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From Theory to Implementation: Adaptations to a Quality Improvement Initiative According to Implementing Context

Access to maternal and newborn care is increasing but due to the poor quality of care provided this doesn’t necessarily lead to fewer avoidable...

Nigeria Understanding quality improvement Evaluation methods Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Embedding Community-Based Newborn Care in the Ethiopian health system: lessons from a 4-year programme evaluation

This study was published as part of journal supplement on Reimagening health systems for better health and social justice in Health Policy and...

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

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How health care workers choose their jobs: a discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia

This study unlike many others, which interview doctors or medical students, aimed to understand job preferences of lower-skilled cadres such as...

Ethiopia Understanding quality improvement Behaviour change Context Economics Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Can quality improvement programmes affect health care workers’ motivation?

A knowledgeable and motivated workforce is critical for health systems to provide high-quality services. Many low- and middle-income countries

Ethiopia Understanding quality improvement Behaviour change Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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The health system has to be ready: introducing a new health service in Ethiopia

The Community-Based Newborn Care programme (CBNC) was introduced at district level in Ethiopia in 2014 in response to the country’s high...

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

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Improved antenatal care but postnatal care remains alarmingly low

The Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) programme encompassed nine components aiming to provide life-saving services to mothers and newborns....

Ethiopia Community-based newborn care Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Intervention coverage Research findings

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‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme

This paper, published in Health Policy and Planning, presents a qualitative study focussing on the Village Health Worker (VHW) Scheme’s...

Nigeria Fostering innovation sustainability Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Research findings

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Health extension worker’s abilities to classify childhood illnesses don’t improve with OHEP intervention

The Dagu PhD student Theodros Getachew published this paper in PLOS ONE aiming to evaluate the association between the Optimising the Health...

Ethiopia Understanding quality improvement Evidence for policy and practice Research findings

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Embed capacity development within all global health research

This commentary, published in BMJ Global Health, aims to draw attention to the opportunity for capacity development within international...

Ethiopia General Evidence for policy and practice Research findings