Because of challenges in measurement, progress can often only be tracked through the use of proxy measures, which increase the risk of inappropriate decisions being made in maternal and newborn health. This issue affects stakeholders around the world, particularly women and children who might benefit from life-saving interventions.
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Critically examining quality-adjusted coverage measuresImproving coverage measurement continues to be a key area of ongoing research with the IDEAS team. Currently the team is working in collaboration with the Child Health Accountability Tracking (CHAT) Technical Advisory Group, co-convened by WHO and UNICEF and supported by USAID, on a systematic review examining how...
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Adding Content to Contacts: Measurement of High Quality Contacts for Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia, North East Nigeria, and Uttar Pradesh, IndiaFamilies in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality health services. This paper presents a method for estimating the population level coverage of high quality contacts.
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Gombe State, NigeriaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in EthiopiaThe aim of this study was to estimate changes in maternal and newborn health care in areas of Ethiopia where implementation projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were operating.
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Accelerating progress in Maternal and Newborn Child HealthHow do we scale-up high impact service packages that will accelerate progress in maternal and newborn child health towards the 2030 Sustainable...
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Why is data so vital for maternal, newborn and child health?What are the challenges ahead in capturing the right data in the right places and the right times? To coincide with the publication...
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Gombe State, NigeriaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Improved measurement for mothers, newborns and children in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
Background
An urgent priority in maternal, newborn and child
health is to accelerate the scale–up of cost–effective essential interventions,
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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaInteractions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Uttar Pradesh, India
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How can we get life-saving interventions to women and babies? #HSR2016Do innovations enhance interactions between families and front-line workers and increase life-saving intervention coverage? This is one of the...
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Summary of IDEAS maternal and newborn household and facility surveys in Ethiopia for local health officialsTwo page summary of IDEAS household and facility surveys in Ethiopia for local health officials
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Maternal, newborn, and child health and the Sustainable Development Goals-a call for sustained and improved measurement [Comment]This paper was written by measurement experts, and discusses how to improve meausrement for women, adolescents, children and newborns in the face of the new Sustainable Development Goals.
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Measuring content of contacts reveals missed opportunities to deliver quality maternal and newborn health careFindings have been published in Plos One and the data supporting this analysis are now freely available online. Quality of health care is a big...