Obstetric Care
Resource July 22, 2020

Improving the Health of Mothers, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Synthesis Report

PDF icon ASSIST Synthesis Report on Improving the Health of Mothers, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents
Over its nearly eight years of implementation, the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project supported USAID's global Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths and Family Planning agendas by: Testing and...
Resource June 21, 2020

Assessment of Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of the Quality Improvement (QI) Guide on QI Processes and Maternal and Newborn Care in Uganda

PDF icon Assessment of the cost-effectiveness of three dissemination strategies for the QI Guide
The quality improvement (QI) guide for mothers and babies was developed through the collaboration of Survive and Thrive Global Development Alliance (S&T GDA) partner organizations to demystify the quality improvement process and scale...
Resource June 13, 2020

Quality of Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and HIV Services: Assessment Toolkit

PDF icon Integrated RMNCAH and HIV Quality Assessment Toolkit
The Assessment Toolkit for Quality of Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) and HIV Services was designed by the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project to...
Resource November 29, 2017

Saving Mothers Giving Life: A Northern Uganda Photo Story

PDF icon Uganda SMGL photo book
The Saving Mothers Giving Life (SMGL) project was a five year (2012-2017) private–public partnership (PPP) aimed at rapidly reducing maternal and newborn mortality in selected districts of Uganda, Zambia, and Nigeria. In Uganda, which has...
Resource October 24, 2017

Mejorando la atención de madres y bebés: Una guía para los equipos de mejoramiento

PDF icon Mejorando la atención de madres y bebés
PDF icon Mejorando la atención de madres y bebés - Anexos
Esta guía describe un abordaje simple por el cual los proveedores de salud y los equipos de mejoramiento se pueden planificar, poner a prueba, implementar, evaluar y sostener las intervenciones para mejorar la atención en salud de madres y...
Resource September 25, 2017

Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Kenya

PDF icon Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Kenya
This report provides an overview of the USAID ASSIST Project’s experience applying quality improvement (QI) to improve RMNCH services and reduce maternal and newborn mortality in Kenya and offers practical guidance to county-level...
Resource June 4, 2017

Improving Maternal and Newborn Care in Northern Uganda Change Package

PDF icon Improving Maternal and Newborn Care in Northern Uganda Change Package
A synthesis of the most robust, high-impact and evidence-based changes that resulted in facility and community-level improvements in the processes and systems of providing maternal and newborn care services Uganda’s maternal and newborn...
Resource May 30, 2017

Améliorer les Soins des Mères et des Nouveau-Nés

PDF icon Guide : Améliorer les soins des mères et des nouveau-nés
PDF icon Appendices
Ce guide décrit six étapes pour améliorer les soins de santé et raconte une histoire sur la façon dont le personnel d’une structure a suivi ces six étapes pour dispenser de meilleurs soins. Dans cette histoire, le personnel a décidé de...
Resource May 16, 2017

Using a scientific approach to improve early identification of complicated labour cases

PDF icon Case study: Using a scientific approach to improve early identification of complicated labour cases (A4)
In May 2016, the head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) in Dhaka, Bangladesh initiated an effort to use improvement methods to increase the early identification of labour...

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