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Malaria in Pregnancy Country Profiles

This series of 12 malaria in pregnancy (MiP) country profiles illuminates the current status of MiP programming in US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) countries with a focus on the progress achieved in ensuring intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) coverage among pregnant women. The profiles explore progress toward attaining targets, updates to countries’ […]

In Liberia, Youth Health Clubs are Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies

Posted on August 21, 2018 (August 21, 2018) by GECO Web Team Member

17-year-old Maria, pregnant with her second child, waits to be examined at a clinic in Liberia.

MCSP is training Liberia’s health workers to reach adolescents with correct reproductive health messages […]

MCSP Liberia Restoration of Health Services Project: Endline Assessment Report

Following the Ebola crisis, USAID/Liberia asked MCSP to restore confidence in the health system by restoring high-quality service delivery at primary health care facilities and to support the nationwide roll-out of infection prevention and control (IPC) training and protocols through the MCSP Restoration of Health Services (RHS) project in three counties in Liberia. RHS Project […]

Why public health practitioners need to learn the art of scale-up: The case of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care

Posted on August 1, 2018 (August 1, 2018) by GECO Web Team Member

A health worker in Liberia shows a mother how to apply chlorhexidine gel to the cord site to prevent newborn sepsis

MCSP experts explain how severe infections can be prevented through better management of the umbilical cord. […]

MCSP Liberia infographic: IPC, immunization, MNH

This infographic illustrates MCSP work in Liberia in three key areas: Infection prevention & control for safe, quality health service provision Improving access to and utilization of immunization services Restoring confidence in maternal and newborn health services […]

In Liberia, Modified Training Improves Quality of Child and Infant Care Post-Ebola

Posted on June 15, 2018 (October 10, 2018) by GECO Web Team Member

A mother and her child waiting to see a doctor in Liberia.

After Ebola devastated the country, MCSP is improving Liberian providers’ abilities and renewing the confidence in their national health system. […]

MCSP Liberia: Restoration of Health Services Endline Assessment Findings – In Brief

This brief highlights MCSP work in Liberia through the Restoration of Health Services project, which aimed to improve adherence to infection prevention and control practices and restore quality health services in 77 health facilities across Grand Bassa, Lofa and Nimba counties. To download the MCSP Liberia Restoration of Health Services Project Endline Assessment Report, click here. […]

What Data on Maternal and Newborn Health Do National Health Management Information Systems Include?

This report reviews the data elements related to maternal and newborn health (MNH) present in the health management and information (HMIS) systems in 24 low- and lower middle-income countries. The review’s purpose is to quantify the extent to which key data elements are available in the antenatal, delivery and postpartum registers and associated summary reporting […]