This report summarizes the results and recommendations from a review of health management information system data collection forms and reporting formats in 13 MCHIP countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. […]
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Respectful Maternity Care Workshop: Meeting Report
The respectful maternity care workshop was designed to support progress toward Millennium Development Goal 5 in Tanzania by increasing the percentage of women who give birth in suitable facilities. […]
WHO Recommendations on Interventions to Improve Preterm Birth Outcomes
These highlights and key messages from the World Health Organization’s 2015 global recommendations emphasize effective maternal and newborn interventions along the continuum of care. Available in English and French. […]
Strategies to Strengthen Community Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Findings from a Cohort of Child Survival and Health Grants Ending in 2014
Serving as a progress update on commitments made at the 2012 Child Survival Call to Action, this report focuses primarily on the 24 USAID priority countries. […]
Lessons Learned from the Scale-Up Experience of Six High-Impact Interventions in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
USAID’s predecessor flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) worked in more than 50 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean to assist in the scale up of high impact interventions in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH). This brief summarizes the results of the Program’s scale up experience and […]
Essential Care for Every Baby Africa Regional Workshop
The Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB) Africa Regional Workshop provided an opportunity for dialogue with select countries implementing Helping Babies Breathe at scale on the potential use of the ECEB learning materials to strengthen current newborn health programs and to develop a larger regional pool of ECEB master trainers and champions. In total, 85 […]
If we know how to save preterm babies, why are they still dying?
This World Prematurity Day, we’re focusing on the need to harmonize maternal and newborn care services to end preventable preterm births. […]
Celebrate World Prematurity Day with MCSP on November 17th
The Every Preemie program invites you to celebrate the partnerships and initiatives targeting preterm birth and hear how we are working to end the number one killer of children under five. […]
Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference Begins in Mexico City
The first major meeting of experts since launch of the Sustainable Development Goals highlights need for quality, equity and integration of health services for women and newborns. […]
Investing in Marginalized Populations to Improve Newborn Survival in Latin America & the Caribbean
Despite a significant drop in newborn deaths in the LAC region, tremendous inequities remain. We examine what’s needed to meet the needs of neglected communities still lacking access to high-quality care. […]