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First results from the Gombe State Maternal and Newborn Health PartnershipTogether with implementation partners the Society for Family Health, the SAQIP project of PACT Nigeria and Evidence for Action Mamaye, IDEAS has...
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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 qualitative study of the scalability and sustainability of the Village Health Worker scheme in Gombe State, NigeriaKey findings show changes that were made to the VHW scheme to increase its sustainability in the 57 wards where it is being implemented to...
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Six steps to prevent a development project ending in the graveyardIn reality however, in more cases than not, once donor funding dries up, the project comes to an end, thereby limiting the project’s longer term...
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IDEAS Summer Seminar SeriesMore than seven years later, the team is building on the wealth of data, results, partnerships and learning created in the current second phase of...
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Data-driven learning cycles and their impact on data use for decision makingThe implementation partners are The Society for Family Health, SAQIP through a grant to PACT Nigeria and Evidence for Action through a...
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Hiring a Research Fellow based in Lagos, NigeriaThe post-holder will have a PhD in public health or a closely related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience in research; demonstrated...
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Slow and steady – validating health data in Gombe State line by lineAs an output from our first data quality learning workshop in March 2017, LGA M&E officers and MNCH coordinators were excited about revitalizing...
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“To know what is happening to women and newborns you need to collect accurate information” Preparing for a health facility survey in NigeriaOne way to measure whether the partner projects that IDEAS works with are making a difference is by continuously checking in with the people and...
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Better quality routine health data through a WhatsApp group? What comes out of the Data Quality Workshops in Gombe StateTo strengthen the quality of routine maternal and newborn health data in Gombe State in 2017 the IDEAS project initiated a total of four data...