There are many compelling reasons to eliminate malaria now. MCSP is playing a key role in ending the disease for good. […]
Malaria: One Disease, Many Faces
Location: Rwanda
A dream realized: Rwandan community health worker champions child health
Monique Nirere had a lifelong passion for health care, but only recently, at age 40, was able to help improve the health of her rural Rwandan village by becoming a community health worker. […]
District Partnerships Enhance Community Participation for RMNCH in Rwanda
MCSP is engaging communities and strengthening the ability of its members to work together to address social and health concerns. […]
Looking to invest in health? Here’s how to get the biggest bang for your buck
Every dollar spent on vaccines brings a 16-fold return on investment — and up to $44 for every dollar if broader benefits are taken into account. […]
“I realized I was losing her”: A Rwandan midwife uses new skills to save a mother’s life
Mother of five survives life-threatening complications thanks to the quick actions of an MCSP-trained midwife. […]
Looking Back and Planning Ahead: Examining Global Best Practices in Communication for Inactivated Polio Vaccination Introduction in Rwanda
The global polio community is committed to ensuring that all countries currently using oral polio vaccination (OPV) add at least one dose of inactivated polio vaccination (IPV) to their immunization schedules. Globally, communication efforts have been at the forefront of polio eradication programs for more than 25 years. This article combines research from secondary and […]
Rwanda Health Facility Assessment Core Questionnaire Adapted from SARA and SPA tools
Baseline report from Rwanda. […]
Pre-elimination Activities are Saving Lives from Malaria in Rwanda
Health workers climb mountains, brave rain storms, and navigate rural roads to find and stop the disease. […]
Plausible role for CHW peer support groups in increasing care-seeking in an integrated community case management project in Rwanda: a mixed methods evaluation
This MCSP co-authored article, published in Global Health: Science and Practice, reveals greater improvements in care-seeking during national scale up of integrated community case management in Rwanda. Success was attributed to an emphasis on routine data review, intensive monitoring, collaborative supervision, community mobilization, and, in particular, CHW peer support groups. […]
Facility-based active management of the third stage of labour: assessment of quality in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa
This MCSP co-authored World Health Organization bulletin assesses the quality of facility-based active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania. The authors found the quality and coverage of AMTSL were high. However, to improve active management, there needs to be more research on optimizing the timing of uterotonic administration. […]
