Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health – Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange

Using Behavioral Informatics to Improve Health Outcomes

Behavioral informatics an important addition to the toolbox of social and behavior change programming. Easy-to-use tools and data dashboards at the household, community, and program...

Novel Training Approaches to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes

Using a low dose, high frequency (LDHF) approach to learning, Jhpiego has been supporting providers in Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo to provide high...

Saving Children’s Lives in Tanzania and India

The American Heart Association has launched Saving Children’s Lives, a program that aims to reduce childhood mortality in resource-limited settings by increasing healthcare access and...

Multi-Country Analysis for Inpatient Care of Newborns and Young Infants

A multi-partner collaborative assessment that will describe national enabling environment, facility level readiness, quality of care and insights of care providers and clients is underway...

New Tools for Longstanding Challenges: Applying GIS Technology in Immunization

Reaching eligible children for immunization requires updated details on the population and where, when, and how immunization services are being delivered. The Maternal and Child...

The Surgical Safety Checklist: Demonstrating a Low-Tech C-section Simulator

Increasingly, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is being used in operating theaters worldwide. Its goal is to reduce medical errors by ensuring readiness and...

Essential Care for Small Babies and the Maternal Infection Connection

Maternal infections both common and rare are associated with low birth weight in babies. The recent outbreak of Zika virus in the Americas revealed many...

Rapid Scale Up for Child Health: Reducing Pediatric Diarrhea Mortality

Diarrhea remains a leading cause of death in children under-5, causing 530,000 deaths annually—yet use of ORS and zinc, a simple and affordable treatment that...

Learning Through Doing: Early Childhood Development in Fragile Contexts

A landmark study released by The Lancet in October 2016 identified “nurturing care” as the package of health, nutrition, security and safety, responsive caregiving, and...

Improving Routine Data to Strengthen Child Health Programs: What’s Next?

As household and facility surveys are conducted only every few years, health managers and providers critically need routinely collected data to continuously manage child health...