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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Sixty one percent of under-5 mortality are newborn deaths and 50% are on day 1. Evidences generated over the last decade underscored the importance of essential…

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: Residential accommodation for expectant mothers adjacent to health facilities, also known as maternity homes, is a strategy to improve access to skilled…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Home delivery is a cultural norm in Samburu County which is exacerbated by long distance to health facilities, poverty and illiteracy. Skilled birth attendance is…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Delays in reaching skilled care cause maternal deaths. Over years, Government of Zambia invested in maternity waiting homes (MH). With Merck for Mothers funding,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Trust in providers and a health facility is important to perceived quality and demand for facility-based maternity care. Barriers to maternity care-seeking…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas and nearly 90% of this growth will be in Africa and Asia. In LMICs, over 860 million people…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: The USAID-funded Expanding Maternal and Neonatal Survival (EMAS) Program supports reductions in maternal and newborn mortality through improving facility-based…