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 including communities, health facilities, and district health managers, supported by high-quality data from independent continuous household and health facility surveys.

It ran from 2010 and 2014 and has a wealth of lessons to share on working simultaneously at community, facility and district levels to make quality improvement impactful, what it takes to collect and use data in a strategic manner, and what barriers stand in the way of quality improvement teams.

EQUIP has published a paper documenting these learnings, as well as a series of briefs and a video.