Quality improvement
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HNN Team
Quality of care is essential for ensuring a positive health facility experience and strengthening trust in the health system. The increasing attention given to a woman’s experience of care during childbirth as a marker of the quality of health care has been emphasized by the WHO Standards and Guidelines and...
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HNN Team
By: Sharmin Akter, Cory Cerritelli, Aisha Hussain, and Joseph Johnson In the crowded urban slum of Hazaribag, Boubazar Balur Maath (in photo above) is a pregnant woman that looks onward into the sprawl in front of her. A wild dog is walking among the garbage looking for food. We can...
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Followed by the virtual Quality Improvement(QI) workshop[1] held by UNICEF ESARO, WHO, UNFPA and the Ministry of Health in Kenya in June, a virtual training for Quality of Care(QoC) coaches was organized by health section of UNICEF Ethiopia country office(ECO) supported by UNICEF ESARO and in collaboration with Ministry of...
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HNN Team
As of March 2020, the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and the virus had spread to many countries and territories. While COVID-19 continues to spread, communities must take action to prevent further transmission, reduce the negative impacts of the outbreak and...
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HNN Admin
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the availability of essential health services - especially services for pregnant women, newborns and children - that cannot be delayed or shifted to other settings. In many lower middle-income countries, maternal and child mortality remain high, and hard-won gains could falter without continued attention. Practitioners...
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