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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...

General Improving coverage measurement Evidence for policy and practice Intervention coverage

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Improving the quality of routine Health Information System data for better decision-making

The ORCA team analysed existing information from the HMIS and compared this with external sources of information, such as the Demographic and...

Ethiopia Supporting local decision-making Evidence for policy and practice Local data use Research findings

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Professional advice for primary healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a social network analysis

This study, authored by Kate Sabot et al and published in BMC Health Services Research, compares professional advice networks of healthcare...

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

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...

Ethiopia India Nigeria Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Effective coverage in MNCH: progress, future prospects and implications for quality health systems

This paper published in The Lancet Global Health and authored by members of the Effective Coverage Think Tank Group, lays out recommendations for...

General Improving coverage measurement Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Evaluating efforts to increase primary child health services in Ethiopia

This protocol, authored by Della Berhanu and others, published in BMC Health Services, describes an evaluation of a complex intervention that aims...

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

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Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) Research Protocols

Journal article

What influences women’s choice of place of delivery?

The study published in BMJ Global Health and authored by Nasir Umar and others is based on a discrete choice experiment following a comprehensive...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Behaviour change Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Major gaps in child survival by ethnic group

At the global level, major inequalities are clear and persistent, write Schellenberg and Berhanu, inequalities by wealth, geographical location,...

General Community-based newborn care Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings