MCSP is reaching young and first-time parents with family planning services in Madagascar, which has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal deaths. […]
Location: Madagascar
MCSP Madagascar Technical Brief: Postpartum Family Planning
This technical brief describes MCSP’s postpartum family planning support in Madagascar. The project has supported the capacity-building of health facilities in 16 regions by upgrading health worker skills and staffing technical equipment, and discusses the positive results garnered from the work. The brief is also available in French. […]
In Madagascar, Giving Providers Modern Tools to Battle an Ancient Disease
To stop the last plague outbreak – and prevent future outbreaks – MCSP is strengthening the infection prevention and control skills of Malagasy providers . […]
Formative Research to Identify Factors that Impact the Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by First-Time/Young Parents in Two Regions of Madagascar
In Madagascar, MCSP is developing and testing an intervention to increase access to and use of essential antenatal care, maternal and newborn care, and family planning services that will create enabling environments and strengthen youth assets, so first-time parents and parents-to-be understand their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) choices and access services that are responsive […]
In Her Arms: A Newborn and a New Implant
Mamy Rasoahariniaina joined 10,000 women in Madagascar who have accepted a family planning method immediately after birth through MCSP in the past two years. […]
Cross-sectional observational assessment of quality of newborn care immediately after birth in health facilities across six sub-Saharan African countries
Published in BMJ Open, this article presents information on the quality of newborn care services and health facility readiness to provide newborn care in six African countries, and advocates for the improvement of providers’ essential newborn care knowledge and skills. To read the full, open access article in the journal BMJ Open, click here. […]
No need for referral: Malagasy Doctor Manages Emergency Thanks to MCSP Training
“Before we received the training from MCSP, we had to refer every complicated case,” Dr. Rakotoarison said. […]
Effective Training and Proper Equipment are Saving Newborns in Madagascar
A newly trained midwife in Madagascar uses long neglected instruments at her health center to save the live of a newborn. […]
Service Availability and Readiness Assessment of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services at Public Health Facilities in Madagascar
This MCSP co-authored article, published in the African Journal of Reproductive Health, shares the details and results of the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment survey, which was used to generate information on service availability and readiness of maternal, newborn and child health facilities to provide basic health care interventions for obstetric care, neonatal and child […]
Evaluation of the availability of the personnel qualified in maternal and neonatal health in Madagascar
This MCSP co-authored article — translated to “Evaluation de la disponibilité des personnels qualifiés en santé maternelle et néonatale à Madagascar” — was published in the African Evaluation Journal. In Madagascar, the position of maternal and neonatal health is worrying with a maternal mortality ratio of 478 per 100,000 live births and a neonatal and […]