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How have data-driven learning workshops contributed to the work of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency and its partners in enhancing the health of women and newborns in the State?The partnership involved in these workshops comprises the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national NGOs –...
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Collaborative Learning in GombeGombe State Data-Driven Learning Workshops In January 2016, the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national NGOs working to improve maternal and newborn health in the State and a team from IDEAS met in Abuja at the first Gombe State Data-Driven Learning Workshop. Since then, this...
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“Their own project for their own people”: Community participation in the Village Health Worker Scheme in Gombe State, NigeriaCross-posted from the Community Health Worker Central hub. Over the last 10 years, there has been little change in the maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria, and it remains high at 814 per 100,000 live births in 2015[iii]. In largely rural Gombe State, contributing factors include limited uptake of and access to health...
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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...
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How have data-driven learning workshops contributed to the work of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency and its partners in enhancing the health of women and newborns in the State?The partnership involved in these workshops comprises the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national NGOs –...
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Collaborative Learning in GombeGombe State Data-Driven Learning Workshops In January 2016, the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (the Agency), four national...
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“Their own project for their own people”: Community participation in the Village Health Worker Scheme in Gombe State, NigeriaCross-posted from the Community Health Worker Central hub. Over the last 10 years, there has been little change in the maternal mortality ratio 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...
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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...
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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)...