This open access, MCSP co-authored Malaria Journal article highlights the Global Call to Action to maximize the impact of preventative treatment of malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on the benefits of this treatment, analyses its costs and benefits, and looks at the outcomes of affected newborns and mothers to assess the ability […]
By explaining why postpartum family planning is critical to improving maternal health, this tool was designed to promote knowledge and increase access to family planning through integration within an existing continuum of maternal, newborn, and child health services. […]
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. […]
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. […]
This midline assessment report analyzes the effectiveness of integrated community case management (iCCM) in reducing the infant mortality rate in Bondo, Kenya. Community health volunteers delivered iCCM in addition to the care services already in place. The authors make suggestions for how best to improve iCCM and further reduce infant mortality going forward. […]
This document includes highlights and key messages from the World Health Organization’s 2015 global recommendations. Available in English and French. […]
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. […]
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 […]
This brief describes World Health Organization recommendations for IPTp to prevent malaria in pregnancy and iron-folic acid supplementation to prevent iron deficiency anemia in sub-Saharan Africa countries, with an emphasis on giving the correct dose of folic acid to maximize the effectiveness of interventions to prevent malaria. The brief is for program managers of health […]
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 […]
