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Recommendations from the Village Health Worker Scheme Sustainability StudyMuch work has been done to ensure the sustainability of the scheme, yet there are still some areas of uncertainty, which it would be beneficial to consider writes Deepthi Wickremasinghe. The recommendations for sustainability are for those involved in implementing the scheme, and for national and state governments...
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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 Nigeria, and it remains high at 814 per 100,000 live births in 2015[iii]. In largely rural Gombe State, contributing factors include limited uptake of and access to health...
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Monitoring the quality of care for Nigerian mothers and newborns using DHIS2This blog was written by Antoinette Bhattacharya from the IDEAS team and first published on the HNN blog. Working with the government of Gombe, we investigated the quality of routine data from the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS 2), an open source information system used in over 60 low- and middle-income...
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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 to evaluate their decision- making. However, health-system managers and administrators need similar support, as it is they who continually make decisions in order to run...
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Recommendations from the Village Health Worker Scheme Sustainability StudyMuch work has been done to ensure the sustainability of the scheme, yet there are still some areas of uncertainty, which it would be beneficial to...
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Strengthening the quality of routine MNCH data through learning workshopsQuality routine health data provide useful program monitoring information to identify gaps and take action to improve performance. Under the...
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Can we use DHIS2 data to monitor maternal and newborn health? A case study from Gombe state, NigeriaA paper authored by IDEAS team member Antoinette Bhattacharya and published as part of a series on High Quality Health Systems in PLOS ONE aims to...
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Why are C-section rates in private Indian health facilities unreasonably high? The providers’ viewAlthough the overall rate of caesarean deliveries in India remains low, rates are higher in private than in public facilities. In a household...
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Newborn resuscitation in Gombe State, northeastern NigeriaThis paper published by Josephine Exley, Nasir Umar, Sarah Moxon, Adamu Umar Usman and Tanya Marchant from the IDEAS project, the London School of...
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Ownership in Name, But not Necessarily in ActionThree different commentaries by Melisa Martinez-Alvarez; Osondu Ogbuoji and Gavin Yamey; as well as Elvira Beracochea on the IDEAS-led research on...
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Monitoring the quality of care for Nigerian mothers and newborns using DHIS2This blog was written by Antoinette Bhattacharya from the IDEAS team and first published on the HNN blog. Working with the government of...
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How have data-driven learning workshops contributed to the work of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency and its partners in enhancing the health of women and newborns in the State?The partnership involved in these workshops comprises the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national NGOs –...
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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...