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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Super typhoon Haiyan resulted in disruption of health service delivery and infrastructure in 2013. The rapid re-establishment of essential services for mothers and children…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities (HCFs) play critical roles in infection prevention, especially surrounding childbirth. Despite…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background:  A stages-of-change model is available for evaluating facility-based kangaroo mother care (KMC) services. Implementation progress at facility- and country level…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 The RED strategy, originally introduced in Mongolia by WHO and UNICEF to improve immunization coverage was adapted for meeting sexual and reproductive health needs of the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Recent global commitments have affirmed the need to integrate maternal and newborn health to ensure that women and newborns thrive, not just survive. Emergency…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 The Governance for Equity in Health Systems (GEHS) at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has supported research projects across the globe, to address…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 This presentation will discuss lessons for evaluators from a project titled, “Building Health Equity in China through Evaluation Capacity Building.” This paper…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: This study assessed early breastfeeding practices of mothers discharged from health facilities after delivery, and their exposure to promotions for breast-milk…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Of all preventive interventions, breastfeeding has the greatest potential impact on child survival, yet only 40% of babies in the developing world are exclusively…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: In the past 20 years, Indonesia has conducted in-service training for many providers, but training has not translated into improved outcomes. The USAID-funded…