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Lessons Learned for Strengthening Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Programs

HIV/AIDS, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Chris Cintron, Allyson Fernandez Knott, Victor Mudhune Published: September 2018 Resource Description: Early infant diagnosis (EID) testing of HIV-exposed infants is an essential step to initiating lifesaving treatment for HIV-positive infants and preventing mother-to-child transmission for HIV-negative infants. Whether infected in utero, at birth, or in the months thereafter via breastfeeding, infants who […]

Modeling Impact of the Health Finance & Governance Project

Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Public Financial Management, Publications

Over its six-year life (2012-2018), the project worked with more than 40 partner countries to increase their domestic resources for health, manage resources more effectively, and reduce system bottlenecks in order to increase access to and use of priority health services and strengthen health systems overall. HFG provided state-of-the-art and country-specific technical assistance to remove […]

Summary Guide for Parliamentary Standing Committees on Health Oversight of Reducing Child and Maternal Mortality

Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Jeremy Kanthor, Peter Dimitroff and Elizabeth Elfman Published: September 2017 Resource Description: This guide has three key objectives: (1) Position efforts to reduce child and maternal morality within the portfolio of a standing committee of health. Because the challenge of reducing child and maternal mortality is an issue that cuts across numerous […]

Guidelines for Parliamentary Standing Committees on Oversight of Programming to Reduce Child and Maternal Mortality

Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Jeremy Kanthor, Peter Dimitroff and Elizabeth Elfman Published: September 2017 Resource Description: This guide has three key objectives: (1) Position efforts to reduce child and maternal morality within the portfolio of a standing committee of health. Because the challenge of reducing child and maternal mortality is an issue that cuts across numerous […]

ASSESSMENT OF RMNCH FUNCTIONALITY IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Reproductive Health, Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: In 2017, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) selected Bauchi state as one of now six states in Nigeria in which to conduct a reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) service availability and readiness assessment. The assessment will provide quantitative data that describe weaknesses in the state’s […]

Assessment Of RMNCH Functionality In Health Facilities in Osun State, Nigeria

Health Systems Research, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Presentations, Publications, Reproductive Health, Where We Work

Resource Type: Presentation Published: August 2018 Resource Description: The National Health Act (NHAct) was passed in 2014, which provides a Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).  Osun was selected as one of the BHCPF implementation pilot states.  This service availability and readiness assessment (SARA) conducted to determine the current state of service delivery readiness of Primary Healthcare centers […]

Can community action improve equity for maternal health and how does it do so? Research findings from Gujarat, India

Journal Publications, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH)

Resource Type: Journal Article Authors: Asha S. George, Diwakar Mohan, Jaya Gupta, Amnesty E. LeFevre, Subhasri Balakrishnan, Rajani Ved and Renu Khanna Published: August 20, 2017 Resource Description: Efforts to work with civil society to strengthen community participation and action for health are particularly important in Gujarat, India, given that the state has resources and capacity, […]

Care Seeking Behavior Related to Contraceptive Use among Unmarried and Married Adolescents

Health Systems Research, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Research Summary Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Resource Description: To strengthen the findings of the quantitative survey described in the main report, a separate team consisting of Moderator and notes taker held focus group discussions (FGDs) to get more in-depth, qualitative information. FGDs were conducted with married adolescent girls, their husbands, unmarried […]

Adolescent Care Seeking for Family Planning in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, India: A Low Equilibrium Trap?

Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Gupta, Y.P., Naveen Roy, and Priya Emmart Published: September 2017 Resource Description: This report presents the findings of the investigation from both the adolescent and provider perspectives on the use of family planning services in the context of health systems and service delivery. Findings are grouped by the extent to which they […]

Understanding District-Level Variation in Fertility Rates in High-Focus Indian States

Health Systems Research, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  A.A. Jayachandran, Rahul Dutta, and Priya Emmart Published: January 2018 Resource Description: The assessment is based on secondary analysis of data from the Annual Health Survey (2012-13), which provides the most recent available survey data for the high-focus states and districts in India. High-focus districts in four states, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, […]

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