Similarities and Differences Between LiST and MANDATE
| LiST | MANDATE | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | A Microsoft Windows-based software tool used to model the impact of scaling up health interventions aimed at reducing mortality and morbidity in mothers, newborns, and children under 5 years of age | A web-based, mathematical model designed to estimate maternal, fetal, and neonatal lives saved in sub-Saharan Africa and India |
| Conditions Included | Maternal, fetal, newborn, and child health interventions; malaria interventions; and HIV/AIDS interventions | Maternal, fetal, and neonatal health interventions, excluding HIV/AIDS; malaria is only evaluated based on deaths directly attributable to malaria |
| Condition Specificity | Condition level | Condition and sub-condition level |
| Intervention Specificity | Sometimes packages interventions (e.g., active management of the third stage of labor) | Generally unpackages interventions to focus on a specific component of an intervention (e.g., oxytocin, uterine massage, types of diagnostics) |
| Intervention Constructs | Coverage, effectiveness; rates available for some interventions by setting, dependent on topic | Penetration, utilization, efficacy, and transfer between care settings; rates available for each intervention by setting |
| Type of Software | Spectrum software package | Web-based |
| Training and Tutorials | User manual, online tutorials, webinars, and technical assistance | Online 15-minute tutorial and technical assistance |
| Cost to Use | Free | Free |
| Outputs | Number of maternal and child (up to 5 years) deaths, mortality rates/ratios, deaths averted, intermediate outcomes (e.g., stunting, breastfeeding), and single- and multiple-country scenarios | Number of maternal, fetal, and newborn (up to 28 days) deaths, deaths averted, cases averted (e.g., postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia), and single- and multiple-country scenarios |
Abbreviations: LiST, Lives Saved Tool; MANDATE, Maternal and Neonatal Directed Assessment of Technologies.