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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Madagascar’s community health policy promotes community-based maternal, neonatal, reproductive and child health service delivery by CHVs in areas at >5km from a health…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an essential cadre needed to reach mothers and newborns in low resource settings. One of the challenges for building capacity…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Evidence supports community health worker (CHW) capacity to improve maternal and newborn health in less-resourced countries. However, scaling up and operating…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of the nearly 300,000 maternal deaths that occur annually. Nearly 34% of maternal deaths in Africa are due to PPH (WHO 2012).…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Performance-based Financing (PBF) is a promising approach to improve maternal, new-born and child health services in developing countries, but there are concerns that it may…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Financial barriers to health such as the introduction of user fees at the point of care result in decreased utilization of curative services of as much as 55%.  This…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: There is now broad consensus that health user fees ‘punish the poor and prevent people from accessing life-saving treatment. According to WHO, user fees are ‘the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Nigeria’s poor reproductive health indices have persisted over the past decade with high maternal mortality ratio (500 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births),…

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: In Tanzania, addressing birth asphyxia, a leading cause of newborn death, is a national priority and includes scale up of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB).…