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 […]
Location: Madagascar
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. […]
Are low- and middle-income countries collecting priority maternal and newborn health service data?
While HMIS are a rich data source, their data also frequently comes with challenges. Are there signs that the availability of key data elements is improving over time? […]
Making Data More Actionable through Data Visualization
What can we do to get health data out of the spreadsheets and into the streets? One solution is to improve how we are visualizing our data so that it is more understandable and, therefore, more actionable. […]
Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit – An Online Resource for Breastfeeding Promotion and Support
This newly launched resource will help stakeholders to advocate for seven key policy actions globally and at the country level. […]
You can’t treat what you don’t see: Valuing child health data collection in Mozambique
In Mozambique, the introduction of a new child health registration book has been a crucial step in ensuring the availability of quality child health data to support decision making. […]
Across Africa, Data Dashboards in Health Facilities are Improving Decision Making
How do we encourage better use of quality data for decision making? This question is at the heart of MCSP’s efforts to improve access to and quality of RMNCH services at community and facility levels. […]
Living in the In-Between: Learning from Egypt’s Growing Pains
As Egypt transitions to “developed,” the social and political life of the country is rapidly moving to meet global standards. Every country on this path will need to balance traditional thinking with new ideas about health, wellbeing, prosperity, and gender. […]
When a Gender Expert’s Friend Experiences Partner Violence
Growing up, I had a friend named Chinyere. Like every other young girl in the neighborhood, she had great dreams and aspirations. […]
Exploring cause and effect: Use of contribution analysis to describe intervention impact
Grounded in well-articulated theories of change, contribution analysis gives us a way to understand whether and how interventions supported by a program may have caused or contributed to changes in outcomes. […]