{"id":9050,"date":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-potential-of-technology-to-transform-maternal-and-newborn-health-mnh-reflections-from-a-gathering-of-unlike-minds\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:44:19","slug":"the-potential-of-technology-to-transform-maternal-and-newborn-health-mnh-reflections-from-a-gathering-of-unlike-minds","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-potential-of-technology-to-transform-maternal-and-newborn-health-mnh-reflections-from-a-gathering-of-unlike-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potential of Technology to Transform Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH): Reflections from a Gathering of Unlike Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #1a3349;\">How can modern technology vitally change the field of maternal and newborn health (MNH) in developing countries? Key leaders from different sectors share thoughts on the great potential of innovative, appropriate tools to improve MNH, and the business models that can effectively deliver them to emerging markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1a3349;\">Read the Q&amp;A\u00a0discussion to learn about key issues for MNH technology in developing countries around the globe:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 120%; margin: 3.75pt 0in 12pt; color: #1a3349;\">In what areas of MNH are new technologies needed, and what are some examples of &#8220;creative technologies&#8221; for MNH?<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 120%; margin: 3.75pt 0in 12pt; color: #1a3349;\">What challenges does industry face when entering lower-resource markets and how do pricing and affordability come into play?<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 120%; margin: 3.75pt 0in 12pt; color: #1a3349;\">What lessons can the public sector learn from consumer-driven industries to bolster delivery of critical MNH innovations?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_MainContent_fvPublications_rptPubs_ctl01_pub_desc\" class=\"pub_desc\">This Q&amp;A discussion features key leaders from different sectors examining the potential of innovative, appropriate tools to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH), as well as the business models that can effectively deliver these innovations to markets in Asia and around the globe. 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Community engagement can increase the impact of health programs and contribute to long-term sustainability. Women\u2019s groups convened for participatory learning and action is a methodology that has been tested across Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. When certain key conditions are met, this approach has been shown to reduce maternal and newborn mortality risk.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_single_image image=\"13787\"][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][vc_column_text]There are a wide range of community-level actions that can make a difference for maternal and newborn health; these include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Mobilizing local resources, including municipal governments, to expand service access (e.g., by hiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/midwifery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nurse-midwives<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Having local health committees or development committees prioritize maternal-newborn health (e.g., by developing local provisions for emergency transport)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nLocal government, community-based organizations, local religious communities, and others all potentially can mobilize to ensure better outcomes for mothers and newborns.\r\n\r\nOne methodology specifically developed to encourage effective community mobilization for maternal-newborn health is facilitated women\u2019s groups with cycles of participatory learning and action. Experiences with this method have been comparatively small scale and under controlled study conditions so far. The women\u2019s groups have been demonstrated as effective in reducing mortality in rural (but not urban) settings, when there is sufficiently intensive implementation to ensure that at least a third of pregnant women participate in the group meetings. The usual pattern has been to work through the specific content in a series of monthly meetings over a period of 24 months or more, under the facilitation of a trained animator. In most of the documented cases, these animators have been paid by a non-governmental organization or research project, although there has been experience using existing cadres of community health workers, such as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in India. Because of the design of these studies, it is not possible to clearly separate out the relative contributions to mortality reduction that can be attributed to community action versus behavior change by individual participating pregnant women.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Key resources<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/bitstream\/10665\/127939\/1\/9789241507271_eng.pdf?ua=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO recommendation on community mobilization through facilitated participatory learning and action cycles with women\u2019s groups for maternal and newborn health (2014).<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Community engagement","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"community-engagement","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-19 17:49:45","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-19 21:49:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=119","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":130,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:20:03","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:20:03","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>It is crucial to use tested and standardized indicators for tracking and monitoring trends in neonatal health over time and making comparisons between districts, countries, or regions.<\/h2>\r\nUsing standard measurements should ensure collection of data that can be meaningfully analyzed and employed to inform program and policy decisions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">10<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666046459295{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of identified priority Every Newborn indicators<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">17<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666046469073{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][vc_column_text]Several global bodies have developed recommended indicators for global tracking and use at country level. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/Every_Newborn_Action_Plan-ENGLISH_updated_July2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP)<\/a> has proposed a list of 10 core indicators and 10 additional indicators of impact and coverage of evidence-based newborn interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) is compiling a list of core indicators aligned with the UN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-global-strategy-for-womens-childrens-and-adolescents-health-2016-2030-survive-thrive-transform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s, and Adolescents\u2019 Health<\/a>. This list has been informed by efforts to standardize indicators for the <a href=\"http:\/\/unstats.un.org\/sdgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>, Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM), ENAP, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/259951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO\u2019s Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators<\/a>.\r\n\r\nEfforts are also underway to develop standardized indicators for monitoring the implementation strength and coverage of priority newborn health interventions:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Kangaroo mother care (KMC)<\/strong>: The KMC Acceleration Partnership developed a measurement framework and 10 core indicators covering service readiness and service delivery.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Treatment of neonatal infections:<\/strong> Following the recent release of new WHO guidelines on managing possible severe bacterial infections in young infants when referral is not possible, WHO and implementing partners in early-adopter countries are currently working on a measurement framework with indicators. More information will be available soon.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care<\/strong>: The global Chlorhexidine Working Group recommended indicators for inclusion in Demographic and Health Surveys (see information below on the new DHS optional newborn module) and is tracking indicators collected across countries.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBelow are descriptions and links to useful data collection tools, which include questions on newborn care. More information on mortality audits can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">this page<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Household surveys\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/dhsprogram.com\/What-We-Do\/Survey-Types\/DHS-Questionnaires.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)<\/a><\/h4>\r\nUSAID-supported Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition. The DHS Phase 7 model women\u2019s questionnaire now includes questions on pre- and post-discharge contacts for newborns, the content of postnatal care for newborns, and newborn care practices. In addition, an optional newborn module is under development with additional questions on newborn care practices.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mics.unicef.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)<\/a><\/h4>\r\nUNICEF-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are nationally-representative household surveys that provide estimates of a range of indicators in the areas of health, education, child protection, and HIV\/AIDS. The MICS questionnaire now includes questions on the pre- and post-discharge postnatal contacts for mothers and newborns.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsprogram.org\/resource\/knowledge-practice-coverage-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knowledge Practices and Coverage Survey (KPC)<\/a><\/h4>\r\nThe Knowledge Practices and Coverage Survey (KPC) is a small population-based survey originally developed by Johns Hopkins University and used by grantees of USAID's Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) since 1991. The KPC tool was revised to collect more data on newborn care practices.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\".vc_custom_1456358177910{background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Health facility assessment tools\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\".vc_custom_1456358191657{background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/data\/data-collection-tools\/service-availability-and-readiness-assessment-(sara)?ua=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA)<\/a><\/h4>\r\nThe WHO-supported SARA is a health facility assessment tool designed to assess and monitor the service availability and readiness of the health sector and to generate evidence to support the planning and managing of a health system. It includes a section on service availability for maternal and newborn health.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mchip.net\/qocsurveys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maternal and Newborn Quality of Care Surveys<\/a><\/h4>\r\nThese health facility surveys, developed by the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), focus on the frequency and quality of interventions that address the direct causes of maternal and newborn deaths and can be key sources of information for policymakers and other stakeholders in country.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/dhsprogram.com\/What-We-Do\/Survey-Types\/SPA.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service Provision Assessment (SPA)<\/a><\/h4>\r\nThe USAID-supported SPA is a health facility assessment tool that provides a comprehensive overview of a country\u2019s health service delivery. It includes a section on delivery and newborn care in the inventory questionnaire, as well as additional questions related to services for newborns.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/research\/averting-maternal-death-and-disability-amdd\/toolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Needs Assessment<\/a><\/h4>\r\nCreated by Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) at Columbia University, the\r\nEmergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) Needs Assessment is a health facility assessment tool that provides detailed data for planning to address gaps or problems in EmONC services. The tool is currently being revised to include more information on newborn services and quality of care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_text_separator title=\"Other tools\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"13807\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/saving-newborn-lives-tools-newborn-health-qualitative-research-improve-newborn-care-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide to Qualitative Research to Improve Newborn Care Practices<\/a><\/h4>\r\nSave the Children\u2019s Guide to Qualitative Research to Improve Newborn Care Practices provides a reference tool for conducting qualitative (or formative) research and planning a behavior change communications strategy to improve newborn care practices.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/every-newborn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENAP Tools<\/a><\/h4>\r\nENAP has also compiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/every-newborn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an overview of tools<\/a> that can be used to sharpen existing reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) policies and plans, incorporating available evidence and data.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/Every-Newborn-Metrics-Cards_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Newborn Metrics Data Cards<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/every-newborn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Newborn Tool Kit<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Signal Functions to Measure the Ability of Health Facilities to Provide Routine and Emergency Newborn Care<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.plos.org\/measuring-coverage-in-mnch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/content\/pdf\/1471-2393-15-S2-S8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/259951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators, 2015<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unstats.un.org\/sdgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Development Goal indicators<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalstrategy.everywomaneverychild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescent's Health 2016-2030<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Monitoring & evaluation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"monitoring-evaluation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-20 16:44:30","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-20 20:44:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=130","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":323,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2016-01-12 17:55:54","post_date_gmt":"2016-01-12 17:55:54","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453922923730{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>As reflected in Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 and now the Sustainable Development Goals, our objective is to <strong>reduce the global burden of preventable deaths<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<p>In the case of newborn work, we focus particularly on stillbirths, maternal deaths, and newborn deaths. Meeting our objectives at the level of whole populations requires that we do much better in ensuring that the highest proportion possible adopt key practices and receive specific interventions. We need <strong>high effective coverage at scale<\/strong> for key behaviors and specific high-impact elements of care. While \u201cscaling-up\u201d may be part of how we achieve sustained impact at scale, we must guard against scale-up as an end in itself. It is easy to fall into the \u201cempty scale-up\u201d trap.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">287<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690998058971{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of women who died due to pregnancy or childbirth-related complications in 2020<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">5<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1651603452364{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of children under age 5 who died in 2020<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">47<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1651603474028{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of all under-5 deaths that occurred during the first 28 days of life in 2020<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a> page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Where effective coverage is low, program efforts need to contribute to increasing and sustaining improved coverage. In some instances the interventions are already available and in use but at low effective coverage. In these cases improved delivery is needed \u2013 which may entail strengthened implementation or new delivery strategies. In situations where effective interventions are novel and not yet widely introduced, these methods may require some kind of scaling-up process to increase coverage. Because there are important differences between settings, a specific strategy or package will not be the answer for all settings.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Key resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expandnet.net\/tools.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expandnet scale-up resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msiworldwide.com\/sites\/default\/files\/additional-resources\/2018-11\/ScalingUp_3rdEdition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scaling Up\u2014From Vision to Large-scale Change: A Management Framework for Practitioners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-016-0374-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A framework for scaling up health interventions: lessons from large-scale improvement initiatives in Africa.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsprogram.org\/resources\/lessons-learned-from-the-scale-up-experience-of-six-high-impact-interventions-in-reproductive-maternal-newborn-and-child-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lessons Learned from the Scale-Up Experience of Six High-Impact Interventions in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Related\u00a0resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/Empty-Scale-up-Meeting-Report.pdf\">Empty Scale-Up Meeting Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/Empty-Scale-Up-Working-Paper_Dec2016.pdf\">Empty Scale-Up\u00a0Draft Working Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=\"Scaling Up Substance Working Group\" color=\"1\" link=\"url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthynewbornnetwork.org%2Fworking-group%2Fscaling-up-substance%2F||\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Note: This working group is for members only. If you are a member on HNN, please log in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/login\/\">here<\/a> and email <strong><a href=\"mailto:info@healthynewbornnetwork.org\">info@healthynewbornnetwork.org<\/a> <\/strong>to join this working group. If you are not a member, please register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/join-the-network\/\">here<\/a> and tell us in your short bio that you\u2019d like to join this working group.<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Scale-up","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"scale-up","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 13:42:00","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 17:42:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=323","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":129,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:19:54","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:19:54","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Digital health refers to the use of mobile information and communications technology devices, including basic cell phones, smart phones, tablets, and devices that can attach to any of those, to support health programming.<\/h2>\n<p>Digital health projects around the world have demonstrated the potential of this technology to expand access to medical education and training for health workers, increase efficiency and decrease cost of service delivery, and extend the reach of health information and services to hard-to-reach populations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">5.44<\/span>b<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690998507553{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of unique mobile phone users on the planet by January 2023 (68% of world population)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">92<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1652469746388{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of users accessing the internet via mobile phones<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">3.2<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690998580805{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent growth of total mobile phone users over the last year, with 168 million new mobile users.<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/datareportal.com\/reports\/digital-2023-global-overview-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a> for above as of January 2023. <\/em><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"There are at least 11 ways digital health is used globally\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Client education and behavior change<\/li>\n<li>Sensors and point of care diagnostics<\/li>\n<li>Registries and vital events tracking<\/li>\n<li>Electronic health records<\/li>\n<li>Electronic decision support for providers, such as algorithms for community healthy workers\u00a0who are diagnosing and treating disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provider-to-provider communication<\/li>\n<li>Provider work planning and scheduling<\/li>\n<li>Provider training and education<\/li>\n<li>Human resources management<\/li>\n<li>Supply chain management<\/li>\n<li>Financial transactions and incentives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<b>Digital Health<\/b><b> Tools &amp; Resources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globaldigitalhealthnetwork.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ceshea%40savechildren.org%7C9036cf10d8a74161c46e08da37585921%7Cd1934b2d792c47cca2f5fc634183cd2d%7C0%7C0%7C637883149827824081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=q%2BgMxttjjGtQmVL3HyKFcLWZfPqAc%2BMdxlOuq%2FFyvvo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Digital Health Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/datareportal.com\/reports\/digital-2022-global-overview-report\">DIGITAL 2022: GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalprinciples.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Principles-Overview.pdf\">Principles for Digital Development\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Digital Health","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"mhealth","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 13:50:51","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 17:50:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=129","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"additional_authors":"Compiled and Edited by Rebecca Kennedy, Karuna Luthra, Claire Topal, and Sandra Ward","authors":false,"other_organizations":"","language":["en"],"type":"reports","external_links":[{"link":""}],"files":[{"file":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/The-Potential-of-Technology-to-Transform-Maternal-and-Newborn-Health.pdf"}],"regions":[],"countries":[],"partners":[{"ID":747,"post_author":"3834","post_date":"2010-08-04 18:17:31","post_date_gmt":"2010-08-04 18:17:31","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"rteleft\"><em>Pacific Health Summit:&nbsp;Connecting science, industry, and policy for a healthier world<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"rteleft\">The goal of the Pacific Health Summit is to connect science, industry, and policy for a healthier world. 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