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CBNC: A comparison infographic

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More efforts needed to reach poor and rural women with maternal health services in Ethiopia

Alem Desta Wuneh, a PhD student with the Dagu project, published this paper in the International Journal for Equity in Health. This study used...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Tracking progress Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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COMBINE – End of study report

This End of Study Qualitative Review sought to systematically document key learning points from the experience of implementing the COMBINE study...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Research findings

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Understanding mistreatment during institutional delivery in Northeast Nigeria

There is growing evidence from Nigeria and around the world that women who deliver their babies in health facilities can experience mistreatment....

Nigeria Understanding quality improvement Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Geographic differences in maternal and child health care utilisation in four Ethiopian regions

Atkure Defar, Dagu project lead at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and a PhD student supported through the project and his co-authors,...

Ethiopia Tracking progress Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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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...

Ethiopia General India Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Tracking progress Evidence for policy and practice Intervention coverage Research findings

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Monitoring childbirth care in primary health facilities: a validity study in Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria

Antoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators to validate health worker documentation and women’s...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Evaluation methods Intervention coverage Local data use Research findings

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Final evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme in Ethiopia

The overall evaluation plan included baseline, quality of care and follow up surveys, as well as two qualitative studies. It was conducted in...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Research findings

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Mapping complex interventions – lessons from developing and applying a characterisation framework in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India

This paper authored by Krystyna Makowiecka et al and published in BMJ Global Health al describes how government leadership to enhance maternal and...

Ethiopia General India Nigeria Fostering innovation sustainability Supporting local decision-making Context Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Research findings