Community-Based Newborn Care

Community-Based Newborn Care

Community-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) is a national Ethiopian initiative launched in 2013 as a means of bringing life-saving care to mothers and newborns at the community level within the Ethiopian health system.

CBNC aims to improve newborn survival through the strengthening of Primary Health Care Units and the Health Extension Programme. The CBNC package includes the delivery of injectable antibiotics at the community level to improve case-management of newborn sepsis.

IDEAS collaborated with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health and JaRco Consulting to evaluate the CBNC programme through a series of quantitative surveys and qualitative assessments over five years. A final evaluation report was published in 2019, along with two infographics providing information on contextual factors influencing child growth and development, and a comparison of figures from 2013 and 2017.

Journal article

Has Ethiopia been successful in increasing health care utilisation for children?

Despite a range of programmes and initiatives introduced in Ethiopia since 2003 care-seeking for sick under-five children has remained low. The...

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

Report

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 collaboration with JaRco Consulting, based in Ethiopia. At the community level, there were remarkable changes between 2013 and 2017 for facility delivery and antiseptic use for...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Research findings

Tool

CBNC: A comparison infographic

Published content

Journal article

Embedding Community-Based Newborn Care in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from a 4-year programme evaluation

This study was published as part of journal supplement on Reimagening health systems for better health and social justice in Health Policy and...

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

Journal article

The health system has to be ready: introducing a new health service in Ethiopia

The Community-Based Newborn Care programme (CBNC) was introduced at district level in Ethiopia in 2014 in response to the country’s high...

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

Journal article

Improved antenatal care but postnatal care remains alarmingly low

The Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme encompassed nine components aiming to provide life-saving services to mothers and newborns....

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Past event

Embedding and scaling up the Community-based Newborn Care innovation in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from evaluating a five-year programme

Despite remarkable gains, improving neonatal survival globally remains a challenge. Several innovative service-delivery packages have been...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care

Past event

Geneva Health Forum

In order to adapt to the constraints imposed by the current global health crisis and to guarantee the safety of all the participants, the Steering...

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Journal article

Health system redesign for equity in maternal and newborn health must be codesigned, country led, adapted to context and fit for purpose

Joanna Schellenberg and co-authors of this editorial, published in BMJ Global Health, comment on a study published in the same edition of the...

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

Journal article

Are we using the right approach to change newborn care practices in the community?

Changing behaviors is usually a core component of the role of community health workers (CHWs), but little is known about the mechanisms through...

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

Journal article

Has Ethiopia been successful in increasing health care utilisation for children?

Despite a range of programmes and initiatives introduced in Ethiopia since 2003 care-seeking for sick under-five children has remained low. The...

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

Journal article

Understanding what didn’t work: a mixed method process evaluation

The ‘Optimising the Health Extension Program’ was implemented between 2016 and 2018 in four regions of Ethiopia. It included community...

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