The objective of this article is to examine the remains of the Community-Based Reproductive Health Project (CBRHP) implemented by CARE-Tanzania to address high maternal mortality in two rural districts. The two components of CBRHP, work of VHWs and community-financing for emergency transport systems in six villages, have continued. Both of these promote maternal health and … [Read more...] about Sustainability of community-capacity to promote safer motherhood in northwestern Tanzania: what remains?
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Integrated Maternal and Newborn Care: Basic Skills Course
This document is part of a series that makes up the USAID/BASICS Newborn Health tool kit. The entire toolkit is comprised of a reference manual, technical presentations, facilitator’s guide, participant’s notebook, clinical logbook and tools for monitoring and evaluation. This document is the Clinical Logbook that can help health workers and training participants to maintain … [Read more...] about Integrated Maternal and Newborn Care: Basic Skills Course
A Guide for Training Community Health Workers/Volunteers to Provide Maternal and Newborn Health Messages
This training guide focuses on building the capacity of CHWs and volunteers to use counseling cards to promote the health of women and newborns at home through preventive care, identification of problems, and seeking appropriate care. The guide trains CHWs to identify and interact with women of reproductive age, as well as their families, community and religious leaders, and … [Read more...] about A Guide for Training Community Health Workers/Volunteers to Provide Maternal and Newborn Health Messages
Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of Community Health Workers
This Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of CHWs was developed by CEDPA to help organizations that provide reproductive health services through the community-based distribution approach, to train their CHWs in reproductive health. The training manual is based on the premise that reproductive health is a fundamental human right and stresses that informed choice, quality of … [Read more...] about Reproductive Health Manual for Trainers of Community Health Workers
Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide
This is a resource for trainers developing in-service training for facility-based healthcare providers and CHWs who already have some basic experience with reproductive health and family planning. It is a reference guide to be used by trainers and can be adapted depending on whether trainees are facility-based or community-based. This training will enable providers to … [Read more...] about Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide