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To call or not to call: comparing results from face-to-face surveys and mobile phone interviewsThis IDEAS-led study, published in BMJ Global Health, analysed the validity of data generated through telephone interviews, when compared to data...
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Strong political leadership drives changeThis paper, recently published in BMJ Open, sets out to quantify changes in the coverage, quality and equity of essential care for mothers and...
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To use effective coverage measures in practice we need greater harmonisation and transparencyA systematic review, published in the Journal of Global Health, aimed to examine how effective coverage measures of life-saving interventions from...
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From Theory to Implementation: Adaptations to a Quality Improvement Initiative According to Implementing ContextAccess to maternal and newborn care is increasing but due to the poor quality of care provided this doesn’t necessarily lead to fewer avoidable...
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Embedding Community-Based Newborn Care in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from a 4-year programme evaluationThis study was published as part of journal supplement on Reimagening health systems for better health and social justice in Health Policy and...
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How health care workers choose their jobs: a discrete choice experiment in EthiopiaThis study unlike many others, which interview doctors or medical students, aimed to understand job preferences of lower-skilled cadres such as...
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Can quality improvement programmes affect health care workers’ motivation?
A knowledgeable and motivated workforce is critical for health systems to provide high-quality services. Many low- and middle-income countries
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The health system has to be ready: introducing a new health service in EthiopiaThe Community-Based Newborn Care programme (CBNC) was introduced at district level in Ethiopia in 2014 in response to the country’s high...
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Improved antenatal care but postnatal care remains alarmingly lowThe Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme encompassed nine components aiming to provide life-saving services to mothers and newborns....
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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...