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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: The Millennium Development Goals for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality won’t be met because of the slow improvement in reducing their burden in Africa.…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: The gold standard for neonatal mortality data collection is a good civil registration system. Nevertheless, about 30% of babies lack birth certificates by their…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality persists as one of the most important challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Women and newborns continue to…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: More than 40% of maternal and new-born deaths occur in the first 24 hours after birth, reinforcing the critical need for improved maternal and newborn care on…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: In Pakistan, antenatal care coverage and institutional delivery increased three folds over the past three decades, yet maternal and neonatal mortality rates…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Monitoring progress during implementation of results based financing (RBF) programs has oftentimes been curtailed by weak RHIS. Delays that normally plague…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Family planning and increased institutional delivery have been able to significantly reduce maternal mortality in Honduras. However, the benefits from further…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 As cities become more populated and also more inequitable, ensuring access to quality health services is becoming a critical urban health challenge, in particular addressing…

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)…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: The BetterBirth Program is testing the impact of a WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) based coaching intervention on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Uttar…