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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: There is growing recognition of the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare institutions for…

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 Background: In the recent years, Government of India under the umbrella of National Health Mission (NHM) has introduced a number of schemes like JSY (Janani Surakshya Yojana)…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Promoting contraceptive use immediately after birth is considered an important family planning (FP) programmatic strategy. The integration of FP and maternal and…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background:  The mortality associated with small babies is disproportionately high especially in low income countries, with more than 80% of neonatal deaths concentrated in…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Most preterm births and deaths occur in homes or first-level facilities in low income countries, where gestational age is uncertain. Early identification of…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 All programs make implicit assumptions that are critical to the successful implementation of the program.  Taking a realist evaluation approach, we interrogate assumptions in…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Maternal health inequities have multiple levels of drivers: community or area level factors include community norms, social practices, area-level poverty, as well as…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Despite a huge burden, and major potential impact, stillbirth remains “one of the key neglected global priorities”, as reported by the UN’ Independent Expert…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Stillbirths were not tracked under the Millennium Development Goals, and progress in reducing stillbirths is slower than that for maternal or neonatal deaths,…