There is a need for valid, reliable, and efficient tools that comprehensively measure the quality of labor and delivery (L&D) care processes. MCHIP’s quality of care (QoC) Assessments provided a unique opportunity to apply the results of observations of L&D care in developing innovative measures of care process quality that capture important information while requiring fewer resources to implement.
Development and Validation of an Index to Measure the Quality of Facility-Based Labor and Delivery Care Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Improving quality of care is essential to achieve the new global targets for ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths. The global community has recognized the need for better measures of the quality of maternal and newborn health services. In particular, little information is available about the content of care provided to women and newborns. Many measures focus on service availability …
Oxytocin in Uniject Disposable Auto-Disable Injection System versus Standard Use for the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Despite strong evidence showing the efficacy of routine oxytocin in preventing postpartum hemorrhage, the proportion of women receiving it after delivery is still below 100%. The Uniject injection system prefilled with oxytocin (Uniject) has the potential advantage, due to its ease of use, to increase oxytocin utilization rates. The authors aimed to assess its cost-effectiveness in Latin America and the …
Missed opportunities for family planning: an analysis of pregnancy risk and contraceptive method use among postpartum women in 21 low- and middle-income countries
Using recent, multicountry data for women within two years postpartum in low- and middle-income countries, this article updates existing estimates of high prospective unmet need for family planning. The authors also present a new composite pregnancy risk analysis based on postpartum women’s actual practices to demonstrate the magnitude of missed opportunities for programmatic intervention for the postpartum population. The open access …
Postnatal Care for Mothers and Newborns
This briefer shares highilghts from the World Health Organization’s 2013 global guidelines on postnatal care for mothers and newborns. Specific focus is given to the timing and content of such care, particularly in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries.
MaMoni HSS brochure
Brochure on the MaMoni HSS project, an MCHIP Associate Award that aims to improve the utilization of integrated maternal, newborn and child health, family planning and nutrition (MNCH/FP/N) services to increase the availability and quality of high-impact interventions. The project supports the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Bangladesh to introduce and scale-up proven, evidence-based practices, with the ultimate aim …
Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria among Women of Reproductive Age
The protocol for treating malaria in pregnant women in the first trimester differs from the rest of the adult population. With this in mind, MCSP and the President’s Malaria Initiative developed a two-page job aid to assist service providers in assessing women for pregnancy as well as correctly diagnosing and, if needed, treating them for malaria. Based on WHO guidance, …
Integrating Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning Services in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya
MCHIP and the Kenyan Ministry of Health initiated a demonstration program integrating maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and family planning (FP) services in six health facilities and adjacent community units in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Western Kenya. The main objective of the initiative was to enhance and strengthen the linkages between nutrition and FP interventions in order to …
Helping Babies Breathe Country Case Study: Dominican Republic
This report examines the national scale-up of Helping Babies Breathe in the Dominican Republic.
Helping Babies Breathe Country Case Study: Colombia
This report examines the successful national scale-up of Helping Babies Breathe in Colombia by the country’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and the Colombian Neonatology Association.