet need in such circumstances, disaggregating family planning use by the residence status of the husband gives a more complete picture of family planning need and use at the population level. Such disaggregated …