Use the filters below to browse through our stories by category: Filter - AllImpactDigital Health Filter - AllChild HealthCommunity HealthGenderHealth Systems StrengtheningHIVImmunizationInnovationsMalariaMaternal HealthMonitoring and EvaluationNewborn HealthNutritionReproductive HealthSBCCWASHDigital Health November 7th webinar: 30+ countries in less than 30 minutes Now available: Resources from the Gender-Responsive Approaches to RMNCAH Webinar Try, Try Again: Reimagined Provider Training is Saving Children in Uganda September 25th Technical Consultation: Expanding Contraceptive Method Choice In Burma, Clinical Child Health Training is Saving Lives in Remote Communities and Facilities Alike Friend, Confidant, “Mitanin”: an Indian Mother Trains to Improve Her Community’s Health In India, A Mother of Three Makes Informed Choices about Her Fertility Going the Extra Mile to Ensure Voluntary Contraceptive Uptake in India Webinar — Community health information systems and data use: Learning from Africa and resources for practitioners Webinar: Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nampula, Mozambique Managing Low Birth Weight in Rwanda Countering Gender Inequality Saves Women – and Their Children What’s new with first-time parents? Three takeaways from our recent knowledge-sharing event MCSP Presentations from the Women Deliver 2019 Conference July 10th: Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child Driving Change One Woman, One Family at a Time A Ugandan Community Identifies and Addresses its Own Challenges to Protect Children from Disease From Screening to Cleaning: This Nurse Leads by Example A New Generation of Indian Men Take Up Family Planning Calling All Girls After Birth and Beyond: Improving Care for Women with Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Engaging Indian Women Directly is Improving Contraceptive Uptake No matter age, gender, religion or caste: Improving access for all in India Tanzania Deploys the Most Advanced Health Information Exchange in sub-Saharan Africa The Power of Partnerships for Improved Routine Immunization in Nigeria Play On, Baby! If at first you do succeed: Engaging communities to improve vaccine uptake in Tanzania May 6th: Harnessing the Power of Communities to Achieve Equity and Primary Health Care for All Supporting Smart Investments in Digital Health- Introducing the DHIRT Are low- and middle-income countries collecting priority maternal and newborn health service data? Making Data More Actionable through Data Visualization Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit – An Online Resource for Breastfeeding Promotion and Support You can’t treat what you don’t see: Valuing child health data collection in Mozambique Across Africa, Data Dashboards in Health Facilities are Improving Decision Making March 26th: Measurement Matters! Improving Routine RMNCAH Data for Better Outcomes A Wider Basket gives Wider Wings to Women in India Living in the In-Between: Learning from Egypt’s Growing Pains When a Gender Expert’s Friend Experiences Partner Violence Exploring cause and effect: Use of contribution analysis to describe intervention impact Students Need Protection, Too: Family Planning Targets Future Nurses & Midwives in Liberia Burmese Midwife Leads “Small but Mighty” Health Team Linking Rural Villages to Lifesaving Care March 7th Launch Event: Expanding Maternal and Newborn Survival Opportunities in Indonesia Disease Surveillance is Key to Freeing Madagascar from Polio Health and Wellness Centers “Reach the Unreached” in India Human Capacity Development Webinar Series Begins Feb 28th February 12th - How to Strengthen Nutrition within the Health Platform: Programmatic Evidence and Experience from Three Countries Feb 15th Webinar: New WHO Community Health Worker Guideline Additional Resources 5th Global Digital Health Forum: Interactive Sessions and TED-Style Talks Trained Volunteers Provide TB Diagnoses – and Hope – to Burmese Families From Life-Threatening Pregnancy to Happy Birth Day: Mozambican Providers Act Quickly to Save Lives The First 42 Days: Prioritizing Moms and Babies in Rural India In Madagascar, a Young Father Steps Up His Role in Family Health In Nigeria, Faith in Health Care is Saving Lives PMNCH Side Event Showcases the Power of Partnerships Now available: Digital Health Showcase webinar and presentation slides MCSP presentations from the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning now available! Finding the Undiagnosed: Partner HIV Testing in Namibia MCSP presentations from the 2018 FIGO World Congress now available! It Takes a Village: Community Loans are Saving Lives in Mozambique Presentations from the 2018 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research now available! Rwandan Community Health Worker Theodosie Is Vital Part of Health Care Delivery Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: five case studies Deliveries at DR Congo Health Center Surge Thanks to the “Clean Clinic Approach” Ending the Game of Chance: Improving Access to Essential Medicines in Nigeria with Better Data Use MAMA webinar and presentation slides now available! Country Profiles Illuminate Successes – and Challenges – in the Fight Against Malaria In Madagascar, Respectful Care & Family Planning Go Hand-in-Hand October 16th: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Permanent Methods MCSP Health Management Information Systems Webinar Series Newly Trained Volunteer Saves Burmese Child’s Life with Speedy Diagnosis & Referral In Liberia, Youth Health Clubs are Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies Save the date: Aligning the Stars for Quality RMNCH Care! What Does it Take? In Northern Nigeria, barbers trim newborn mortality – one haircut at a time Why public health practitioners need to learn the art of scale-up: The case of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care Singing for Change in Mozambique this World Breastfeeding Week Permanent Relief: Lifelong Contraceptives Give Nigerian Women Peace of Mind July 11th - The Polio Journey: 30 Years of Experience Ghanaian Health Workers Embrace Early Childhood Development Engaging Men is Saving Lives in Mozambique In Liberia, Modified Training Improves Quality of Child and Infant Care Post-Ebola June 19th - Stronger Systems for Healthier Moms and Kids: Tackling Health System Constraints in Ghana and Guinea If You Build It, They Will Come: Strengthening Liberia’s Health Infrastructure “HelloMama” Messaging Service Delivers Vital Health Messages in Nigeria A personal tragedy sets Naw Eh Paw Htoo on a path to midwifery Rwandan Midwife Mentor Takes the Lead in Providing Lifesaving Care Congolese Community Comes Together to Improve Child Health Using Existing Health and Food Systems to Combat Rising Obesity Rates Health Care Providers in Mozambique Empowered to Treat Complex Malaria in Pregnancy Cases Meeting the Immunization Needs of the Urban Poor May 16th: Implementing High Impact Health Interventions MCSP at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit In Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers Are Learning Skills That Save Lives Communities take action to improve WASH in Mozambique Workshop Highlights Rapid Scale up of Immediate Postpartum Family Planning Services in Rwanda Strengthening Gender Equity Within Community Health Workforce: A Need for Gender-Inclusive Inter-Sectoral Policy Approaches March 15th: Mobilizing Innovation to Eliminate Global Health Disparities If my daughter lived in the countries where I work Mapping Communities for a Healthy Future Protecting a Malagasy Mother’s “Moment of Happiness” through Respectful Maternity Care Rallying for Women and Children in Ethiopia Mentoring Makes the Difference Using Data to Drive our Work in Haiti Ethiopian Faith Leaders Help Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths In Mozambique, A Mother’s First Child Lives Thanks to Neonatal Resuscitation Training In Guinea, Local Health Teams Learn to Identify and Address Pressing Challenges Climbing the slope of enlightenment: Reflections from the Global Digital Health Forum February 27th: Addressing Critical Health System Barriers to Improve RMNCAH Services Screen and Treat Now Reaching Young Women and First-Time Moms with Friendly, Lifesaving Services in Madagascar In Madagascar, Giving Providers Modern Tools to Battle an Ancient Disease Opting for POP Haitian Teens Leave Youth Clubs as Community Health Advocates Institutionalizing Community Health Conference: Webinar Series Collective Impact for Universal Coverage: Liberia's Health System on the Rise Caring for Rwanda’s Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Beyond the Classroom: Strengthening the Capacity of Burmese Health Care Providers December 15th: MCSP & UNICEF Community Health Information Systems Webinar In Mozambique, Nurses are Using Health Information to Make Lifesaving Decisions FP2020 Features MCSP Director in "Health Workers & Heroes" Slideshow: World Prematurity Day Mobilizing Haitian Mothers to Improve Child Nutrition In Rwanda, an Abandoned Child Is Saved From Malnutrition and Dehydration Workshop Ensures Child Health & Nutrition Data is Used for Decision Making In Mozambique, a Month-long Celebration of Breastfeeding In Mozambique, Nurses Gain Confidence and Skills to Diagnose and Treat Severe Malaria MCSP at the 2017 International Congress of Nutrition WASH in Health Care Facilities: A Toolbox for Improving Quality of Care How economic empowerment is changing women’s futures – and the world Reaching the Youngest Mothers to Save Lives A Liberian Woman Follows Her Dream to Make Childbirth Safer In Her Arms: A Newborn and a New Implant Mentoring Health Care Workers in Rwanda is Saving Lives A Rwandan Midwife Mentor Delivers Emergency Care with Cool Confidence In Haiti, HIV Peer Educator Inspires Hope A Champion for Mothers in Remote India August 16: Global Digital Health Network Monthly meeting Better Together: Revitalizing Family Planning & Nutrition Services Working with Fathers in Kenya to Ensure Mothers and Babies Survive Going Door to Door in Haiti to Improve Health Haitian Communities Empowered to Address their Own Health Issues 5 things we’ve learned from a bottom-up approach to health system strengthening Every Newborn Action Plan 2017 Report: Celebrating Every Birth & Ending Preventable Deaths A Pre-Discharge Checklist for Improving Facility-Based Postnatal Care for Mothers and Newborns Ample Time to Breastfeed & Importance of Nutrition Critical for Moms and Babies 2017 International Day of the African Child Rising from the Ashes: Strengthening Guinea’s Local Health Systems after Ebola June 21: Immunization in a Social Media World - Insight & Analysis from Ukraine One visit, one family at a time: Improving nutrition in Mozambique Claudine’s Story: From Tragedy to Tea Shop June 8: The Critical Role of SBC across the Service Delivery Continuum Malaria: One Disease, Many Faces A dream realized: Rwandan community health worker champions child health Entering the “Elimination Phase,” Nepal Steps Forward to End Malaria Vaccines work… when vaccination works April 26: #TalkWIW Twitter Chat April 7: Community Health in the SDG Era ICHC 2017: Five Key Takeaways for Maternal Health Reaching the “last mile” in South Sudan with community health workers Using Quality Improvement Approaches for Better Community Health Getting the message home: Advocacy for health accountability in Uganda Harnessing the Power of Community Networks It Takes a Village: Improving Nutrition through Community Health Workers District Partnerships Enhance Community Participation for RMNCH in Rwanda Where There Are No Supervisors: Community Health Worker Peer Support Groups Making healthcare affordable: Women’s savings and loans clubs to the rescue Change always happens at the community level – it’s about trust Community health workers & health volunteers: Leaving old debates behind Connecting the disconnect: Community health and health systems strengthening In Sierra Leone, Ensuring Sustainable Financing for Community Health It takes a village and data: Using routine health information to ensure safe, institutionalized births in Mozambique Generating local solutions: How CARE’s Community Score Card is helping achieve health access for all Mobile Technology Allows Community Health Workers to Quickly Identify & Refer in Côte d’Ivoire Say no to stigma: The critical role of key populations in the development of community-based services Strengthening HIV linkage and retention through improved community & facility collaboration in Botswana Uganda Hosts First International Symposium on Community Health Workers Improving Equitable Access to Lifesaving Maternal Health Care in Rural Bangladesh Why Equity Matters for Health Making Community Systems the Bedrock of Global Health Investments Strong Government Leadership & Management are Key to Building Sustainable Community Health Systems Communities: The key to unlocking better health for every child Community-Based Maternal Health Care: Meeting Women Where They Are Mobile Health Teams in Haiti Offer an Extensive Menu of Family Planning Methods to Women in Need Transforming the Community Health Landscape: From Alma Ata to the Institutionalizing Community Health Conference Nigeria Commits to Scaling Up Use of Antiseptic Gel to Reduce Newborn Deaths Real life super women: Transforming maternal & newborn health in Liberia Family Planning is Key to UN Sustainable Development Goals March 14: Institutionalizing Community Health Conference Twitter Chat March 2: Webinar on Kangaroo Mother Care and Preterm Babies No need for referral: Malagasy Doctor Manages Emergency Thanks to MCSP Training Looking to invest in health? Here's how to get the biggest bang for your buck “I realized I was losing her”: A Rwandan midwife uses new skills to save a mother’s life Skills Labs in Ghana's Midwifery Schools Improve Confidence of Trainers and Students Effective Training and Proper Equipment are Saving Newborns in Madagascar Interview with MCSP's Lisa Noguchi: Dealing with Zika Success Testing Clients for HIV in Namibia Serves as Basis for Case Study Indian Facility Embraces Respectful, “Client Centric” Care after MCSP Training Key to increasing clinic attendance in rural Malawi? Integrating services Skilled Healthcare Workers in Nigeria are Helping to End Needless Maternal and Newborn Deaths Dec 5 event: Ready, Set, Launch — A Country-Level Launch Planning Guide for Global Health Innovations In Tanzania, Linking Underserved Communities to Care is Saving Women and Babies In Madagascar, Midwife Uses Data to Eliminate Umbilical Infections RSVP now! “Thinking Differently: Fresh Evidence on Innovations for Healthy Women, Newborns, and Children” Oct 28: What Next? Putting The Lancet Maternal Health Series Into Action MCSP's Anne Pfitzer speaks with Voice of America about Breastfeeding A Healthy Competition: Achieving “Clean Clinic Status” in Haiti Buying Condoms? Contraceptive Questions? Ask Your Hairdresser Oct 6: Seeking New Solutions for Family Planning through Breastfeeding Men in Mozambique Step Up to Help their Spouses Prepare for Birth In Nigeria, More Women are Choosing a Modern Method to Safely Plan their Families Mock Scenarios and Hands-on Trainings Lead to Big Improvements at Liberian Hospital Tanzania Reduces Infant Mortality with Lifesaving Vaccines Better-Designed Health Information Systems Make for Better Health Outcomes Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya MCSP's Dr. Kavle speaks with Voice of America about World Breastfeeding Week The breast and beyond: Improving feeding practices in Kenya Thinking Broadly about Reducing Missed Opportunities “Gone are the days when all family health affairs were left to women alone”: A Ugandan father speaks June 1st: Building Political Will for Gender Equity to Achieve MNC Survival Goals Spotlight on Madagascar: Growing the Postpartum Family Planning Movement You're invited: Achieving Impact at Scale, May 25th Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals through Postpartum Family Planning May 5th: Midwives and the Things They Carry Join MCSP at Women Deliver in Denmark! Data for Decision-Making: Empowering Local Data Use As the World Focuses on Zika Virus, Malaria Continues its Deadly Toll Hope comes knocking: Preventing malaria in pregnancy in Kenya Pre-elimination Activities are Saving Lives from Malaria in Rwanda In Tanzania, First Responders are Stopping Malaria at the Community Level Respect During Childbirth is a Right, Not a Luxury Community Health Workers are Key to Universal Health Coverage April 13th event: After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen - Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns In Ethiopia, Respectful Maternity Care is Increasing Facility Births Extended Health Services Vital to Remote Communities in Namibia Walking the Talk: Three Keys to Ending Vaccine-preventable Deaths MCSP Director co-authors blog: "Where are Mothers and Newborns in the Post-2015 Era?" What works: Equitable access to routine immunization and integrated child survival interventions Global Commitments, Local Actions: Postpartum Family Planning Champions Deliver In Mozambique, Strong Community and Facility Linkages Improve Antenatal Care and Delivery Services January 21st event: Strong Health Systems Support Healthy Families From Chiang Mai to Mexico City to Nusa Dua: Family Planning is Key to Saving Lives Bringing Newborn Care Closer to Communities in Ethiopia Restoring Confidence in a Challenged Health System: MCSP in Liberia USAID Celebrates Progress on Maternal and Child Survival in Rwanda If we know how to save preterm babies, why are they still dying? Introducing USAID’s New Community Health Framework Celebrate World Prematurity Day with MCSP on November 17th Beyond creature comforts: Respectful maternity care saves lives Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference Begins in Mexico City Investing in Marginalized Populations to Improve Newborn Survival in Latin America & the Caribbean Want to save 3 million lives? Improve quality of care at birth Scaling up Malaria in Pregnancy Interventions to Improve Maternal and Child Health Celebrating the Clean Household Approach Four Ways Addressing Gender Makes Maternal and Child Health Programs More Effective Making the Sustainable Development Goals a Reality: Five Things We Need To Know WHO Misoprostol Approval Means Lifesaving Treatment for Women in Low-resource Settings From launch to saving lives: what does it take to introduce new vaccines? In Kenya, Encouraging Breastfeeding at the Community Level is Saving Lives MCSP’s Olivia Vélez Featured by Johns Hopkins in “Women of Digital Health” Series Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Federal Compliance We are all in this together: Removing barriers to family planning access How to measure the quality of facility-based labor and delivery care in sub-Saharan Africa eLearning Improves Health Training Institutions in Ghana We Must Accelerate IPTp Uptake and Anemia Prevention to Save Mothers and Infants What women, girls and their partners want Saving Women’s Lives Means Involving Men Top Five Reads and Resources: Maternal and Child Survival Program Thinking Outside the “Family Planning Box” to Ensure No Missed Opportunities Advancing a No-Missed-Opportunities Approach Through Integrating Family Planning and Immunization Services Ready for Action: The WHO Expands Postpartum Family Planning, Increasing Chances for Maternal and Child Survival Delivering for Mothers and Newborns: Ending Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths Video: Dr. Koki Agarwal on “Enhancing U.S. Engagement on Maternal and Child Health” ENAP Progress Report, Strategies toward EPMM launch at 68th World Health Assembly Celebrating Midwives and the Communities They Support in the World's Newest Country Improving Facilities to Serve the Women Who Need Them MCSP on USAID blog: "Vaccinating Each Child to Build a Village" Bringing Communities and Health Workers Together to Expand Immunization Coverage Investing in Integrated Health Services to Defeat Malaria RBM partnership launches Global Call to Action for malaria during pregnancy Helping Babies Survive & Thrive Why are Junk Foods Considered “Essential Foods” for Egyptian Children? Addressing Malnutrition to Improve Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Outcomes March 8th: Making the Status of Women and Girls a Priority A Girl's Big Dreams Lead to a Midwifery Career in Pakistan MCSP on Global Moms Challenge - "Condoms: a practical history of prevention" File under good news: MCSP in 2015 Save the Date! Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference: October 2015 MCSP on Gates: Saving Lives with Better Gestational Age Estimation USAID Features MCSP blog - "You Can’t Save Lives if you Don’t Fight Pneumonia" mMentoring in Ghana: Innovative use of technology improves midwifery care Brief from the Antenatal Corticosteroids Technical Working Group Innovating for Impact: Acting to End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths in the Post 2015 Era Introducing the Maternal and Child Survival Program Third Annual Regional Meeting of Priority Interventions for Newborn Health in LAC Preventing Needless Deaths and the Intergenerational Costs of Inaction USAID, Kiwanis Work to Eliminate Maternal & Newborn Tetanus
Filter - AllChild HealthCommunity HealthGenderHealth Systems StrengtheningHIVImmunizationInnovationsMalariaMaternal HealthMonitoring and EvaluationNewborn HealthNutritionReproductive HealthSBCCWASHDigital Health November 7th webinar: 30+ countries in less than 30 minutes Now available: Resources from the Gender-Responsive Approaches to RMNCAH Webinar Try, Try Again: Reimagined Provider Training is Saving Children in Uganda September 25th Technical Consultation: Expanding Contraceptive Method Choice In Burma, Clinical Child Health Training is Saving Lives in Remote Communities and Facilities Alike Friend, Confidant, “Mitanin”: an Indian Mother Trains to Improve Her Community’s Health In India, A Mother of Three Makes Informed Choices about Her Fertility Going the Extra Mile to Ensure Voluntary Contraceptive Uptake in India Webinar — Community health information systems and data use: Learning from Africa and resources for practitioners Webinar: Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nampula, Mozambique Managing Low Birth Weight in Rwanda Countering Gender Inequality Saves Women – and Their Children What’s new with first-time parents? Three takeaways from our recent knowledge-sharing event MCSP Presentations from the Women Deliver 2019 Conference July 10th: Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child Driving Change One Woman, One Family at a Time A Ugandan Community Identifies and Addresses its Own Challenges to Protect Children from Disease From Screening to Cleaning: This Nurse Leads by Example A New Generation of Indian Men Take Up Family Planning Calling All Girls After Birth and Beyond: Improving Care for Women with Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Engaging Indian Women Directly is Improving Contraceptive Uptake No matter age, gender, religion or caste: Improving access for all in India Tanzania Deploys the Most Advanced Health Information Exchange in sub-Saharan Africa The Power of Partnerships for Improved Routine Immunization in Nigeria Play On, Baby! If at first you do succeed: Engaging communities to improve vaccine uptake in Tanzania May 6th: Harnessing the Power of Communities to Achieve Equity and Primary Health Care for All Supporting Smart Investments in Digital Health- Introducing the DHIRT Are low- and middle-income countries collecting priority maternal and newborn health service data? Making Data More Actionable through Data Visualization Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit – An Online Resource for Breastfeeding Promotion and Support You can’t treat what you don’t see: Valuing child health data collection in Mozambique Across Africa, Data Dashboards in Health Facilities are Improving Decision Making March 26th: Measurement Matters! Improving Routine RMNCAH Data for Better Outcomes A Wider Basket gives Wider Wings to Women in India Living in the In-Between: Learning from Egypt’s Growing Pains When a Gender Expert’s Friend Experiences Partner Violence Exploring cause and effect: Use of contribution analysis to describe intervention impact Students Need Protection, Too: Family Planning Targets Future Nurses & Midwives in Liberia Burmese Midwife Leads “Small but Mighty” Health Team Linking Rural Villages to Lifesaving Care March 7th Launch Event: Expanding Maternal and Newborn Survival Opportunities in Indonesia Disease Surveillance is Key to Freeing Madagascar from Polio Health and Wellness Centers “Reach the Unreached” in India Human Capacity Development Webinar Series Begins Feb 28th February 12th - How to Strengthen Nutrition within the Health Platform: Programmatic Evidence and Experience from Three Countries Feb 15th Webinar: New WHO Community Health Worker Guideline Additional Resources 5th Global Digital Health Forum: Interactive Sessions and TED-Style Talks Trained Volunteers Provide TB Diagnoses – and Hope – to Burmese Families From Life-Threatening Pregnancy to Happy Birth Day: Mozambican Providers Act Quickly to Save Lives The First 42 Days: Prioritizing Moms and Babies in Rural India In Madagascar, a Young Father Steps Up His Role in Family Health In Nigeria, Faith in Health Care is Saving Lives PMNCH Side Event Showcases the Power of Partnerships Now available: Digital Health Showcase webinar and presentation slides MCSP presentations from the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning now available! Finding the Undiagnosed: Partner HIV Testing in Namibia MCSP presentations from the 2018 FIGO World Congress now available! It Takes a Village: Community Loans are Saving Lives in Mozambique Presentations from the 2018 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research now available! Rwandan Community Health Worker Theodosie Is Vital Part of Health Care Delivery Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: five case studies Deliveries at DR Congo Health Center Surge Thanks to the “Clean Clinic Approach” Ending the Game of Chance: Improving Access to Essential Medicines in Nigeria with Better Data Use MAMA webinar and presentation slides now available! Country Profiles Illuminate Successes – and Challenges – in the Fight Against Malaria In Madagascar, Respectful Care & Family Planning Go Hand-in-Hand October 16th: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Permanent Methods MCSP Health Management Information Systems Webinar Series Newly Trained Volunteer Saves Burmese Child’s Life with Speedy Diagnosis & Referral In Liberia, Youth Health Clubs are Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies Save the date: Aligning the Stars for Quality RMNCH Care! What Does it Take? In Northern Nigeria, barbers trim newborn mortality – one haircut at a time Why public health practitioners need to learn the art of scale-up: The case of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care Singing for Change in Mozambique this World Breastfeeding Week Permanent Relief: Lifelong Contraceptives Give Nigerian Women Peace of Mind July 11th - The Polio Journey: 30 Years of Experience Ghanaian Health Workers Embrace Early Childhood Development Engaging Men is Saving Lives in Mozambique In Liberia, Modified Training Improves Quality of Child and Infant Care Post-Ebola June 19th - Stronger Systems for Healthier Moms and Kids: Tackling Health System Constraints in Ghana and Guinea If You Build It, They Will Come: Strengthening Liberia’s Health Infrastructure “HelloMama” Messaging Service Delivers Vital Health Messages in Nigeria A personal tragedy sets Naw Eh Paw Htoo on a path to midwifery Rwandan Midwife Mentor Takes the Lead in Providing Lifesaving Care Congolese Community Comes Together to Improve Child Health Using Existing Health and Food Systems to Combat Rising Obesity Rates Health Care Providers in Mozambique Empowered to Treat Complex Malaria in Pregnancy Cases Meeting the Immunization Needs of the Urban Poor May 16th: Implementing High Impact Health Interventions MCSP at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit In Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers Are Learning Skills That Save Lives Communities take action to improve WASH in Mozambique Workshop Highlights Rapid Scale up of Immediate Postpartum Family Planning Services in Rwanda Strengthening Gender Equity Within Community Health Workforce: A Need for Gender-Inclusive Inter-Sectoral Policy Approaches March 15th: Mobilizing Innovation to Eliminate Global Health Disparities If my daughter lived in the countries where I work Mapping Communities for a Healthy Future Protecting a Malagasy Mother’s “Moment of Happiness” through Respectful Maternity Care Rallying for Women and Children in Ethiopia Mentoring Makes the Difference Using Data to Drive our Work in Haiti Ethiopian Faith Leaders Help Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths In Mozambique, A Mother’s First Child Lives Thanks to Neonatal Resuscitation Training In Guinea, Local Health Teams Learn to Identify and Address Pressing Challenges Climbing the slope of enlightenment: Reflections from the Global Digital Health Forum February 27th: Addressing Critical Health System Barriers to Improve RMNCAH Services Screen and Treat Now Reaching Young Women and First-Time Moms with Friendly, Lifesaving Services in Madagascar In Madagascar, Giving Providers Modern Tools to Battle an Ancient Disease Opting for POP Haitian Teens Leave Youth Clubs as Community Health Advocates Institutionalizing Community Health Conference: Webinar Series Collective Impact for Universal Coverage: Liberia's Health System on the Rise Caring for Rwanda’s Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Beyond the Classroom: Strengthening the Capacity of Burmese Health Care Providers December 15th: MCSP & UNICEF Community Health Information Systems Webinar In Mozambique, Nurses are Using Health Information to Make Lifesaving Decisions FP2020 Features MCSP Director in "Health Workers & Heroes" Slideshow: World Prematurity Day Mobilizing Haitian Mothers to Improve Child Nutrition In Rwanda, an Abandoned Child Is Saved From Malnutrition and Dehydration Workshop Ensures Child Health & Nutrition Data is Used for Decision Making In Mozambique, a Month-long Celebration of Breastfeeding In Mozambique, Nurses Gain Confidence and Skills to Diagnose and Treat Severe Malaria MCSP at the 2017 International Congress of Nutrition WASH in Health Care Facilities: A Toolbox for Improving Quality of Care How economic empowerment is changing women’s futures – and the world Reaching the Youngest Mothers to Save Lives A Liberian Woman Follows Her Dream to Make Childbirth Safer In Her Arms: A Newborn and a New Implant Mentoring Health Care Workers in Rwanda is Saving Lives A Rwandan Midwife Mentor Delivers Emergency Care with Cool Confidence In Haiti, HIV Peer Educator Inspires Hope A Champion for Mothers in Remote India August 16: Global Digital Health Network Monthly meeting Better Together: Revitalizing Family Planning & Nutrition Services Working with Fathers in Kenya to Ensure Mothers and Babies Survive Going Door to Door in Haiti to Improve Health Haitian Communities Empowered to Address their Own Health Issues 5 things we’ve learned from a bottom-up approach to health system strengthening Every Newborn Action Plan 2017 Report: Celebrating Every Birth & Ending Preventable Deaths A Pre-Discharge Checklist for Improving Facility-Based Postnatal Care for Mothers and Newborns Ample Time to Breastfeed & Importance of Nutrition Critical for Moms and Babies 2017 International Day of the African Child Rising from the Ashes: Strengthening Guinea’s Local Health Systems after Ebola June 21: Immunization in a Social Media World - Insight & Analysis from Ukraine One visit, one family at a time: Improving nutrition in Mozambique Claudine’s Story: From Tragedy to Tea Shop June 8: The Critical Role of SBC across the Service Delivery Continuum Malaria: One Disease, Many Faces A dream realized: Rwandan community health worker champions child health Entering the “Elimination Phase,” Nepal Steps Forward to End Malaria Vaccines work… when vaccination works April 26: #TalkWIW Twitter Chat April 7: Community Health in the SDG Era ICHC 2017: Five Key Takeaways for Maternal Health Reaching the “last mile” in South Sudan with community health workers Using Quality Improvement Approaches for Better Community Health Getting the message home: Advocacy for health accountability in Uganda Harnessing the Power of Community Networks It Takes a Village: Improving Nutrition through Community Health Workers District Partnerships Enhance Community Participation for RMNCH in Rwanda Where There Are No Supervisors: Community Health Worker Peer Support Groups Making healthcare affordable: Women’s savings and loans clubs to the rescue Change always happens at the community level – it’s about trust Community health workers & health volunteers: Leaving old debates behind Connecting the disconnect: Community health and health systems strengthening In Sierra Leone, Ensuring Sustainable Financing for Community Health It takes a village and data: Using routine health information to ensure safe, institutionalized births in Mozambique Generating local solutions: How CARE’s Community Score Card is helping achieve health access for all Mobile Technology Allows Community Health Workers to Quickly Identify & Refer in Côte d’Ivoire Say no to stigma: The critical role of key populations in the development of community-based services Strengthening HIV linkage and retention through improved community & facility collaboration in Botswana Uganda Hosts First International Symposium on Community Health Workers Improving Equitable Access to Lifesaving Maternal Health Care in Rural Bangladesh Why Equity Matters for Health Making Community Systems the Bedrock of Global Health Investments Strong Government Leadership & Management are Key to Building Sustainable Community Health Systems Communities: The key to unlocking better health for every child Community-Based Maternal Health Care: Meeting Women Where They Are Mobile Health Teams in Haiti Offer an Extensive Menu of Family Planning Methods to Women in Need Transforming the Community Health Landscape: From Alma Ata to the Institutionalizing Community Health Conference Nigeria Commits to Scaling Up Use of Antiseptic Gel to Reduce Newborn Deaths Real life super women: Transforming maternal & newborn health in Liberia Family Planning is Key to UN Sustainable Development Goals March 14: Institutionalizing Community Health Conference Twitter Chat March 2: Webinar on Kangaroo Mother Care and Preterm Babies No need for referral: Malagasy Doctor Manages Emergency Thanks to MCSP Training Looking to invest in health? Here's how to get the biggest bang for your buck “I realized I was losing her”: A Rwandan midwife uses new skills to save a mother’s life Skills Labs in Ghana's Midwifery Schools Improve Confidence of Trainers and Students Effective Training and Proper Equipment are Saving Newborns in Madagascar Interview with MCSP's Lisa Noguchi: Dealing with Zika Success Testing Clients for HIV in Namibia Serves as Basis for Case Study Indian Facility Embraces Respectful, “Client Centric” Care after MCSP Training Key to increasing clinic attendance in rural Malawi? Integrating services Skilled Healthcare Workers in Nigeria are Helping to End Needless Maternal and Newborn Deaths Dec 5 event: Ready, Set, Launch — A Country-Level Launch Planning Guide for Global Health Innovations In Tanzania, Linking Underserved Communities to Care is Saving Women and Babies In Madagascar, Midwife Uses Data to Eliminate Umbilical Infections RSVP now! “Thinking Differently: Fresh Evidence on Innovations for Healthy Women, Newborns, and Children” Oct 28: What Next? Putting The Lancet Maternal Health Series Into Action MCSP's Anne Pfitzer speaks with Voice of America about Breastfeeding A Healthy Competition: Achieving “Clean Clinic Status” in Haiti Buying Condoms? Contraceptive Questions? Ask Your Hairdresser Oct 6: Seeking New Solutions for Family Planning through Breastfeeding Men in Mozambique Step Up to Help their Spouses Prepare for Birth In Nigeria, More Women are Choosing a Modern Method to Safely Plan their Families Mock Scenarios and Hands-on Trainings Lead to Big Improvements at Liberian Hospital Tanzania Reduces Infant Mortality with Lifesaving Vaccines Better-Designed Health Information Systems Make for Better Health Outcomes Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya MCSP's Dr. Kavle speaks with Voice of America about World Breastfeeding Week The breast and beyond: Improving feeding practices in Kenya Thinking Broadly about Reducing Missed Opportunities “Gone are the days when all family health affairs were left to women alone”: A Ugandan father speaks June 1st: Building Political Will for Gender Equity to Achieve MNC Survival Goals Spotlight on Madagascar: Growing the Postpartum Family Planning Movement You're invited: Achieving Impact at Scale, May 25th Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals through Postpartum Family Planning May 5th: Midwives and the Things They Carry Join MCSP at Women Deliver in Denmark! Data for Decision-Making: Empowering Local Data Use As the World Focuses on Zika Virus, Malaria Continues its Deadly Toll Hope comes knocking: Preventing malaria in pregnancy in Kenya Pre-elimination Activities are Saving Lives from Malaria in Rwanda In Tanzania, First Responders are Stopping Malaria at the Community Level Respect During Childbirth is a Right, Not a Luxury Community Health Workers are Key to Universal Health Coverage April 13th event: After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen - Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns In Ethiopia, Respectful Maternity Care is Increasing Facility Births Extended Health Services Vital to Remote Communities in Namibia Walking the Talk: Three Keys to Ending Vaccine-preventable Deaths MCSP Director co-authors blog: "Where are Mothers and Newborns in the Post-2015 Era?" What works: Equitable access to routine immunization and integrated child survival interventions Global Commitments, Local Actions: Postpartum Family Planning Champions Deliver In Mozambique, Strong Community and Facility Linkages Improve Antenatal Care and Delivery Services January 21st event: Strong Health Systems Support Healthy Families From Chiang Mai to Mexico City to Nusa Dua: Family Planning is Key to Saving Lives Bringing Newborn Care Closer to Communities in Ethiopia Restoring Confidence in a Challenged Health System: MCSP in Liberia USAID Celebrates Progress on Maternal and Child Survival in Rwanda If we know how to save preterm babies, why are they still dying? Introducing USAID’s New Community Health Framework Celebrate World Prematurity Day with MCSP on November 17th Beyond creature comforts: Respectful maternity care saves lives Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference Begins in Mexico City Investing in Marginalized Populations to Improve Newborn Survival in Latin America & the Caribbean Want to save 3 million lives? Improve quality of care at birth Scaling up Malaria in Pregnancy Interventions to Improve Maternal and Child Health Celebrating the Clean Household Approach Four Ways Addressing Gender Makes Maternal and Child Health Programs More Effective Making the Sustainable Development Goals a Reality: Five Things We Need To Know WHO Misoprostol Approval Means Lifesaving Treatment for Women in Low-resource Settings From launch to saving lives: what does it take to introduce new vaccines? In Kenya, Encouraging Breastfeeding at the Community Level is Saving Lives MCSP’s Olivia Vélez Featured by Johns Hopkins in “Women of Digital Health” Series Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Federal Compliance We are all in this together: Removing barriers to family planning access How to measure the quality of facility-based labor and delivery care in sub-Saharan Africa eLearning Improves Health Training Institutions in Ghana We Must Accelerate IPTp Uptake and Anemia Prevention to Save Mothers and Infants What women, girls and their partners want Saving Women’s Lives Means Involving Men Top Five Reads and Resources: Maternal and Child Survival Program Thinking Outside the “Family Planning Box” to Ensure No Missed Opportunities Advancing a No-Missed-Opportunities Approach Through Integrating Family Planning and Immunization Services Ready for Action: The WHO Expands Postpartum Family Planning, Increasing Chances for Maternal and Child Survival Delivering for Mothers and Newborns: Ending Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths Video: Dr. Koki Agarwal on “Enhancing U.S. Engagement on Maternal and Child Health” ENAP Progress Report, Strategies toward EPMM launch at 68th World Health Assembly Celebrating Midwives and the Communities They Support in the World's Newest Country Improving Facilities to Serve the Women Who Need Them MCSP on USAID blog: "Vaccinating Each Child to Build a Village" Bringing Communities and Health Workers Together to Expand Immunization Coverage Investing in Integrated Health Services to Defeat Malaria RBM partnership launches Global Call to Action for malaria during pregnancy Helping Babies Survive & Thrive Why are Junk Foods Considered “Essential Foods” for Egyptian Children? Addressing Malnutrition to Improve Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Outcomes March 8th: Making the Status of Women and Girls a Priority A Girl's Big Dreams Lead to a Midwifery Career in Pakistan MCSP on Global Moms Challenge - "Condoms: a practical history of prevention" File under good news: MCSP in 2015 Save the Date! Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference: October 2015 MCSP on Gates: Saving Lives with Better Gestational Age Estimation USAID Features MCSP blog - "You Can’t Save Lives if you Don’t Fight Pneumonia" mMentoring in Ghana: Innovative use of technology improves midwifery care Brief from the Antenatal Corticosteroids Technical Working Group Innovating for Impact: Acting to End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths in the Post 2015 Era Introducing the Maternal and Child Survival Program Third Annual Regional Meeting of Priority Interventions for Newborn Health in LAC Preventing Needless Deaths and the Intergenerational Costs of Inaction USAID, Kiwanis Work to Eliminate Maternal & Newborn Tetanus
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