Launch of the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality Coverage Targets and Milestones
The global virtual event launched the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) coverage targets and milestones to 2025 which have been developed to support countries with setting interim targets and milestones to 2025 toward accelerating progress to meet the Sustainable Development Goal 3.1 to reduce maternal mortality in all countries. Session plan: Moderated by Femi Oke […]
Strengthening Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response in Nigeria
This webinar shared experience and lessons learned in implementing the MPD-4-QED program in Nigeria. MPD-4-QED is a harmonized database that collects maternal and perinatal information during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and the postpartum period including on quality of care from 54 referral level hospitals in Nigeria. Representatives from Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria and MPD-4-QED program shared their […]
Improving Health System Governance & Engaging the Private Sector for Quality MNCH Services in Uganda
The private sector’s involvement in health systems is growing in scale and scope, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMICs) and it includes the provision of health-related services, medicines and medical products, financial products, training for the health workforce, information technology, infrastructure and support services. It is key for governments to build strong capacities […]
Capitalize on remote learning and coaching
Approximately 58,000 women died during or around childbirth in Nigeria in 2015[1] and the proportion of maternal deaths due to indirect causes – such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and anemia – is increasing in the country. This webinar shared how the project ‘Reducing the Indirect Causes of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality’ (RICOM3) – is testing a […]
Ensure they thrive (session 1)
Summary All newborns, especially those who are small and sick, need nurturing care to survive and thrive. Speakers presented effective interventions to promote development, including family-centered care and kangaroo mother care and provided examples of how health care providers and parents can work together to provide nurturing care. They also addressed the importance of screening […]
Family participatory care in India Partnering with families to care for small and sick newborns
The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health hosted a webinar on 24 September on ‘Family participatory care in India: partnering with families to care for small and sick newborns’. Prof. Arti Maria has pioneered this approach in which the parents and close relatives of small and sick newborns are […]