This Father’s Day, we honor the crucial role fathers play in improving the health of their families. […]
“Gone are the days when all family health affairs were left to women alone”: A Ugandan father speaks
Location: Africa
Spotlight on Madagascar: Growing the Postpartum Family Planning Movement
One year after this island nation developed postpartum family planning action plans, MCSP gauges the country’s progress. […]
Hope comes knocking: Preventing malaria in pregnancy in Kenya
After two miscarriages, a young mother delivers a healthy baby boy thanks to advice from an MCSP-trained community health worker. […]
Pre-elimination Activities are Saving Lives from Malaria in Rwanda
Health workers climb mountains, brave rain storms, and navigate rural roads to find and stop the disease. […]
In Tanzania, First Responders are Stopping Malaria at the Community Level
MCSP is equipping hundreds of health providers in the country’s Mara and Kagera regions with malaria in pregnancy skills. […]
In Ethiopia, Respectful Maternity Care is Increasing Facility Births
“The midwife called me by name and encouraged me to express my feelings and ask questions,” a new mother said. […]
Promoting Healthy Behaviors among Egyptian Mothers: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Health Communication Package Delivered by Community Organizations
This MCSP co-authored article, published in the journal PLOS ONE, examines how decisions made at the household level—to seek antenatal care or breastfeed, for example—can have a direct impact on the health of mothers and newborns. The SMART Community-based Initiatives program in Egypt worked with community development associations to encourage better household decision-making by training […]
Evaluation de la disponibilité des personnels qualifiés en santé maternelle et néonatale à Madagascar
This article, published in French in the African Evaluation Journal, highlights the findings of a cross-sectional survey of 52 health public facilities in 15 of the 22 regions of Madagascar. […]
The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Zambia on the Addition of Integrated Community Case managed (iCCM)
This case study reviews Zambia’s experience adding the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy into the Global Fund New Funding Model (GFNFM) concept note for malaria. This case explores some of the challenges experienced by and lessons learned from the Zambia experience, and discusses broader issues related to the process of GFNFM concept note development […]
The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Uganda on Integrating the Integrated Community Case Management Model (iCCM)
This case study reviews Uganda’s experience with integrating the integrated community case management (iCCM) into the Global Fund New Funding Model’s (NFM) concept note for malaria. This case study explores some of the challenges experienced by, and lessons learned from, the Uganda experience, and discusses broader issues about developing a Global Fund NFM concept note […]
