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Knowledge Sharing: The Power of the Trusted Source in Changing Healthcare Practice
14 June 2013 Who do you trust for advice and answers? Before you change how you do things, do you need to hear the information from someone you trust—your trusted source?

MCHIP’s Respectful Maternity Care Toolkit Promotes Positive Attitudes in the Care of Women and Newborns
4 June 2013 Abuse and disrespect during maternity care has been documented and observed globally. In response, USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) is launching the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) Toolkit. This package of materials is designed to provide clinicians, trainers, managers and other stakeholders involved in the provision of maternity care with the tools necessary to begin implementing RMC in their area of work or influence. This toolkit contains program learning documents, such as: surveys and briefs on country experiences; training materials; tools to assess and improve RMC within programs and services; job aids; and a resource list.

Applauding Local Ownership of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Malawi
30 May 2013 In Thyolo, Malawi, local leaders worked to sensitize community members to the idea of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) before any external parties began to participate. The interest in a localized campaign was inspired by and driven through a coordinated approach led by the local District Health Office.

Winning Video Shows How Postpartum Family Planning is Impacting Lives in India
The film referenced here—“Family Planning for Health and Happiness”—won a multi-country video contest and premiered at MCHIP’s Postpartum Family Planning Technical Session pre-event at the 2013 Women Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Below, Indrani Kashyap discusses her team's motivations for making the film and how it came together. **************

In Timor-Leste, Drivers Become Valued, Contributing Members of Technical Teams
28 May 2013 The scene: a crowd gathers in a remote mountain village, one which is often unreachable by motor vehicle, but which today is visited via helicopter by medical staff from a U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force, along with local health staff. The village—a community in Hauteo sub-district, Ainaro district—is located in one of the world’s newest, smallest and most isolated countries: Timor-Leste (East Timor).

An Unexpected Counselor: Cab Driver in India Advocates for Family Planning
22 May 2013 Ranchi, India—As a Clinical Officer working with Jhpiego and MCHIP, I travel more than 15 days in a month conducting trainings on postpartum family planning (PPFP) and postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services. I also help community health workers and counselors familiarize themselves with key information and messages related to these services.

Tea Garden Laborers in Bangladesh Receive Better Health Care Thanks to MaMoni Project
8 May 2013 Twenty-two-year-old Asholata Mohali and her husband, Apon, are tea garden laborers in Northeastern Bangladesh. Married for four years, they recently had their second child, a healthy baby girl, at a nearby community clinic. Their first child, Roni, who is now three, was not delivered at a clinic—she was born at home with the help of an untrained traditional birth attendant. The difference between the two births, their mother notes, was significant.

In Mountains of Northern India, Community Health Workers Oriented to Postpartum Family Planning
6 May 2013 While breathtakingly beautiful, the Himalayan mountain ranges that surround many districts of Uttarakhand make this part of northern India hard to reach. This is certainly true of the district of Pauri Garhwal—parts of which are at a height of almost 10,000 feet above sea level.

MCHIP Work in Family Planning Highlighted by International Confederation of Midwives
29 April 2013 In a blog series beginning today, the International Confederation of Midwives is highlighting the role of midwives in family planning. The first piece in the series, by MCHIP's Anne Pfitzer and Katrin DeCamp, begins below:

Fast Action by Skilled Birth Attendant in Bangladesh Saves Baby’s Life
24 April 2013 As their baby boy finally started to cry, the smiles of 25-year-old Shiuli Khatun and her husband revealed their relief after a tense and dangerous delivery. Earlier that day, an untrained traditional birth attendant had been unable to deliver Shiuli’s baby at home despite hours of trying. The mother was brought to the Maternal and Child Welfare Centre (MCWC) at Sherpur Sadar Upazila, where Jahanara Begum, a family welfare assistant, helped to successfully deliver the newborn.
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