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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

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Stronger diagnostic abilities for common childhood illnesses needed in Ethiopia

This paper published by Theodros Getachew et al in Acta Paediatrica reveals findings from a study which included a survey and observations of the...

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

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‘People have started to deliver in the facility these days’: a qualitative exploration of factors affecting facility delivery in Ethiopia

The findings in this paper, authored by Zelee Hill and others suggest that barriers, which had prevented women in the past from delivering their...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Understanding quality improvement Behaviour change Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Redesigning maternal health services – context matters

The plea for the childbirth service redesign is underpinned by the assumption that the centralisation of childbirth services to hospitals will...

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