Impressions from HSR 2018: Harnessing Implementation Research to Accelerate Health Improvements

Related Project: Coordinating Implementation Research to Communicate Learning and Evidence (CIRCLE) Author(s): Elizabeth Macgregor-Skinner, Project Director, CIRCLE Project USAID’s Health Research Program hosted a stimulating session on the role of implementation research in accelerating uptake of essential services and approaches to improve maternal, newborn and child health. USAID’s Barbara Hughes...

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November 30, 2018

Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda

An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 28% reduction in neonatal mortality in rural Uganda The World Health Organisation estimates that about one child in 13 born on the African continent dies before reaching the age of five. What makes this figure even...

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November 20, 2018

Solving crowded hospitals and inadequate maternal care are keys for reducing infant mortality

Stored on her desktop computer, Dr. Anita Zaidi keeps the photo of a grandmother holding her baby grandson at a community clinic on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Pakistan. For Zaidi, the image has a sad, but deeply meaningful provenance. It was taken in 2002 at a clinic...

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November 17, 2018

Every Preemie—SCALE Releases Technical Brief on Family Participation in the Care of the Inpatient Newborn

On World Prematurity Day, Every Preemie—SCALE joins the global community in highlighting the importance of “Working together: partnering with families in the care of small and sick newborns”. Each year 1 in 10 babies around the world are born preterm, or before 37 weeks gestation, and many others have life-threatening...

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November 8, 2018

Increasing newborn babies’ chances of survival

In Pakistan, one baby in every 22 dies during its first month of life. This is the world’s highest rate of newborn mortality and a distressing statistic to which stillborn babies must be added. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides maternal and child healthcare services in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near...

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Impressions from HSR 2018: Harnessing Implementation Research to Accelerate Health Improvements

Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda

Solving crowded hospitals and inadequate maternal care are keys for reducing infant mortality

Every Preemie—SCALE Releases Technical Brief on Family Participation in the Care of the Inpatient Newborn

Increasing newborn babies’ chances of survival