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Professional advice for primary healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a social network analysisThis study, authored by Kate Sabot et al and published in BMC Health Services Research, compares professional advice networks of healthcare workers in eight primary healthcare units across four regions of Ethiopia. One hundred sixty staff at eight primary healthcare units were interviewed using a structured tool....
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Are health facilities in low-income settings able to provide good quality routine MNCH care?This paper, authored by Keith Tomlin and others, looks at health facilities in three settings with high maternal mortality to assess their readiness to provide routine maternal and newborn care. The study also explored whether health facilities were able to provide good quality care. Surveys to this end were conducted...
Research brief
Improving the quality of routine Health Information System data for better decision-makingThe ORCA team analysed existing information from the HMIS and compared this with external sources of information, such as the Demographic and Health Surveys. They conclude that there is a variation in the quality of data reported in the HMIS.
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Effective coverage in MNCH: progress, future prospects and implications for quality health systemsThis paper published in The Lancet Global Health and authored by members of the Effective Coverage Think Tank Group, lays out recommendations for standardising the definition, measurement approaches and indicators for effective coverage in maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition. It is the result...
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Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?This commentary, published in BMJ Global Health and authored by participants of a 2020 meeting in Nairobi sees the greatest opportunity now for...
Research brief
Improving the quality of routine Health Information System data for better decision-makingThe ORCA team analysed existing information from the HMIS and compared this with external sources of information, such as the Demographic and...
Journal article
Professional advice for primary healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a social network analysisThis study, authored by Kate Sabot et al and published in BMC Health Services Research, compares professional advice networks of healthcare...
Journal article
Are health facilities in low-income settings able to provide good quality routine MNCH care?This paper, authored by Keith Tomlin and others, looks at health facilities in three settings with high maternal mortality to assess their...
Journal article
Effective coverage in MNCH: progress, future prospects and implications for quality health systemsThis paper published in The Lancet Global Health and authored by members of the Effective Coverage Think Tank Group, lays out recommendations for...
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Evaluating efforts to increase primary child health services in EthiopiaThis protocol, authored by Della Berhanu and others, published in BMC Health Services, describes an evaluation of a complex intervention that aims...
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“I felt like I should have delivered at home”The Northeast of Nigeria has some of the highest rates of maternal and newborn deaths in the world. Drastically reducing this number of...
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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,...