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Guenther, Tanya
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Improving Skin-to-Skin Practice for Babies in Kangaroo Mother Care in Malawi Through the Use of a Customized Baby Wrap: A randomized control trial
Complications of prematurity are a leading cause of newborn death in Malawi. Despite early adoption of Kangaroo mother care (KMC), coverage remains low and women have expressed challenges in using the traditional wrapper–chitenge. In 2016, a study was con
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A National Survey of Private-sector Outpatient Care of Sick Infants and Young Children in Nepal
Previous research has documented that across South Asia, as well as in some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the private sector is the primary source of outpatient care for sick infants and children and, in many settings, informal providers play a bigger
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Sub-Optimal Quality of Care for Possible Severe Bacterial Infection in Private Sector Outlets of Nepal
Neonatal mortality in Nepal is 21 per 1,000 live births. Newborn deaths contribute to over 50% of under-five deaths (Nepal Demographic Health Survey, 2016). Possible severe bacterial infection (PSBI) is a major cause of death for newborns. Nepal has rolle
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Khanda Ndi Mphatso: Applying social and behavior change communication to newborn health in Malawi
Preterm babies in Malawi are not receiving adequate care, and social norms that undervalue small newborns are an important barrier to improved outcomes. In 2015-2016 the Ministry of Health and Save the Children piloted a campaign, Khanda ndi Mphatso, Lipa
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Pathway to High Effective Coverage at Scale: A framework for strategy, monitoring, and evaluation
PURPOSE: Linking health systems changes to sustained coverage improvements can be a challenge. The Pathway to High Effective Coverage at Scale is a framework to guide and assess country-level progress, identify key ingredients for success, determine syste
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Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Infection Saves Lives in Hard-to-Reach Communities in Nicaragua
This document evaluates the impact of Nicaragua's integrated community case management program for hard-to-read rural communities.
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Contribution of Community Health Workers to Improving Access to Timely and Appropriate Case Management of Childhood Fever in Mozambique
Large-scale evaluations in several settings have demonstrated that lay community health workers can be trained to provide quality case management of childhood illnesses. This article assessed the contributed of an iCCM strategy in Mozambique to improved c
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Monitoring iCCM: A feasibility study of the indicator guide for monitoring and evaluating integrated community case management
The Indicator Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) lists recommended indicators across programme components and phases to improve the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of programmes. In order to improve the Indica
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Equity Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Care Indicators: results from the Bardiya district of Nepal
This document measures equity improvements after the implementation of a Community Based Newborn Care Package in the Bardiya district of Nepal. The results of this study indicate that community-based interventions delivered by female community health volu
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Real-Time Assessments of the Strength of Program Implementation for Community Case Management of Childhood Illness: Validation of a mobile phone-based method in Malawi
This study seeks to assess the validity of using mobile technology to monitor the provision of community case management by health surveillance assistants (HSAs) in Malawi. To do so, it compares the sensitivity and specificty of the information obtained t
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A Systematic Review of Community-to-Facility Neonatal Referral Completion Rates in Africa and Asia
It is estimated that 2.8 million neonatal deaths occur worldwide, many of which are due to preventable causes. Since newborns are most vulnerable soon after their birth, the timeliness in which care is sought is critical. In low-resource community-based s
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Reaching Mothers and Babies with Early Postnatal Home Visits: The implementation realities of achieving high coverage in large-scale programs
This research report explores the impact of postnatal home visits in select regions of Nepal and Bangladesh that were undertake from 2000-2012 during Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) programme. Neonatal deaths account for an astounding perce