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- Harnessing the Power of Behavioral Science: An Implementation Pilot to Improve the Quality of Maternity Care in Rural Madagascar
Applying a behavioral design methodology resulted in cocreating 4 innovative solutions to improve provider's compliance with postpartum hemorrhage management protocols in rural Madagascar to help improve the quality of maternity care.
- Health System Strengthening Through Professional Midwives in Bangladesh: Best Practices, Challenges, and Successes
The authors detail the establishment of the profession of globally standard midwives deployed into the national health care system in Bangladesh that improved the quality and availability of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health services.
- Implementation of a Multisectoral Approach to Address Adolescent Pregnancy: A Case Study of Subnational Advocacy Informing National Scale-Up in Kenya
Implementation of a multisectoral initiative to address adolescent pregnancy in Kenya required strong leadership and ownership at both national and subnational levels. Advocacy is key to harnessing leadership, ownership, and scale-up.
- Task-Shifting Immunization Activities to Community Health Workers: A Mixed-Method Cross-Sectional Study in Sahel Region, Burkina Faso
The authors describe a successful strategy of task-shifting child immunization activities to CHWs in insecure areas of Burkina Faso to improve vaccine coverage.
- The Journey Toward Establishing Inpatient Care for Small and Sick Newborns in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, and Rwanda
Documenting the journey to establish inpatient care for small and sick newborns in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, and Rwanda, the authors showcase the remarkable progress and share lessons with stakeholders in other countries who aim to do the same.
- A Participatory Comic Book Workshop to Improve Youth-Friendly Post-Rape Care in a Humanitarian Context in Uganda: A Case Study
Participatory comic books offer a novel approach to strengthening health care providers’ understanding of refugee youth’s post-rape care needs and can be embedded in provider training in humanitarian contexts.
- Development and Piloting of a Mental Health Prevention and Referral Program for Veterans and Their Families in Ukraine
The CETA Psychosocial Support program is a single-session intervention that can be delivered by lay providers to support mental health prevention and referral for veterans and their families in Ukraine.
- Evaluating Counseling for Choice in Malawi: A Client-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Counseling
Authors found that clients counseled using the Counseling for Choice approach in Malawi reported better quality of contraceptive counseling and experience of care using metrics including person-centered care and quality of information exchange.
- Addressing the Need for a Preexposure Prophylaxis Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation Guide: Experience From Zambia
The authors share the experience of developing a national preexposure prophylaxis program monitoring and evaluation implementation guide in Zambia, which can inform approaches to meet similar needs in other sub-Saharan African countries.
- The Godmother Project: A Virtual Initiative to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic
WhatsApp groups of pregnant and postpartum women led by dedicated nurse educators can help educate and support women during the perinatal period, especially in contexts of physical distancing requirements or where social support is unavailable.