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About us
Jhpiego is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego draws on its technical expertise and extensive experience in the field- as well as the creativity and science of The Johns Hopkins University- to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. For more than 35 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. With nearly 700 employees currently working in over 54 counties, Jhpiego puts evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego's technical expertise lies in the areas of maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, cervical cancer prevention and treatment, and infectious disease.
The best way to save lives, accelerate progress on global health, and help advance U.S. interests.
The report examines ways that USAID-funded projects apply quality improvement methods to maternal, newborn, and child health services and analyzes the common elements between these approaches.
View updated national and state-level data profiles; a new chapter on maternal, newborn and child nutrition; updated recommendations; and a renewed call to action, including letters of commitment from key stakeholders in maternal, newborn and child health in Nigeria.
The objectives of the evaluation were to determine the effectiveness of postpartum systematic screening as a means to increase service use, particularly postpartum family planning.
By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world's most vulnerable populations.
This manual is intended for use by skilled providers (including midwives, doctors and nurses) who care for mothers and newborns in low-resource settings.

