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What can Integrated Care Look Like? Areas for Exploration

Mary Mwanyika Sando moderated this panel discussion at the Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health Care technical meeting. This presentation provided an overview of the critical windows/opportunities where effectively integrated maternal and newborn…

The Value and Limitations of the Continuum of Care Framework

In his presentation at the Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health Care technical meeting, Sharad Iyengar outlined the advantages and disadvantages the continuum of care framework offers when planning, implementing and evaluating effective integration…

The Developing Families Center Case Study

The Developing Families Center was started in 2000 in Northeast D.C. to provide support programs and primary health care to low-income populations in one of the poorest areas of Washington. In addition to housing the only free-standing birthing center in…

Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government began its Health Extension Worker (HEW) Programme in 2003. By training young women with at least some schooling to provide basic health services to their communities, the Federal Ministry of Health hoped to improve access to…