In countries where MCSP supported immunization programming, they worked with Ministries of Health and other partners to improve the generation, quality, and use of routine immunization data at the point of service delivery, i.e. at the health facility and community levels. In addition, MCSP carried out focused learning to test a set of process indicators […]
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HIV Index Testing and Partner Services: A Training Course for HIV Testing Providers
Partner notification is a voluntary process where trained service providers ask HIV-positive index clients about their sexual partners, their drug-injecting partners, and their children. Then with the consent of the HIV-positive index client, the service provider offers these partners (and children, where applicable) voluntary HIV testing. This training course is designed for HIV testing providers […]
MCSP Uganda Child Health End of Project Report
USAID commissioned technical assistance from MCSP in Uganda in late 2016 to identify an essential child health package (ECHP) and build the capacity of USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) projects in the East Central (EC) and South Western (SW) regions to implement the ECHP using a health systems strengthening approach. The aim […]
Alternative training models for strengthening health worker capacity to implement the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) strategy in Uganda
In October 2017, MCSP, alongside the RHITES partners, collaborated with the WHO and the MOH to pilot two alternative training approaches for implementation of the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) strategy — the distance learning model developed by WHO and the short-interrupted course model developed by the MOH — to roll out […]
Enhancing Ownership of the Strategic Health Development Plan II in Ebonyi, Nigeria: Critical Steps in Policy Development
In Nigeria, the 2010-2015 Ebonyi State Strategic Health Development Plan (SSHDP I) was the state’s first-ever integrated health plan. As SSHDP I came to a close, the Ebonyi State Ministry of Health (SMOH) reached out to partners including MCSP to support the development of SSHDP II (2018-2022). Given the state’s limited success under SSHDP I, […]
MCSP Burma’s impact on strengthening the health workforce for a better tomorrow: Results from a contribution analysis
In partnership with Burma’s Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS), MCSP conducted an analysis to document contributions made by the Program toward health systems strengthening efforts related to the country’s health workforce. Specifically, MCSP aimed to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity by strengthening the midwifery profession. This work was done by creating an […]
Mentorship Capacity Building: Sustainable Solutions for Lao PDR
To improve the skills and supervision of maternal and neonatal health providers in Lao, MCSP collaborated with the country’s Ministry of Health and consulted with multiple partners, including WHO and UNFPA, to design a mentoring approach to complement the national essential early newborn care policy. The approach uses interactive learning and coaching, and fully integrates […]
Questionnaire for Assessing Maternal Perinatal Death Surveillance Processes at the Subnational Level
This questionnaire is designed to help subnational managers, implementing partners and stakeholders to better understand the structures and activities that support Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance (MPDSR), MDSR and PDSR processes in this region/ province/state or district – so that they can collectively target their efforts to strengthen MPDSR. […]
Tool for Assessing Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance Processes in Facilities
This tool is designed to help managers, health workers, and partners better understand the structures and activities that support Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance (MPDSR), MDSR and PDSR processes in facilities– so that they can collectively target efforts to strengthen MPDSR in facilities. […]
Webinar — Community health information systems and data use: Learning from Africa and resources for practitioners
Watch MCSP’s webinar MCSP webinar on community-level data collection, use, and integration into broader health information systems in Africa. […]