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Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

  • Open Access
    Context Matters: Strategies to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Florina Serbanescu, Margaret E. Kruk, Sunday Dominico and Kojo Nimako
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2022, 10(2):e2200119; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00119

    Identifying context-appropriate features to maximize the effectiveness of maternal and newborn health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa is a prerequisite to successful programs.

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    A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Kigoma, Tanzania
    Sunday Dominico, Florina Serbanescu, Nguke Mwakatundu, Mkambu Godfrey Kasanga, Paul Chaote, Leonard Subi, Godson Maro, Neena Prasad, Alicia Ruiz, Wilfred Mongo, Karen Schmidt and Samantha Lobis
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2022, 10(2):e2100485; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00485

    Efforts to increase the availability and utilization of high-quality emergency obstetric and newborn care and routine delivery care services in Kigoma were successful and subsequently contributed to significant reductions in maternal and perinatal mortality in the region.

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    Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health in Kigoma, Tanzania: A 13-Year Initiative
    Neena Prasad, Nguke Mwakatundu, Sunday Dominico, Prudence Masako, Wilfred Mongo, Yisambi Mwanshemele, Godson Maro, Leonard Subi, Paul Chaote, Neema Rusibamayila, Alicia Ruiz, Karen Schmidt, Mkambu Godfrey Kasanga, Samantha Lobis and Florina Serbanescu
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2022, 10(2):e2100484; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00484

    The 13-year Program to Reduce Maternal Deaths in Tanzania employed multifaceted maternal, newborn, and reproductive health interventions that contributed to increasing the availability and utilization of high-quality obstetric and family planning services and reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in Kigoma.

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    Implementation of HIV Retesting During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
    Monalisa Penumetsa, Jillian Neary, Shiza Farid, Peninah Kithao, Barbra A. Richardson, Daniel Matemo, Grace John-Stewart, John Kinuthia and Alison L. Drake
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100451; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00451

    Strategies are needed to prevent missed opportunities to detect women with incident HIV infection during pregnancy or postpartum and maximize prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission efforts.

  • Open Access
    Extending Delivery of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention to Children Aged 5–10 Years in Chad: A Mixed-Methods Study
    Azoukalné Moukénet, Laura Donovan, Beakgoubé Honoré, Kevin Baker, Helen Smith, Sol Richardson and Charlotte Ward
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100161; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00161

    We sought to understand perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of extending seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to children aged 5–10 years and explore reasons why SMC is administered to children aged 5–10 years in the current program.

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    Global Research Priorities for Understanding and Improving Respectful Care for Newborns: A Modified Delphi Study
    Hagar Palgi Hacker, Elena Ateva, R. Rima Jolivet, Bushra Al-makaleh, Theresa Shaver and Emma Sacks
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100292; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00292

    To inform the developing research field of respectful care, we identified global research questions that are specific to respectful newborn care. The top descriptive, implementation, and measurement questions focused primarily on defining, promoting, measuring, and advocating for respectful care.

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    Implementation Approaches for Introducing and Overcoming Barriers to Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa
    Alix Boisson, Varun Goel, Marcel Yotebieng, Jonathan B. Parr, Bruce Fried and Peyton Thompson
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100277; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00277

    We discuss determinants of hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa countries at the policy, facility, and community levels and propose solutions to known barriers of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Open Access
    Mother-Baby Friendly Philippines: Using Citizen Reporting to Improve Compliance to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
    Kate Reinsma, Alfred Jose C. Ballesteros, Rene Andrew A. Bucu, Teddy S. Dizon, Nathan John U. Jumalon, Lorelane C. Ramirez, Czarina Anne A. Villareiz, Carleneth San Valentin and Maria Rosario S. Vergeire
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100071; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00071

    Citizen reporting has the potential to improve compliance with the International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes. However, any investments made on improving citizen and reporting platforms must be matched with similar investments in streamlining government processes, transparency, and confidence-building across all stakeholders.

  • Open Access
    Health System Redesign to Shift to Hospital Delivery for Maternal and Newborn Survival: Feasibility Assessment in Kakamega County, Kenya
    Kojo Nimako, Anna Gage, Caroline Benski, Sanam Roder-DeWan, Khatra Ali, Charles Kandie, Aisha Mohamed, Hellen Odeny, Micky Oloo, John Tolo Boston Otieno, Maximilla Wanzala, Rachel Okumu and Margaret E. Kruk
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):1000-1010; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00684

    Service delivery redesign is needed to accelerate progress toward improved health outcomes. Kakamega County, Kenya, demonstrates that there is a strong base of health system assets that would serve as a starting point to successfully implement maternal and newborn health service delivery redesign.

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    Household Survey Measurement of Newborn Postnatal Care: Coverage, Quality Gaps, and Internal Inconsistencies in Responses
    Kimberly Peven, Louise Tina Day, Debra Bick, Edward Purssell, Cath Taylor, Joseph Akuze and Lindsay Mallick
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):737-751; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00209

    Reliable measurement of postnatal content of care is currently lacking despite the critical importance of care in this vulnerable period. We found that there is a large quality-coverage gap with missed opportunities for quality care as well as internal inconsistencies in responses to newborn questions.

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