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Improving the quality of routine Health Information System data for better decision-making

The ORCA team analysed existing information from the HMIS and compared this with external sources of information, such as the Demographic and...

Ethiopia Supporting local decision-making Evidence for policy and practice Local data use Research findings

Journal article

Professional advice for primary healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a social network analysis

This study, authored by Kate Sabot et al and published in BMC Health Services Research, compares professional advice networks of healthcare...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Journal article

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...

Ethiopia India Nigeria Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Journal article

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...

General Improving coverage measurement Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Journal article

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...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Journal article

What influences women’s choice of place of delivery?

The study published in BMJ Global Health and authored by Nasir Umar and others is based on a discrete choice experiment following a comprehensive...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Behaviour change Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Journal article

Major gaps in child survival by ethnic group

At the global level, major inequalities are clear and persistent, write Schellenberg and Berhanu, inequalities by wealth, geographical location,...

General Community-based newborn care Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

News

Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: preparing for 2030

During the two day meeting colleagues from around the world aim to examine the measurement practises that support the reproductive, maternal,...

General Improving coverage measurement Evidence for policy and practice Intervention coverage

Journal article

More efforts needed to reach poor and rural women with maternal health services in Ethiopia

Alem Desta Wuneh, a PhD student with the Dagu project, published this paper in the International Journal for Equity in Health. This study used...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Tracking progress Context Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

Report

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...

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Research findings