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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 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 Background: The poorest women in hard-to-reach areas in Chiapas, Mexico have substantial difficulties accessing quality maternal and neonatal health care services. Studies in…

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 The RED strategy, originally introduced in Mongolia by WHO and UNICEF to improve immunization coverage was adapted for meeting sexual and reproductive health needs of the…

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).…

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 The Governance for Equity in Health Systems (GEHS) at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has supported research projects across the globe, to address…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 This presentation will discuss lessons for evaluators from a project titled, “Building Health Equity in China through Evaluation Capacity Building.” This paper…