USAID's 2016 Acting on the Call Report provides updates from the program that aims to end preventable maternal and child deaths in 25 priority countries, which together accounted for more than two-thirds of child and maternal deaths worldwide. This report outlines how 8 million women and children's lives can be saved by 2020 and examines inequitable access to maternal and … [Read more...] about Acting on the Call June 2016 Report
Kenya
Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya
A randomized trial evaluates the effectiveness of a CHW program in Kenya which implements home visits or calls to new mothers three days after delivery. Surveys were utilized to measure compliance, self-reported health problems, care-seeking behaviors, and postnatal knowledge and practices among new mothers who received one of three randomly assigned postnatal care practices. … [Read more...] about Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya
AIM Health Programme End Line Programme Evaluation Report
World Vision’s Access – Infant and Maternal health (AIM Health) Program met its five-year goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality in most of the ten Area Development Program (ADP) sites in which it was implemented. The program is designed to change MNCH-related behaviors through targeted counseling by CHWs, implemented community health committees, and citizen voice and … [Read more...] about AIM Health Programme End Line Programme Evaluation Report
Changing Lives Through Social Accountability: Case Studies from World Vision’s UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement
Case studies in eleven countries including Zambia, Armenia, and Senegal, utilized World Vision’s social accountability approach, Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), to address public service improvement. This approach aims to link community members and organizations with each other and also to link these communities with service providers, local governments, and national policies. … [Read more...] about Changing Lives Through Social Accountability: Case Studies from World Vision’s UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement
Utilization of Community-based Health Information Systems in Decision Making and Health Action in Nyalenda, Kisumu County, Kenya
Information should form the backbone of decisions that effect change in all areas. It is, therefore, paramount in health, for information to be used for decision making. In effect, this will bring about equity in health resource allocation. The development of comprehensive community-based health information systems is increasingly becoming important for measuring and improving … [Read more...] about Utilization of Community-based Health Information Systems in Decision Making and Health Action in Nyalenda, Kisumu County, Kenya