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How are Gender Inequalities Facing India’s One Million ASHAs Being Addressed?

India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) programme consists of almost one million female community health workers (CHWs). Launched in 2005, there is now an ASHA in almost every village and across many urban centres who support health system linkages and provide basic health education and care. This paper examines how the programme is seeking to […]

Webinar: Mentoring Implementation Lessons from Rwanda, Laos and Ethiopia

On February 28th, MCSP hosted the first of a two-part webinar series to share the Program’s global and country-level learning for human capacity development efforts. Entitled “Mentoring Implementation Lessons from Rwanda, Laos and Ethiopia,” the webinar summarized MCSP’s global guidance on mentoring based on a literature review and results from a survey of 23 countries […]

Building Human Capacity through Peer Mentorship in Lao PDR

This case study describes a mentorship approach used in Lao PDR to support the Ministry of Health’s reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) strategy by providing in-service capacity strengthening to skilled birth attendants (midwives, nurses, doctors and other health staff). […]

A Wider Basket gives Wider Wings to Women in India

Posted on March 8, 2019 (March 8, 2019) by GECO Web Team Member

How does a young Indian mother become empowered? With knowledge about and access to family planning. […]

Burmese Midwife Leads “Small but Mighty” Health Team Linking Rural Villages to Lifesaving Care

Posted on March 1, 2019 (March 18, 2019) by GECO Web Team Member

Midwife Naw Kamar Phaw speaks about her hopes for continued ICMV trainings with MCSP’s Dr. Thu Naing.

In Burma, robust linkages between community volunteers and health staff are building health system capacity. […]

Health and Wellness Centers “Reach the Unreached” in India

Posted on February 14, 2019 (February 14, 2019) by GECO Web Team Member

Women, men and children wait for services at an MCSP-supported health and wellness center in India.

What do a bedridden mother, a married couple, and a 13-year-old yogi in northeastern India have in common? […]

Trained Volunteers Provide TB Diagnoses – and Hope – to Burmese Families

Posted on February 6, 2019 (February 6, 2019) by GECO Web Team Member

Ko Maung Tun speaking with MCSP-trained ICMVs, Dr. Thu Naing and Nan Nyein Nyein Ei, about his TB diagnosis and the support he received from Ei.

A positive experience with an MCSP-trained volunteer led Ko Maung Tun to be an advocate for early detection and treatment of TB in his community. […]

The First 42 Days: Prioritizing Moms and Babies in Rural India

Posted on January 17, 2019 (January 17, 2019) by GECO Web Team Member

An MCSP study in India is using a healthcare service delivery model that links facility- and home-based care through a systematic approach. […]

Management of Sick Young Infants 0–2 Months of Age in the Private Sector in Nepal: Results of a National Survey of Medicine Shops and Clinics

USAID/Nepal asked MCSP to coordinate a large, nationally representative survey to obtain a more definitive picture of private sector outpatient care for possible severe bacterial infection (PSBI) among newborns and young infants. Study partners included the Child Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Population, USAID, and New ERA. The survey aimed to document […]