Join the Wilson Center and MCSP for a discussion of critical quality gaps in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) care and ongoing work to improve and sustain high-quality care at scale.
In the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, country and global stakeholders are focusing more on quality in health care, including quality of RMNCH care. With momentum increasing to accelerate reductions in mortality and embrace a forward-looking “survive and thrive” agenda, there is an urgent need to support country health systems to incorporate high quality RMNCH health care as a core mission of a country’s health system.
This event will share learning — from countries, the World Health Organization’s MNCH Quality of Care network, and the upcoming publication of the Lancet Commission on High Quality Health Systems — to explore how we can make quality of RMNCH care everybody’s business.
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WHEN
Tuesday, September 18th
9:00 am – 11:00 am
WHERE
Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW
Washington, DC
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Opening remarks:
- Sarah Barnes
Project Director, Maternal Health Initiative, Woodrow Wilson Center - Dr. Kathleen Hill
Maternal Health Team Lead, MCSP - Barbara Hughes
Director, Office of Maternal, Child, Health & Nutrition, Bureau of Global Health, USAID
Panel 1 – Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground: Improving quality of RMNCH care in low and middle income countries
Moderator
- Chantelle Allen
Senior Technical Advisor, MCSP
Speakers
- Dr. Md Aminul Hassan (Invited)
Focal Point Quality Improvement Secretariat, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bangladesh - Dr. Chibugo Okoli
Deputy Chief of Party, MCSP, Nigeria - Dr. Boniface Onwe
Director & State Program Manager, Ebonyi State, Ministry of Health, Nigeria - Eliane Razafimandimby
Chief of Party, MCSP, Madagascar - Dr. Jesca Nsungwa Sabiti
Ag. Commissioner (Community Health), Ministry of Health, Uganda
Panel 2 – What does it take? Aligning global, regional, and country stars to accelerate improved quality of RMNCH care at scale in low-resource settings
Moderator
- Lily Kak
Team Lead for Newborn Health, Office of Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition, USAID
Speakers
- Dr. Margaret Kruk
Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Chair, The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era - Dr. Blerta Maliqi
Technical Officer/Team Leader, Network for Improving Quality Care for MNCH, World Health Organization - Dr. Jesca Nsungwa Sabiti
Ag. Commissioner (Community Health), Ministry of Health, Uganda - Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettly
Executive Director, Africa Region, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Closing Remarks
- Dr. Koki Agarwal
Project Director, MCSP
