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1. Reimagining Girls’ Education: Solutions to keep girls learning in emergencies

   

   Girls in emergencies are facing several challenges related to education, such as disadvantages at all stages of education, struggle to learn, and higher risk of being out-of-school. This material provides an empirical overview on how to support the learni

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund

2. Context-acceptability Theories: Example of family planning interventions in five African countries

   

   Family planning (FP) can lengthen birth intervals and potentially reduce the risk of fetal death, low birth weight, prematurity, and being small for gestational age. Effective FP is most easily achieved through access to and acceptability of modern contra

   Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): BMC Author(s): Webster, Jayne | Krishnaratne, Shari | Hoyt, Jenna | Demissie, Shiferaw Dechasa | ...

3. The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa

   

   This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence on the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It aims to enable a greater understanding of the unique circumstances of women and girls in the region, which could assi

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): K4D, Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development Author(s): Hutchinson, Geraldine | Rafaeli, Tal

4. Keeping Girls in School: A cash plus for education programme in Malawi

   

   The document summarises the Keeping Girls in School (KGIS) programme which operated in Malawi. It involved two core components: Delivering predictable cash transfers of MK 5,000 using a mobile money mechanism to caregivers of girls attending Standard 7 an

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK

5. Sponsorship Programs Annual Report 2019

   

   Sponsorship Programs contribute to Save the Children’s vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. In 2019 Sponsorship administered $53 million of lifeenhancing programs that directly af

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

6. Childhood Morbidity and its Determinants: Evidence from 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

   

   The global under-five mortality rate reduced from 93 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 39 per 1000 live births in 2018. Still, the rate increased in sub-Saharan Africa from 31% in 1990 to 54% in 2018. One of the main causes to these deaths is morbidity. In

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Adedokun, Sulaimon T | Sanni, Yaya

7. Using Household Economy Analysis to Strengthen the Shock-responsiveness of the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Malawi

   

   This one-pager summarises a project being implemented in Malawi with funding from Irish Aid, to help strengthen the shock-responsiveness of a social protection programme called the Social Cash Transfer Programme, using a tool called Household Economy Anal

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK

8. The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

   

   Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Salami, Bukola | Iwuagwu, Stella | Amodu, Oluwakemi | Tulli, Mia | Nd ...

9. Analysis of Child-Sensitive Social Protection in Malawi

   

   Millions of children in Malawi are highly vulnerable and deprived. About 60 percent of the country’s children are multi-dimensionally poor. Rates of children who are multi-dimensionally poor are higher in rural areas (70 percent) than in urban areas (25 p

   Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

10. “Khanda ndi Mphatso”: Sustaining and expanding activities to shift social norms and care practices for preterm and low birthweight babies

    

    Malawi has one of the highest rates of preterm birth in the world at an estimated 10.5% of live births occurring before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy.1 A myriad of factors contributes to the high levels of preterm births and related deaths, including lo

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Malawi | Save the Children International Author(s): Chavula, Ko | Scudder, Elaine

11. Long-term Outcomes for Children with Disability and Severe Acute Malnutrition in Malawi

    

    Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and disability are two extensive world-wide health issues. Even though they can be correlated and can cause and influence each other, there’s not much data on their co-existence. Through a longitudinal cohort study followin

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMJ Global Health Author(s): Lelijveld, Natasha | Groce, Nora | Patel, Seema | Nnensa, Theresa | ...

12. 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

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): PLoS ONE Author(s): Chavula, Kondwani | Guenther, Tanya | Valsangkar, Bina | Lwesha, Victoria | ...

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