A5043670855- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Health Care Issues
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Global Health and Surgery
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
World Health Organization
2014-2025
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2014-2020
Reducing maternal and child mortality is a priority in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), will likely remain so after 2015.Evidence exists on investments, interventions enabling policies required.Less understood about why some countries achieve faster progress than other comparable countries.The Success Factors for Women's Children's Health studies sought to address this knowledge gap using statistical econometric analyses of data from 144 low-and middle-income (LMICs) over 20 years;...
Quality of Care Key messages• Collaboration between healthcare facilities, in the form networks care has potential to improve efficiency, quality, and outcomes resource constrained settings• Case studies successful signal that approach can strengthen structural and, most importantly, relational elements among facilities• Networks are being imple- mented at primary level many countries, providing opportunities for further research on its effects 21 July
Abstract Background There is increasing attention, globally and in countries, to monitoring addressing the health systems human resources inputs, processes outputs that impede or facilitate progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals for maternal child health. We reviewed situation of (HRH) 68 low- middle-income countries together account over 95% all deaths. Methods collected analysed cross-nationally comparable data on HRH availability, distribution, roles functions from new...
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> In September, 2012, the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities (UNCoLSC) outlined a plan to expand availability and access 13 life saving commodities. We profile global country progress against these recommendations between 2012 2015. <h3>Methods</h3> For 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that were off-track achieve Millennium Development Goals for maternal child survival, we reviewed key documents reference data, conducted interviews with ministry...
The extent to which a favorable policy environment influences health care utilization and outcomes for pregnant postpartum women is largely unknown. In this study, we aimed describe the maternal examines its relationship with service in low- middle-income countries (LMICs).We used data from World Health Organization's 2018-2019 sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent (SRMNCAH) survey linked key contextual variables global databases, as well UNICEF on antenatal (ANC),...
Despite global commitment to universal health coverage with quality, poor quality of care (QOC) continues impact outcomes for mothers and newborns, especially in low-and-middle income countries. Although there is much experience from small-scale projects, without a long-term perspective it unclear how implement effectively consistently impact. In 2017, ten countries together the WHO coalition partners established Network Improving Quality Care Maternal, Newborn Child Health (the Network)....
Information on cost-effectiveness allows policy-makers to evaluate if they are using currently available resources effectively and efficiently. Our objective is examine the of health interventions improve maternal, newborn child (MNCH) outcomes, provide global evidence relative context two geographic regions.We consider across life course from adolescence pregnancy for children up 5 years old. Interventions included those that fall within areas immunization, healthcare, nutrition,...
Evaluating health systems and policy (HSP) change implementation is critical in understanding reproductive, maternal, newborn child (RMNCH) progress within across countries. Whilst data for outcomes, coverage equity have advanced the last decade, comparable analyses of HSP changes are lacking. We present a set novel tools developed by Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) systematically analyse describe RMNCH indicators, enabling multi-country comparisons. International experts worked with eight...
The private health sector is becoming increasingly important in discussions on improving the quality of care for maternal and newborn (MNH). Yet information rarely addresses what engaging MNH means how to do it. In 2019, Network Improving Quality Care Maternal, Newborn Child Health (the Network) initiated exploratory research better understand ensure that delivers public must facilitate sustain this process. This article details approach lessons learnt from two countries, Ghana Nigeria,...
Leadership, action, learning and accountability to deliver quality care for women, newborns children.
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals set targets for social achievements by 2015 including goals related to maternal and child health, with mixed success. Several initiatives supported these assuring availability of appropriate medicines commodities meet health service targets. To reach new Sustainable 2030, information is needed address policy systems factors improve access lifesaving commodities. We compiled indicator data on 15 reproductive, maternal, newborn, (RMNCH) analyzed them...
Abstract Background Although several indicators have been proposed to measure women’s experience of care in health facilities during the intrapartum period, it is unknown if these perform differently context obstetric emergencies. We examined relationship between from Person-Centered Maternity Care (PCMC) scale and complications. Methods used data four cross-sectional surveys conducted Kenya (rural: N = 873; urban: 531), Ghana (N India 2018) August 2016 October 2017. The pooled sample...
Political, social, economic, and health system determinants play an important role in creating enabling environment for maternal newborn health. This study assesses changes systems policy indicators across 78 low- middle-income countries (LMICs) during 2008-2018, examines contextual factors associated with adoption changes.We compiled historical data from WHO, ILO, UNICEF surveys databases to track ten prioritized tracking by global partnerships. Logistic regression was used examine the odds...