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Effective coverage in MNCH: progress, future prospects and implications for quality health systemsThis paper published in The Lancet Global Health and authored by members of the Effective Coverage Think Tank Group, lays out recommendations for...
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Evaluating efforts to increase primary child health services in EthiopiaThis protocol, authored by Della Berhanu and others, published in BMC Health Services, describes an evaluation of a complex intervention that aims...
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COMBINE – End of study reportThis End of Study Qualitative Review sought to systematically document key learning points from the experience of implementing the COMBINE study...
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Learning from joint research: Maternal, newborn and child health in EthiopiaThese are just some of the results discussed during a joint MNCH learning conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 7th of November....
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Putting maternal, newborn and child health on the agenda in EthiopiaAs part of the conference IDEAS team members presented key findings from the five-year evaluation of the Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC)...
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Monitoring childbirth care in primary health facilities: a validity study in Gombe State, northeastern NigeriaAntoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators to validate health worker documentation and women’s...
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IDEAS at #HSR2018New evidence presented as posters (above) included: Sustainability for a Village Health Worker scheme in Nigeria Availability of routine facility...
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A successful project – or just good timing? Measuring interventions and their impact on health outcomesAttributing changes in health outcomes to specific interventions or projects is tricky. Oftentimes coincidental factors, such as the construction...
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Improved health systems could prevent over 8 million deaths each year in low- and middle-income countriesBeyond this terrible human cost, poor quality health systems represented enormous economic losses to countries due to lost productivity each year....
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Quality over quantity?Do we need to pay more attention to the quality of health care visits over how many visits are taking place in low resource settings? Is it an...