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Mapping complex interventions – lessons from developing and applying a characterisation framework in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India

This 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 Ethiopia

This 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 Ethiopia

The 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 matters

The plea for the childbirth service redesign is underpinned by the assumption that the centralisation of childbirth services to hospitals will...

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Recommendations from the Village Health Worker Scheme Sustainability Study

Much 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 research

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A conversation about DHIS2

IDEAS team member Krystyna Makowiecka speaks to Antoinette Bhattacharya about the work she has done in Gombe to look at the quality of routine...

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Strengthening the quality of routine MNCH data through learning workshops

Quality routine health data provide useful program monitoring information to identify gaps and take action to improve performance. Under the...

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Why are C-section rates in private Indian health facilities unreasonably high? The providers’ view

Although the overall rate of caesarean deliveries in India remains low, rates are higher in private than in public facilities. In a household...

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Newborn resuscitation in Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria

This paper published by Josephine Exley, Nasir Umar, Sarah Moxon, Adamu Umar Usman and Tanya Marchant from the IDEAS project, the London School of...

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