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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Midwives, doctors and nurses provide frontline maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in Ethiopia. Their availability and competence determines the ability of…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: While donors commonly introduce innovative practices and technologies to improve health in low-income settings many innovations that are found to be effective are…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Ethiopia’s National Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system was introduced in 2013 and aims to create an ongoing cycle of data collection,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: The “Continuum of Care” for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) includes integrated service delivery for mothers and children from pre-pregnancy…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 In Ethiopia there are 0.3 doctors, nurses and midwives per 1000 population, far below the WHO recommended 2.3 per 1000 population. The greatest shortage is for physicians,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: The Government of Ethiopia has recently improved the supply of midwives by scaling up pre-service education. However, the extent to which graduating students…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 LMICs experience complex challenges around the uptake and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. In the context of the UN Commission on Life Saving…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 As part of the Every Woman Every Child movement, the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities (UNCoLSC) for Women and Children has specified magnesium sulfate,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a population of 90.1 million.  The country achieved many MDG targets for health through…