This case study reviews Ghana’s experience in negotiating the inclusion of integrated community case management (iCCM) into the Global Fund New Funding Model (NFM) concept note for malaria. It explores some of the challenges experienced by and lessons learned from the Ghana experience, and discusses broader issues related to the process of developing the NFM […]
Writer: Child Health
The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Kenya on iCCM Integration into the Malaria Concept Note
The report explores the experience of Kenya in considering whether and how to leverage malaria Global Fund money for integrated community case management (iCCM). It reviews the challenges experienced during, and lessons learned from, the discussions between malaria and child health stakeholders. Additionally, it explores the reasons why, in Kenya’s case, during this phase of […]
Leveraging the Global Fund New Funding Model for Integrated Community Case Management: A Synthesis of Lessons from Five Countries
This report reviews the experience of five countries—Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia—with the Global Fund New Funding Model. Specifically, the report reviews efforts to incorporate integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) into eligible countries’ malaria and health systems strengthening concept notes to leverage resources to scale up iCCM. […]
The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Ghana on Negotiating the Inclusion of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Illness
This case study reviews Ghana’s experience in negotiating the inclusion of integrated community case management (iCCM) into the Global Fund New Funding Model (NFM) concept note for malaria. It explores some of the challenges experienced by and lessons learned from the Ghana experience, and discusses broader issues related to the process of developing the NFM […]
The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Nigeria on Negotiating the Inclusion of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Illness
This case study reviews Nigeria’s experience in negotiating the inclusion of integrated community case management (iCCM) into the Global Fund New Funding Model (NFM) concept note for malaria. It explores some of the challenges experienced by and lessons learned from the Nigeria experience, and discusses broader issues related to the process of developing the NFM […]
Scaling Up High-Impact Health Interventions in Complex Adaptive Systems: Lessons from MCHIP
This report grew out of a review of the scale up of six maternal and child health interventions in India, Mali, Bangladesh and Malawi. The objective of the review was to identify effective scale-up strategies. […]
Preliminary Lessons Learned: Integration of IMNCI Standards in Three Health Centers in Guinea
Since the early 2010s, Guinea has implemented the Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R™) approach to strengthen the quality of services in emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC), family planning (FP), and infection prevention (IP). In the first quarter of 2014, the total number of health facilities implementing SBM-R reached 60. In October 2013, the SBM-R […]
SBM-R for child health, a synthesis of initial experiences in Guinea and Zimbabwe
The purpose of this review is to find out how the Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R®) approach has been applied in two countries, Zimbabwe and Guinea, to improve the quality of care for child health. Since the SBM-R approach is one of many quality improvement approaches, the findings will: (1) inform a process of developing […]
Haiti Fact Sheet
Key MCSP achievements in Haiti during the Program’s first year. […]
Walking the Talk: Three Keys to Ending Vaccine-preventable Deaths
For the public health community, this week’s historical conference on immunization in Africa must be a watershed moment for reaching those most in need. […]