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Informed Decisions for Actions in Maternal and Newborn Health 2010–17 Report

Back in 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle developed a new strategy for the coming years, outlining how they might achieve...

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Reaching women and babies at their time of greatest risk

Birth being the time of greatest risk for the newborn and their mother with minutes deciding over life, death and health, this moment is also one...

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Quality of Community Based Newborn Care in Ethiopia

Community-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) is an Ethiopian national initiative launched in March 2013 as a means of bringing life-saving care to mothers...

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Bill Gates visits the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Bill Gates and School staff in the School’s library. Anne Koerber / LSHTM Professor Peter Piot, Director of the School, welcomed Mr Gates and...

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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Ethiopia

The aim of this study was to estimate changes in maternal and newborn health care in areas of Ethiopia where implementation projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were operating.

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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Gombe State, Nigeria

Interactions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Gombe State, Nigeria.

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Tracking progress Understanding quality improvement Implementation projects Intervention coverage Research findings

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Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Uttar Pradesh, India

Interactions between families and frontline workers – their frequency, quality, and equity – and coverage of interventions for mothers and newborns in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Research brief

Summary of IDEAS maternal and newborn household and facility surveys in Ethiopia for local health officials

Two page summary of IDEAS household and facility surveys in Ethiopia for local health officials

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Dissemination activity and impact of maternal and newborn health projects in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria

Report on the dissemination activity and impact of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation implementation projects.

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Measurement of delayed bathing and early initiation of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional survey exploring experiences of data collectors in Ethiopia

This paper recommends that the inclusion of standard probes or follow-on questions to the existing survey tools assessing delayed bathing and early initiation of breastfeeding. Data collectors also require further guidance in using appropriate probes to gather accurate maternal responses.

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