MCSP is bringing comprehensive primary health care services free of cost to even the most remote Indian villages. […]
No matter age, gender, religion or caste: Improving access for all in India
Location: Africa
Improving Health Outcomes for Children Under Five in Nigeria
In Nigeria, MCSP implemented the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Program from 2015-2018 with the Government of Nigeria and other partners at the national level and in Ebonyi and Kogi states. MCSP’s child health goal was to reduce deaths in children under five years of age from pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition and other treatable […]
Tanzania Deploys the Most Advanced Health Information Exchange in sub-Saharan Africa
MCSP support to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health helped to enable the exchange of data between systems while minimizing errors. […]
The Power of Partnerships for Improved Routine Immunization in Nigeria
In Nigeria, myriad challenges have resulted in some of the lowest coverage routine immunization rates in the world. MCSP is helping to change that. […]
Tanora Mitsinjo Taranaka – Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach to Increase Use of Health Services by First-Time Young Parents in Madagascar
MCSP supported the Ministry of Public Health in Madagascar to reduce maternal and newborn mortality over the course of its implementation period (2014–2019). The program interventions, which covered the 16 USAID priority regions, aligned with the Roadmap for the Campaign to Accelerate the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality, especially Strategy Three: “Providing essential integrated […]
MCSP Family Planning & Immunization Integration Brief in Malawi
In Malawi, MCSP’s support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) began in 2015 to strengthen and systematize FP and immunization service integration at all 43 health facilities and associated outreach sites in priority districts Ntchisi and Dowa. […]
Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach for Reaching First-time Young Parents in Nigeria
MCSP adapted and tested interventions with first-time young parents (FTYPs) in Kogi and Ebonyi states. This brief describes the interventions implemented in response to the formative research findings and presents preliminary findings from an assessment to document preliminary results and lessons learned. […]
Improving the Quality of Preservice Education for Health Service Providers in Nigeria
MCSP worked with and implemented interventions in 14 accredited pre-service education (PSE) institutions, which included four nursing schools, four midwifery schools, an undergraduate nursing training program, an undergraduate medical training program and the community health departments of four health technology colleges/schools where community health extension workers (CHEWs) are trained. For each PSE institution and its […]
If at first you do succeed: Engaging communities to improve vaccine uptake in Tanzania
Our aim is ambitious: to ensure every Tanzanian child is safe from vaccine-preventable diseases. […]
Building Health Facility Autonomy
From October 2015 to September 2018, MCSP in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH), used innovative approaches to deliver Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) trainings rolled out in ten out of 30 districts in Rwanda. MCSP helped train a total of 933 care providers: 307 were trained through a Low Dose High […]
