Blog in a Health Systems Global series on how health policy and systems research is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage by 2030. […]
Collective Impact for Universal Coverage: Liberia’s Health System on the Rise
Location: Liberia
A Liberian Woman Follows Her Dream to Make Childbirth Safer
Trained midwives in Liberia – often the primary provider of maternal care in the country – are saving mothers’ lives. […]
Real life super women: Transforming maternal & newborn health in Liberia
This International Women’s Day, find out how Liberian women are improving health in rural and undeveloped Grand Bassa County. […]
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Report on MCSP Support for the Polio Switch in April 2016
In April 2016, the largest and fastest globally-coordinated project in the history of immunization was carried out in 155 countries and territories. Known as “the switch,” this activity entailed replacing trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV), which protects against all three strains of the poliovirus, with the bivalent form (bOPV) which protects against two strains, types […]
Mock Scenarios and Hands-on Trainings Lead to Big Improvements at Liberian Hospital
Hospital staff draws on their own experience to develop workable solutions and improve the quality of care for women and newborns. […]
Missed opportunities for family planning: an analysis of pregnancy risk and contraceptive method use among postpartum women in 21 low- and middle-income countries
This open access, MCSP co-authored article in the journal Contraception analyzes data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 21 low- and middle-income countries to examine patterns of interpregnancy intervals, unmet need, pregnancy risk, and family planning method use and method mix among women 0–23 months postpartum. The countries reviewed were: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, […]
Successful Proof of Concept of Family Planning and Immunization Integration in Liberia
This MCSP co-authored, open access article in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice gives evidence that mobilizing vaccinators to provide mothers with key family planning information and referrals to co-located, same-day family planning services was feasible in resource-limited areas of Liberia. It details how these efforts led to substantial increases in contraceptive use. Conversely, […]
Essential Care for Every Baby Africa Regional Workshop
The Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB) Africa Regional Workshop provided an opportunity for dialogue with select countries implementing Helping Babies Breathe at scale on the potential use of the ECEB learning materials to strengthen current newborn health programs and to develop a larger regional pool of ECEB master trainers and champions. In total, 85 […]
Restoring Confidence in a Challenged Health System: MCSP in Liberia
Hopes are high as the Program formally launches in this West African country, where Ebola Virus Disease left less than half of health facilities still functioning. […]
