Quality Improvement (QI) is the term used for a group of methods that adopts a problem-solving approach to improve health worker performance through review of service delivery processes, planning for improvement and acting upon those plans.
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Quality of Community Based Newborn Care in EthiopiaCommunity-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) is an Ethiopian national initiative launched in March 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...
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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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Reproductive Health Rights: Collateral damage in the face of Ebola?The right to health does not mean the right to be healthy…but it does require… policies and action plans which will lead to available and...
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Household, frontline worker and facility follow-up surveys begin in Ethiopia and NigeriaThe endline data, to be collected in April and May 2015, will be compared with baseline data collected in 2012, and any changes in healthcare...
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Northeast Nigeria myths and superstitions pose more barriers to health of women and babies than conflict“The conflict is not much of a problem to my work. The persistence of local myths and superstitions around pregnancy and birth is more of a...
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Gates “myths” strike a chord for IDEAS“By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world” Bill Gates, Annual Letter 2014, p 7 Bill Gates is a...
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Leadership in maternal and newborn health: Fatima Muhammad, NigeriaTo attain your dream is the most beautiful thing. You need to be focused and ready to work hard. Find people who will support and encourage you. ...
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Leadership in maternal and newborn health: Dr Yashua Alkali Hamza, NigeriaSince then, she has gained multiple awards for her work in improving the health of children, including the Pediatric Association of Nigeria award,...
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Leadership in maternal & newborn health: Dr Tewabech Bishaw“The Millennium Development Goals bring everyone together working towards a common goal.” Dr Tewabech Bishaw Dr Tewabech Bishaw is an...
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Leadership in maternal & newborn health: Dr Shershah Syed“[My patient] had waited 41 years for treatment. It took me just 20 minutes and 1 stitch to give back her dignity.” Dr Shershah...