Reducing Time to Caesarean Section: A Quality Improvement Initiative at a Rural District Hospital in Rwanda
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015
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Promoting Collaboration Between Traditional and Modern Medicine Systems and Providers for Improved Delivery of Care and Services for Maternal and Child Care Programs in Rwanda
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015
Background: In 2009, the Rwandan health system abolished the use of Traditional Birth attendants (TBA) and replaced them with a formal cadre of Community Health Workers (CHW)…
Addressing Gender Norms and Inequalities to Improve Maternal and Child Health: Describing and Building on the Evidence Base for Gender-Integrated Interventions
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015
Background: Gender norms and inequalities shape maternal and child health. Early marriage and childbirth contribute to maternal mortality and poor birth outcomes, and women’s…
Baseline Findings From an RCT of a Gender-Transformative Program to Engage Men as Equitable and Involved Fathers in Maternal and Newborn Health in Rwanda
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015
Background: Promundo-US and the Rwanda Men’s Resource Center are conducting a randomized controlled trial of a gender-transformative program that engages new and expectant…
Why Is Data Visualization Important in Post-2015 Agenda?
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015
Background: Advancing the health and wellbeing of women and children remains an important focus in the post-UN Millennium Development Goal era, with many of the proposed…
Lessons Learned Across Asia and Africa in Evaluating KMC Scale-up Using the Six Stages of Implementation
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…
Community Health Workers Champion Postnatal Home Visits in Rwanda
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015
Background: Rwanda DHS 2010 showed that the maternal mortality ratio is high at 476/100,000 live births, while neonatal mortality is 27/1000 live births. The post-natal…
Postnatal Home Visits: Effective in Field Trials, What About in the Real World?
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015
Background: There is growing realization that implementation research in realistic field settings is at least as important as the rigorous randomized controlled trials…
MSH Partners Build the Capacity of Integrated HIV and AIDS Programs
This report explains how MSH has expanded their PEPFAR support to draw upon an extended global presence and established relationships to initiate and support networking and linkages among those involved in HIV & AIDS activities to leverage resources…