Watch MCSP’s webinar highlighting the Program’s implementation science study to identify challenges with exclusive breastfeeding in Nampula, Mozambique. […]
Webinar: Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nampula, Mozambique
Writer: Health Systems Strengthening
Democratic Republic of Congo Strengthening MOH Institutional Capacity
MCSP partnered with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Public Health (MOH) from 2015 to early 2019 to accelerate reductions in maternal and child mortality. Strengthening the Ministry’s institutional capacity to strategically scale up cost-effective, high-impact, evidence-based interventions was among MCSP’s primary objectives at the national level. To do this, MCSP DRC worked with […]
Financing Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services in Ghana: Partnerships for Primary Healthcare Models and Reforms
MCSP worked with the Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Authority and Ghana Health Service to support the scale-up of its Community-based Health Planning and Services strategy and other systems strengthening approaches to improve access to primary healthcare across the country. This support will help the Government of Ghana bridge the inequities in accessing essential […]
Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities for RMNCH Financing in Uganda
This report presents the results of an assessment on the context of national health financing in Uganda—including current financing policies and practices, as well as health financing reforms proposed and in development—to understand the implications that such mechanisms may have on RMNCH services. The assessment employed a combination of desk review, key informant interviews, and […]
Human Capacity Development for Improved Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health
Human capacity development (HCD) is a cornerstone of MCSP’s support. HCD is the processes used to develop individual and team abilities to set goals and to strengthen and maintain the competencies required for individual and team roles in the health system. USAID’s Vision for Health Systems Strengthening prioritizes human resources for health and transformative models […]
Integrating eLearning in Pre-Service Education in Ghana
MCSP aimed to develop a better-prepared midwifery and nursing workforce, equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively provide HIV, malaria, nutrition, family planning, and maternal, newborn, and child health services. To advance these pre-service education (PSE) goals, MCSP collaborated with Ministry of Health (MOH) to implement the following eLearning activities from August 2014 to […]
Pre-Service Education in Tanzania
One of the key components of MCSP’s work in Tanzania is preservice education (PSE). MCSP Tanzania provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) to strengthen PSE systems and improve governance and midwifery training. […]
Disease Surveillance in Tanzania
Together with the World Health Organization (WHO), MCSP supported multiple departments within the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) to strengthen the national disease surveillance systems, improve inter-departmental coordination, and develop plans for maintaining a strong surveillance system into the future. […]
Strengthening the Capacity of Communities to Increase Utilization of Postnatal Care Services in Nyaruguru District Rwanda
MCSP worked with the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) to accelerate the reduction of preventable child, neonatal, and maternal mortality in 10 districts in Rwanda from April 2015 to September 2018. Given that many newborn deaths are preventable through improved care in the postnatal period, MCSP emphasized integration of […]
Improving RMNCH Service Readiness and Quality- Summary Findings from an Endline Analyses of the MCSP Rwanda Program
MSCP collaborated with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) in Rwanda to implement high impact interventions to address the major causes of maternal, newborn and child mortality and to improve the quality of health services from the community level to hospital level. The primary approaches to achieve these objectives included strengthening […]
