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Learn more about ORCAThe ORCA webpage provides regular updates on workshops and research which will strengthen the quality and use of routine health data. ORCA is a one of a kind project as it works in partnership with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute to directly support 38 analysts from the Federal Ministry of Health and the...
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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 Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Data Research and Mapping Consult in the Journal of Global Health took a closer look at data for more than 17,000 births that took place 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 amongst women receiving private maternity care in urban areas like Delhi has indicated that around half of women do not give birth vaginally (Nagpal et al, 2014). These rates...
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IDEAS Summer Seminar SeriesMore than seven years later, the team is building on the wealth of data, results, partnerships and learning created in the current second phase of IDEAS. A series of six seminars held in the summer of 2018 presented methods and results of IDEAS Phase 1 looking at the following six areas of research: Understanding the...
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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 ActionMelisa Martinez-Alvarez’s commentary on the IDEAS-led research on scalability and sustainability of pilot projects in three countries.
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IDEAS BrochureIDEAS Phase 2 is led by Dr Tanya Marchant and includes a team of more than 20 multi-disciplinary academic and professional support staff based...
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Early postnatal home visits: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to achieving high coverageA paper co-authored by Yared Amare, Pauline Scheelbeek and IDEAS team members Zelee Hill, Joanna Schellenberg, and Della Berhanu and published in...
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A qualitative study of the scalability and sustainability of the Village Health Worker scheme in Gombe State, NigeriaKey findings show changes that were made to the VHW scheme to increase its sustainability in the 57 wards where it is being implemented to...
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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...