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, […]
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September 25th Technical Consultation: Expanding Contraceptive Method Choice
Join us for this September 25th webinar to explore new data on method mix and choice. […]
Evaluation of the Integrated Community Case Management Strategy in Rwanda Report
This evaluation has been designed to provide data on the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy in eight districts in Rwanda. This evaluation focused on successes and challenges of iCCM strategies in order to know where to reinforce and empower community health interventions. The evaluation was implemented by the Ministry of Health through the Maternal, […]
Updating Rwanda’s Health Management Information System
MCSP collaborated with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), and other partners to update the national HMIS. MCSP and the MOH aimed to align Rwanda with the global agenda and to ensure effective measurement of the Health Sector Strategic Plan IV (HSSP IV) activities across all levels of the health system. This […]
National Community Health Information Systems in Four African Countries
Using a case study approach, this report describes the design and operations of national Community Health Information Systems (CHIS) in four African countries with the overall goal of informing global and national-level community programming and CHIS stakeholders about CHIS design and functioning in countries and the lessons learned across them. This technical report has three […]
Supporting Communities to Use Health Data
MCSP, in collaboration with the Health Data Collaborative (HDC), has led the effort to improve data collection and data use at the community level. These efforts led to the development of the new resource package on Supporting Communities to Use Health Data. This resource package walks users through how to engage data users and producers; […]
Countering Gender Inequality Saves Women – and Their Children
In many countries where MCSP works, pregnant women are often victims of gender inequality born of negative gender concepts, which contributes to abuse and mistreatment during childbirth. […]
What’s new with first-time parents? Three takeaways from our recent knowledge-sharing event
Across 52 programs in 32 countries – and nearly five years! – MCSP has been at the fore of tremendous improvements for women and their families in some of the most challenging areas for receiving high-quality health services. […]
July 10th: Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child
Join us July 10th to discuss the launch of a related report, with country presentations from Ghana and Mali. […]
Using Geospatial Data and Analytics to Guide Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Programs
Supplement Editors: Kristine Nilsen and Andrew J. Tatem The purpose of this journal supplement in BMJ Global Health is to document and share single and multi-country experiences of utilizing GIS to analyze and improve RMNCAH outcomes. We share practical examples of how geospatial analyses can be used to investigate barriers to care, understand patterns of […]