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Geographic differences in maternal and child health care utilisation in four Ethiopian regionsAtkure Defar, Dagu project lead at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and a PhD student supported through the project and his co-authors, published this paper in the International Journal for Equity in Health. The authors employed a cross-sectional community-based study with two-stage stratified cluster sampling in...
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Maternal and newborn health improves in rural Nigeria, Ethiopia and India but inequities still exist“Our findings have a both optimistic and pessimistic interpretation, in that families from all socioeconomic status groups benefited, but inequities have also persisted,” writes Dr. Tanya Marchant with coauthors. Underlying inequities in these rural settings mean that more work is needed to reach the poorest...
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A new appreciation for data: Impressions from the MNCH partnership in Gombe StateFor the IDEAS team working in Gombe, the past few months have again been a busy period. The last annual household survey was scheduled for August, along with the final Data Driven Learning Workshop, bringing together all partners once more to review their data and track progress. At the same time, the implementing...
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Final evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care programme in EthiopiaThe overall evaluation plan included baseline, quality of care and follow up surveys, as well as two qualitative studies. It was conducted in collaboration with JaRco Consulting, based in Ethiopia. At the community level, there were remarkable changes between 2013 and 2017 for facility delivery and antiseptic use for...
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Geographic differences in maternal and child health care utilisation in four Ethiopian regionsAtkure Defar, Dagu project lead at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and a PhD student supported through the project and his co-authors,...
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Maternal and newborn health improves in rural Nigeria, Ethiopia and India but inequities still exist“Our findings have a both optimistic and pessimistic interpretation, in that families from all socioeconomic status groups benefited, but...
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Monitoring childbirth care in primary health facilities: a validity study in Gombe State, northeastern NigeriaAntoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators to validate health worker documentation and women’s...
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Final evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care programme in EthiopiaThe overall evaluation plan included baseline, quality of care and follow up surveys, as well as two qualitative studies. It was conducted in...
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Mapping complex interventions – lessons from developing and applying a characterisation framework in Nigeria, Ethiopia and IndiaThis paper authored by Krystyna Makowiecka et al and published in BMJ Global Health al describes how government leadership to enhance maternal and...
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Stronger diagnostic abilities for common childhood illnesses needed in EthiopiaThis paper published by Theodros Getachew et al in Acta Paediatrica reveals findings from a study which included a survey and observations of the...
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A new appreciation for data: Impressions from the MNCH partnership in Gombe StateFor the IDEAS team working in Gombe, the past few months have again been a busy period. The last annual household survey was scheduled for August,...
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A new partnership with the University of LagosThe prototype phase of NHQI was implemented in Lagos between April 2015 and September 2017. To institutionalise gains from the prototype phase,...
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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...