Oxygen therapy for newborns and children
Summary: Oxygen therapy remains largely unavailable for severely ill newborns and children admitted to hospitals, and is a critical gap for the management of patients with COVID-19. This webinar described the oxygen gap that prevents newborns and children with hypoxaemia from accessing critical care, and opportunities to strengthen oxygen systems to improve the quality of care. […]
Overcoming the blame culture in MPDSR
The webinar included a presentation on how to overcome blame culture in the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) process sharing 10 specific strategies on how to practically address this problem during MPDSR implementation. A rich panel comprised of representatives from Ghana, Namibia and Uganda discussed the strategies in light of their experiences, […]
PharmAccess and Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme: Partners in delivering quality maternal and newborn health services in public and private facilities
Thursday 1 April 2021 at 12pm GMT, 1pm WAT and 2pm CET Lagos State, Nigeria and PharmAccess Foundation have jointly developed a health insurance scheme that aims to improve access to quality health Maternal, Newborn and Child Health services in public and private health facilities in Lagos State, Nigeria. This webinar presented the strategies adopted […]
What the numbers say (session 2)
PRESENTATIONS ARE POSTED IN THE RIGHT HAND MENU Summary Newborns are the most vulnerable when health systems are stretched. With only 10 years to meet the SDGs, and the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to lose hard-won gains, we need to act fast to transform care for the most vulnerable. Improving care for newborns does not only […]
Linking communities and facilities: Lessons from Uganda and Tanzania
The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health held a webinar showcasing the design, results, and learning from the Expanded Quality Management Using Information Power (EQUIP) in Uganda and Tanzania. Dr Peter Waiswa presented EQUIP, a district-scale, proof-of-concept study that evaluates a quality management approach for maternal and newborn health […]
Developing and testing changes
The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network) held a webinar on ‘Point of care quality improvement for maternal and newborn health – Step 3: Developing and testing changes’ on 15 June. Dr Esther Karamagi presented the work of a quality improvement team in a facility […]