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Improving the use of focus group discussions in low income settings

This paper authored by Pauline Scheelbeek et al and published in BMC Medical Research Methodology describes how six exercises were used in 32...

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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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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...

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Are health facilities in low-income settings able to provide good quality routine MNCH care?

This paper, authored by Keith Tomlin and others, looks at health facilities in three settings with high maternal mortality to assess their...

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Effective coverage in MNCH: progress, future prospects and implications for quality health systems

This paper published in The Lancet Global Health and authored by members of the Effective Coverage Think Tank Group, lays out recommendations for...

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Evaluating efforts to increase primary child health services in Ethiopia

This protocol, authored by Della Berhanu and others, published in BMC Health Services, describes an evaluation of a complex intervention that aims...

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COMBINE – End of study report

This End of Study Qualitative Review sought to systematically document key learning points from the experience of implementing the COMBINE study...

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Learning from joint research: Maternal, newborn and child health in Ethiopia

These are just some of the results discussed during a joint MNCH learning conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 7th of November....

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Putting maternal, newborn and child health on the agenda in Ethiopia

As 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 Nigeria

Antoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators  to validate health worker documentation and women’s...

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