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Health system redesign for equity in maternal and newborn health must be codesigned, country led, adapted to context and fit for purposeJoanna Schellenberg and co-authors of this editorial, published in BMJ Global Health, comment on a study published in the same edition of the journal entitled: ‘Health system redesign for maternal and newborn survival: rethinking care models to close the global equity gap‘. The authors of that study suggest that all...
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First results from the Gombe State Maternal and Newborn Health PartnershipTogether with implementation partners the Society for Family Health, the SAQIP project of PACT Nigeria and Evidence for Action Mamaye, IDEAS has worked to support the use of data for decision making through six-monthly data driven learning workshops and routine facility-based data quality workshops. Further, IDEAS has...
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“Everything is from God but it is always better to get to the hospital on time”Zelee Hill and her co-authors aimed to identify facilitators and barriers for women to deliver their babies in health facilities in Gombe State, North East Nigeria. The team conducted narrative and in-depth interviews with women who had already delivered in a health facility, as well as their family members and...
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Has Ethiopia been successful in increasing health care utilisation for children?Despite a range of programmes and initiatives introduced in Ethiopia since 2003 care-seeking for sick under-five children has remained low. The Ethiopian Government initiated the two-year Optimising the Health Extension Program (OHEP) with the aim to introduce community engagement activities, which would enhance...
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Health system redesign for equity in maternal and newborn health must be codesigned, country led, adapted to context and fit for purposeJoanna Schellenberg and co-authors of this editorial, published in BMJ Global Health, comment on a study published in the same edition of the...
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Are we using the right approach to change newborn care practices in the community?Changing behaviors is usually a core component of the role of community health workers (CHWs), but little is known about the mechanisms through...
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Has Ethiopia been successful in increasing health care utilisation for children?Despite a range of programmes and initiatives introduced in Ethiopia since 2003 care-seeking for sick under-five children has remained low. The...
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Understanding what didn’t work: a mixed method process evaluationThe ‘Optimising the Health Extension Program’ was implemented between 2016 and 2018 in four regions of Ethiopia. It included community...
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