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Collaborative Learning in GombeGombe State Data-Driven Learning Workshops In January 2016, the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national...
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“Their own project for their own people”: Community participation in the Village Health Worker Scheme in Gombe State, NigeriaCross-posted from the Community Health Worker Central hub. Over the last 10 years, there has been little change in the maternal mortality ratio in...
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Investigating the high rates of C-sections in private hospitals in Delhi, IndiaRates of C-sections in India are relatively low overall at around 17% (IIPS, 2016), but the story is different in the private sector. Research...
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Who decides what and how? Making decision-making in health systems more effectiveIn the past, researchers have preferred to target policy-makers – to understand their perspective, develop supportive approaches and tools, and...
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What motivates you? Understanding what makes health care workers motivated to provide quality care for mothers and newborns in EthiopiaWe are taking a mixed methods approach, conducting baseline and endline quantitative surveys supplemented by qualitative work halfway through the...
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10 Lessons From The BetterBirth StudyOver the last three years, the BetterBirth Program team at Ariadne Labs partnered with Population Services International, Community...
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International Day for Maternal Health and RightsBeyond human rights and ethics Rima Jolivet, Maternal Health Technical Director, Maternal Health Task Force, noted that disrespect and abuse (D&A)...
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Are women getting quality care? And how can we know? Measuring the coverage of high quality careWe have traditionally depended on household survey estimates of the coverage of contacts with health facilities to understand access, for example...
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Slow and steady – validating health data in Gombe State line by lineAs an output from our first data quality learning workshop in March 2017, LGA M&E officers and MNCH coordinators were excited about revitalizing...