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Evidence to improve maternal & newborn health

Ethiopia
North-Eastern Nigeria
Uttar Pradesh, India

Ethiopia

Better interactions?

One question IDEAS aims to answer asks 'are interactions between families and frontline health workers improved as a result of health innovations?' In Ethiopia IDEAS will carry out household surveys in 59 woreda (districts) to collect data that will help us answer this question.

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North-Eastern Nigeria

Mothers and children, Nigeria (credit: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Scale-up?

IDEAS will find out if, how and why health innovations introduced in one area have spread to others. In NE Nigeria, IDEAS will see if a health advice hotline for frontline workers and families introduced in Gombe state has been adopted in other states.

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Uttar Pradesh, India

Mother with newborn baby, Uttar Pradesh, India (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Reduced mortality?

IDEAS will find out if newborn mortality has decreased thanks to health innovations. In Uttar Pradesh, IDEAS is working to see if newborn mortality has reduced as a result of health innovations spreading across the state.

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Who we are

IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Actions) is a maternal and newborn health project funded between 2010 and 2015 by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.The IDEAS team is primarily based in London with three staff working overseas, in Ethiopia, North-Eastern Nigeria and Uttar Pradesh. IDEAS works closely with two kinds of partner in each country.

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What we do

IDEAS aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice.  Working in Ethiopia, North-Eastern Nigeria and the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, IDEAS uses measurement, learning and evaluation to find out what works, why and how in maternal and newborn health programmes.

There are 3 main aspects to IDEAS’ work...

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