MCSP and Save the Children, together with several Nigerian professional associations, set out to document experiences to date in implementing maternal death review, perinatal death review, and/or integrated maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) processes in Nigeria. The study sought to identify factors that have facilitated or inhibited the uptake and sustainability of […]
Writer: Maternal Health
Slideshow: World Prematurity Day
In 27 countries, we’re using targeted interventions – before and during pregnancy, at delivery, and after birth – to prevent maternal and child deaths, including those resulting from preterm birth. […]
Updated WHO Recommendation on Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage
This summary brief highlights key messages from the updated World Health Organization’s recommendation on tranexamic acid (TXA) for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), including policy and program implications for translating the TXA recommendation into action at the country level. In 2012, WHO published recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage, including a […]
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in polio eradication in northern Nigeria
Vaccine hesitancy constitutes a major threat to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and to further expansion of routine immunisation. Understanding hesitancy, leading in some cases to refusal, is vital to the success of GPEI. This article explains the method, findings and conclusions to a recent study in northern Nigeria that sought to understand factors at household and community level […]
Use of cellular phone contacts to increase return rates for immunization services in Kenya
In Kenya, failure to complete immunization schedules by children who previously accessed immunization services is an obstacle to ensuring that children are fully immunized. Home visit approaches used to track defaulting children have not been successful in reducing the drop-out rate. This study tested the use of phone contacts as an approach for tracking immunization defaulters in […]
Toolkit to Improve Early and Sustained Uptake of Intermittent Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy – Portuguese
To promote better understanding of and adherence to the 2012 WHO IPTp-SP recommendations, MCSP developed the Toolkit to Improve Early and Sustained IPTp Uptake. The Toolkit was developed by MCSP’s Maternal Health and Malaria teams, in collaboration with the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). It consists of a job aid (poster); a technical summary; a PowerPoint […]
Toolkit to Improve Early and Sustained Uptake of Intermittent Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy
To promote better understanding of and adherence to the 2012 WHO IPTp-SP recommendations, MCSP developed the Toolkit to Improve Early and Sustained IPTp Uptake. The Toolkit was developed by MCSP’s Maternal Health and Malaria teams, in collaboration with the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). It consists of a job aid (poster); a technical summary; a PowerPoint […]
How economic empowerment is changing women’s futures – and the world
For millions of women, lack of economic independence can mean more than a life of poverty – it can be a matter of life or death. […]
Reaching the Youngest Mothers to Save Lives
Thirteen million adolescents will give birth this year. And their challenges will only begin with delivery. […]
Preliminary Results of an Analysis of the Maternal and Newborn Content of Routine Information Systems in 24 Countries
This review of routine Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) content across 24 countries can help country and global stakeholders understand which MNCH indicators can be currently calculated using data available in routine information systems. Data gaps identified by the review can help inform revisions to facility registers (and patient […]