Rapid Assessment Tool
Posted onTanzania’s Countdown to 2015: An analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015
Posted onProgress for children beyond averages: Learning from the MDGs (No. 11)
Posted onHow to Measure the Quality of Facility-based Labor and Delivery Care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted onYesterday, quality measures for maternal health were published in PLoS ONE in an attempt to fill the need for better definitions and tools for measuring and improving quality in labor and delivery (L&D) care. Over the past decade, we have seen a profound shift in the use of maternal health services. Now, more than ever, women are delivering in health facilities, with an estimated 64% of women in developing countries and 51% of women in the 69 poorest countries giving birth in facilities in 2012. Studies have shown that maternal mortality can stagnate even as facility deliveries increase rapidly, most likely due to poor quality of care. It is most crucial to improve information about the quality of L&D care. In order to fill this need, we surveyed global maternal and newborn care experts to build a consensus on the dimensions of quality of care in the intrapartum and immediate postpartum period… read more
Countdown to 2015: Tracking maternal and child health intervention targets using lot quality assurance sampling in Bauchi State Nigeria
Posted onAssessing coverage, equity and quality gaps in maternal and neonatal care in sub-Saharan Africa: An integrated approach
Posted onPutting the Pieces Together: An Appreciative Model for Developing a Theory of Change
Posted onSeven grantees, 13 states, three levels of government and one mission: to increase accountability for maternal health in Nigeria, which has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios. This presented a complex, multi-faceted context for establishing a theory of change to guide an evaluation of a grant portfolio in Nigeria… read more
Emergency birth hybrid simulation with standardized patients in midwifery education: Implementation and evaluation
Posted onCall for Posts! Social Accountability and Community Mobilization to Improve Maternal Health
Posted onThis post is the first in our new blog series, “Social accountability and community mobilization for maternal health,” hosted with COPASAH and the Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ). From holding governments accountable with legislation for maternal deaths to community monitoring of quality of maternal health care, social accountability can be a powerful tool to empower communities to protect the health of women and mothers. Are you working in this area? Contribute a post to the series!… read more