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Join us at the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research! #HSR2016At the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Vancouver, Canada, this November, IDEAS are organising a special Satellite Session on...
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Maternal health: time for a radical reappraisalEach year, about 210 million women become pregnant and about 140 million newborn babies are delivered. The sheer scale of maternal health issues...
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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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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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Linkages between public and non-government sectors in healthcare: a case study from Uttar Pradesh, IndiaA study of the links between the public health system and two NGOs in Uttar Pradesh, showing frequent interaction and some reciprocity in information and resource flows, but weak participation in policy and planning.
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We’re going to the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2015IDEAS will be presenting on using local data for decision making to improve maternal and newborn health and getting innovations to reach more...
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Taking knowledge users’ knowledge needs into account in health: an evidence synthesis frameworkKnowledge translation ideally creates user-friendly outputs, tailored to meet information needs in a particular context for a particular audience. A Framework should facilitate a more systematic assessment of the balance of essential characteristics required to select the best output for the purpose.
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Bringing together district-level data for better maternal and newborn health decisions in West Bengal, IndiaThe DIPH will enable district health stakeholders – local government departments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private health...
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Engaging the public & private sectors in data sharing to improve maternal and newborn health in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe private for-profit health sector in India delivers around 80% of outpatient treatment and 60% of hospitalisations, and includes more than three quarters of human resources for health. Limited information is shared with public health information systems.