Summary of proceedings from a technical advisory group meeting to discuss community health worker (CHW) performance at scale. Participants from 13 organizations attended the meeting to discuss the design and management of CHW programs at the community, district, and national levels in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The meeting focused on considering effective community health work and the larger system in which CHWs function.
Partnership-Defined Quality Facilitation Guide
The PDQ process engages communities and health care providers to work together in defining, implementing and monitoring activities intended to improve the quality of care. This facilitation guide is designed as a training supplement for the PDQ manual. The guide will enable the facilitator to conduct a PDQ training that will enhance the participants’ understanding of when and how PDQ …
Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing Health Outcomes through Multi-Sectoral Approaches
The purpose of this paper is to explore how multi-sectoral approaches are used within community-based child health and development programs and the evidence-base to support that use. The paper seeks to answer three questions: 1) how do NGOs define a multi-sectoral platform; 2) how do NGOs implement a multi-sectoral platform to achieve better or more sustainable health outcomes; and 3) …
Scale and Scaling Up: A CORE Group Background Paper on Scaling Up Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
This paper briefly summarizes definitions, approaches and challenges to achieving “scale” in community-focused health programs, as discussed at the 2005 CORE spring meeting and the USAID CSHGP mini-university. This paper is meant to harmonize a vocabulary for use by NGOs and their partners as they further discuss, debate and analyze how NGOs and their partners can reach more people with …
Barrier Analysis Facilitator’s Guide
Tool for improving behavior change communication in child survival and community development programs. This Facilitator’s Guide has been written for trainers to teach others about Barrier Analysis and/or to learn the technique themselves. It guides trainers through a step-by-step process for conducting the analysis and provides background information on the technique as well as some basic information on behavior change …
Collaborating with Communities and Aligning with National Systems to Achieve High Impact and Coverage for Mothers and Newborns: USAID’s partnerships with International Non-Governmental Organizations through the Child Survival and Health Grants Program
This brief highlights Child Survival and Health Grants Program’s contributions to advancing maternal, newborn and child health.
Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Tanzania: A survey of the quality of maternal and newborn health in 12 regions of Tanzania
Conducted in July and August 2010, this observational study included 52 health facilities in 12 regions of Tanzania and additional facilities in Zanzibar. The aim was to gather information on the quality of maternal and newborn care, and the results serve as a baseline for the MAISHA program, as well as an important source of information for policymakers and stakeholders …
Achieving Impact, Building Local Capacity, Enhancing Global Networks: The Experience of the Child Survival and Health Grants ProgramÕs New Partner Initiative
The Child Survival and Health Grants Program has supported 17 New Partner projects in 11 countries. This brief describes what New Partners have achieved in terms of impact, increased capacity of local institutions, and global leadership in community-based health.
Testing innovative maternal, newborn, and child health approaches to serve vulnerable communities: USAID’s partnerships with 14 International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) through the Child Survival & Health Grants Program in 16 countries
This brief provides an overview of the international nongovernmental organizations-designed innovations currently supported by the Child Survival and Health Grants Program, and the operations research poised to advance policies and strategies at the national and global levels.
Achieving Impact, Building Local Capacity, Enhancing Global Networks: The Experience of the Child Survival and Health Grants Program’s New Partner Initiative
The Child Survival and Health Grants Program has supported 17 New Partner projects in 11 countries. This brief describes what New Partners have achieved in terms of impact, increased capacity of local institutions, and global leadership in community-based health.