Current methods for measuring intervention coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition (RMNCH+N) do not adequately capture the quality of services delivered. Without information on the quality of care, it is difficult to a

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17.18 recommends efforts to increase the availability of data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location in developing countries. Surveys will continue

The global community is committed to addressing malnutrition. And yet, coverage data for high-impact interventions along the continuum of care remain scarce due to several measurement and data collection challenges. In this analysis paper, we identify 24

Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, the  Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030)  represents an essential shift in prioritisation for actions designed to help families live healthy, secure lives and fulfil t

This report seeks to assess the long term consequences of armed conflict for national progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). This is done through an examination of national surveys conducted in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Af

Interpersonal violence is a critical public health concern in humanitarian contexts, but evidence of effective violence prevention programmes targeting adolescent girls is lacking.The researchers investigated the efficacy of a life skills and safe spaces

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of ‘Parenting for Lifelong Health: Sinovuyo Teen’, a parenting programme for adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries, on abuse and parenting practices. The study used a pragmatic cluster r

Parenting programmes are increasingly popular for reducing children’s exposure to interpersonal violence in low/middle-income countries, but there is limited evidence on their effectiveness. The researchers investigated the incremental impact of adding a

School-aged children are rarely targeted by malaria control programmes, yet the prevalence of Plasmodium infection in primary school children often exceeds that seen in younger children and could affect hemoglobin concentration and school performance. A c