This document provides a summary of MCSP and John Snow, Inc.’s experience in the adaptation of the regional Reaching Every District (RED) guideline to country-specific contexts in order to inform other countries undertaking the process. The document is also available in French. […]
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Word of Mouth: Learning from Polio Communication and Community Engagement Initiatives
The journey toward polio eradication offers 30 years of accumulated learning. This document seeks to share insights and ideas gleaned from the polio program’s success that might inform accelerate action on other development issues. It is the outcome of a February 2018 polio partners meeting focusing on communication and community engagement within the polio program held […]
Accelerating Harmonization in Digital Health
This MCSP co-authored article – published in the journal World Health & Population – explores the current state of efforts undertaken to move away from single-purpose applications of digital health towards integrated systems and solutions that align with national strategies. Through examples from health information systems, data and health worker training, the authors demonstrate how governments and stakeholders are […]
In Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers Are Learning Skills That Save Lives
With trained frontline health extension workers, MCSP in Ethiopia is building self-reliant communities while expanding access to high-quality health care for women and children. […]
Mapping Communities for a Healthy Future
A gorgeous photo essay shows how MCSP is expanding health care options for families in rural Uganda. […]
Applying the Care Group model to tuberculosis control: findings from a community-based project in Mozambique
This journal article describes the effectiveness of an innovative community-based social mobilization approach called Care Groups to improve the effectiveness of the national tuberculosis (TB) program by increasing TB testing and improving treatment outcomes in six districts of rural Mozambique. To read the full, open-access article in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, click here. […]
Institutionalizing community-focused maternal, newborn, and child health strategies to strengthen health systems: A new framework for the Sustainable Development Goal era
Stronger health systems, with an emphasis on community-based primary health care, are required to help accelerate the pace of ending preventable maternal and child deaths as well as contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The success of the SDGs will require unprecedented coordination across sectors, including partnerships between public, private, and […]
Haitian Teens Leave Youth Clubs as Community Health Advocates
MCSP is arming Haitian teens with sexual and reproductive health information – and transforming communities in the process. […]
Institutionalizing Community Health Conference: Webinar Series
MCSP, in collaboration with UNICEF, is hosting a series of webinars following up on the critical principles that came out of the Institutionalizing Community Health Conference. […]
Collective Impact for Universal Coverage: Liberia’s Health System on the Rise
Blog in a Health Systems Global series on how health policy and systems research is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage by 2030. […]