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Special Event: Child Survival Call to Action One Year Later

Taking Stock of the Child Survival Call to Action: Are we on track to end preventable child deaths?

Mozambique Quality of Care Survey Assesses Maternal and Newborn Services in 46 Facilities

13 June 2013 International evidence suggests that improving the quality of obstetric care and reducing maternal and neonatal deaths necessitates having accurate and reliable data on the quality of related health services. And a newly published report from MCHIP—entitled Quality and Humanization of Care Assessment: A Study of the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care Delivered in Mozambique’s Model Maternities—aims to do just that.

Improving Access to Malaria Treatment in Remote Areas of Zimbabwe

10 June 2013 Utseya Village is situated about 10 miles from Biriiri Rural Hospital in Chimanimani District. The surrounding terrain is mountainous, making the village difficult to access.

Infographic Illustrates Significant Economic and Health Benefits of Family Planning

Click here to download this infographic developed by MCHIP.

MCHIP Staff Author Article on Improving Immunization Services in India

29 May 2013 An article by MCHIP staff on “reaching the unreached” in India was published in a book of proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Public Health. The article, entitled "Addressing equity and reaching the underserved and unreached in India," focuses on MCHIP’s work to improve the coverage and quality of immunization services through support to the universal immunization programme (UIP). It is available for purchase and can be found on pages 453-462.

MCHIP Presents at the International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress

24 May 2013 This week in Melbourne, Australia, MCHIP presented at the International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress. ICN’s mission is to “ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally.” As such, this year’s Congress stressed the importance of the role of nurses in improving access to and equity of health care for communities and individuals.

Malagasy Community Health Worker Instructs on Misoprostol Use to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage

22 May 2013 Claudia was nervous about having her first child. The 21-year-old woman from rural Fenerive-Est district, Madagascar, knew that women in her community often died from complications of labor and delivery. Thankfully, she had community health worker (CHW) Tesaka Clairette to put her mind at ease.

MCHIP Presents at “Can We Do Better? Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

7 May 2013 Today at the National Press Club, The Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) launched of a special issue of PLOS Medicine: “Can We Do Better? Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.”

Save the Children Releases 14th Annual "State of the World's Mothers" Report

7 May 2013 Today, Save the Children launched the fourteenth annual "State of the World’s Mothers" report. It presents an analysis of new data on the riskiest places to be a mother and the most dangerous day of life. The report also highlights successes in providing mothers and their children with essential care, and the critical need to create mother and baby friendly health systems. Please take a moment to read the report and related materials, as well as the official press release below.

Survive & Thrive Global Development Alliance: Saving Mothers, Newborns and Children

1 May 2013 Survive and Thrive: Professional Associations, Private Sector and Global Health Scholars Saving Mothers, Newborns and Children is a unique and historic global development alliance (GDA) to improve survival rates for women and children around the world. The alliance will mobilize U.S. obstetric, pediatric and midwifery professional associations alongside the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), private sector, and civil society organizations in a first of its kind partnership to improve the quality of facility-based maternal, newborn and child health services to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths.

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