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Overcoming adversities: The sustainability of the Village Health Worker scheme in Gombe StateThe VHW scheme has been running since November 2016, under the leadership of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), with the support of Society for Family Health (SFH) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All three groups are keen to ensure it is sustainable at scale. To help...
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Quality over quantity?Do we need to pay more attention to the quality of health care visits over how many visits are taking place in low resource settings? Is it an increase in the number of times a health care worker sees a family or an improvement in the care delivered that really makes the difference? A paper published in PLOS ONE,...
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Six steps to prevent a development project ending in the graveyardIn reality however, in more cases than not, once donor funding dries up, the project comes to an end, thereby limiting the project’s longer term benefits in countries with weak health systems and pressing health needs. A new paper published by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the...
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Quality over quantity?Do we need to pay more attention to the quality of health care visits over how many visits are taking place in low resource settings? Is it an...
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Six steps to prevent a development project ending in the graveyardIn reality however, in more cases than not, once donor funding dries up, the project comes to an end, thereby limiting the project’s longer term...
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Data-driven learning cycles and their impact on data use for decision makingThe implementation partners are The Society for Family Health, SAQIP through a grant to PACT Nigeria and Evidence for Action through a...
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The effect of implementation strength of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC) on facility deliveries and the met need for BEmONC at the primary health care level in EthiopiaTailored support, including BEmONC training to providers, mentoring and monitoring through supportive supervision, provision of equipment...
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External Evaluation Report – DIPH Prototype PhaseThe prototype phase pilot-tested the DIPH strategy and job-aids by bringing together key district-level data on inputs and processes from...
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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)...