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Putting maternal, newborn and child health on the agenda in EthiopiaAs part of the conference IDEAS team members presented key findings from the five-year evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC)...
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Monitoring childbirth care in primary health facilities: a validity study in Gombe State, northeastern NigeriaAntoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators to validate health worker documentation and women’s...
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Final evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme in EthiopiaThe overall evaluation plan included baseline, quality of care and follow up surveys, as well as two qualitative studies. It was conducted in...
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MNCHAN Conference Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAs part of this conference IDEAS will be presenting findings from the five-year evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme....
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Mapping complex interventions – lessons from developing and applying a characterisation framework in Nigeria, Ethiopia and IndiaThis paper authored by Krystyna Makowiecka et al and published in BMJ Global Health al describes how government leadership to enhance maternal and...
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Stronger diagnostic abilities for common childhood illnesses needed in EthiopiaThis paper published by Theodros Getachew et al in Acta Paediatrica reveals findings from a study which included a survey and observations of the...
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‘People have started to deliver in the facility these days’: a qualitative exploration of factors affecting facility delivery in EthiopiaThe findings in this paper, authored by Zelee Hill and others suggest that barriers, which had prevented women in the past from delivering their...
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Redesigning maternal health services – context mattersThe plea for the childbirth service redesign is underpinned by the assumption that the centralisation of childbirth services to hospitals will...
Research brief
Recommendations from the Village Health Worker Scheme Sustainability StudyMuch work has been done to ensure the sustainability of the scheme, yet there are still some areas of uncertainty, which it would be beneficial to...
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Shifting sands: Three decades of evolving priorities in maternal and newborn health researchFurther information