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StoryNo relevant topicsA study funded through Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) shows how some young farmers weathered the pandemic in Kenya.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsAnalysis of the quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention provided by community health workers in Boulsa health district, Burkina Faso
The study evaluated the level of quality of care provided by community health workers (CHW) within the framework of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) strategy.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImproved maternal and newborn health in developing countries : the role of quality improvement
In southern Tanzania, uptake of health facility births is high at 80%. Paradoxically, maternal and newborn mortality also remain high.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsContext matters in understanding the vulnerability of women : perspectives from southwestern Uganda
The study examined healthcare utilization experiences of vulnerable women in relation to maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in rural southwestern Uganda.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsStigma and utilization of treatment for adolescent perinatal depression in Ibadan Nigeria
This study identified predisposing, enabling, and hindering factors to health services utilization by adolescent mothers.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPromoting respectful maternity care in rural Tanzania : nurses’ experiences of the “Health Workers for Change” program
This pilot study trained reproductive health care nurses to be more sensitive to women’s needs based on the “Health Workers for Change” curriculum.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsWomen's health in women's hands : a pilot study assessing the feasibility of providing women with medications to reduce postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis in rural Tanzania
The pilot study established feasibility of distributing oral medications (such as misoprostol in pill form) to women in rural Tanzania to self-administer after delivery.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsResearch sets out key obstacles to maternal health in rural Tanzania
Transportation and medical supplies cost more than rural women can afford. Tanzania has limited resources for rural districts, few skilled birth attendants and a shortage of medical supplies.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsCauses of maternal death in Ethiopia between 1990 and 2016 : systematic review with meta-analysis
The study documented causes of maternal deaths, and risk factors contributing to deaths aggravated by pregnancy and its management in Ethiopia (1990 to 2016), using a systematic review with meta-an
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PublicationsNo relevant topics“Midwives do not appreciate pregnant women who come to the maternity with torn and dirty clothing” : institutional delivery and postnatal care in Torit County, South Sudan - a mixed method study
This detailed study examines the prevalence of factors that affect utilization of health facilities for routine delivery and postnatal care in Torit County, South Sudan.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsWhy women die after reaching the hospital : a qualitative critical incident analysis of the ‘third delay’ in postconflict northern Uganda
After reaching the health facility, a pregnant woman goes through a complex pathway that leads to delays in receiving emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC).
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFeminicide & machine learning : detecting gender-based violence to strengthen civil sector activism
Although governments have passed legislation criminalizing feminicide, it is unaccompanied by relevant policy or robust data collection.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsIndigenous peoples' data during COVID-19 : from external to internal
This paper explores the particular issues that COVID-19 has highlighted for Indigenous Peoples, focusing on governance.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPolicy dialogue to support maternal newborn child health evidence use in policymaking : the lessons learnt from the Nigeria research days first edition
The Department of Family Health (Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria) initiated and organized the first Nigeria Research Days (NRD) as a platform for exchange between researchers and policymakers t
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPromoting the use of evidence in health policymaking in the ECOWAS region : the development and contextualization of an evidence-based policymaking guidance
The need for a tool to provide systematic guidance on evidence-based policymaking necessitated the production of the evidence-based policy-making (EBPM) Guidance.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPeri-urban ecosystems : the potential for a planned approach in India
This policy brief encourages long term rather than reactive planning. Integrated, flexible planning can bridge the rural-urban disconnect.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsGender differences in civic engagement among the youth attending Yangon University of economics
This study focuses on civic engagement and attitudes of youth attending Yangon University of Economics (YUE) in Myanmar, towards increasing understanding of gender differences in leadership and civ
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFostering peri-urban resilience : gender-responsive approaches in northern India
Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) has been working with local people, mostly farmers on small and marginal plots, to address climatic changes and to empower women in a more climate-compat
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImportance of leadership and management to support improved quality in maternal and newborn care
Effective leadership and management (L&M) have a wide range of functions in improving quality in maternal and newborn health care.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsGender and health social enterprises in Africa : a research agenda
The rapid evidence assessment (REA) methodology was used to identify research questions at the intersection of the fields of gender equality, social enterprises and community health workers (CHW).
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsMixed methods systematic review of success factors of mhealth and telehealth for maternal health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Various factors contribute to the success of mhealth and telehealth implementation and use, and must be considered before technologies move beyond the pilot project stage.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsExperiences of a multiple intervention trial to increase maternity care access in rural Tanzania : focus group findings with women, nurses and community health workers
Multiple intervention strategies help women access maternity care services in rural locations and need to be designed within the local context.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsResponding to the challenge of adolescent perinatal depression (RAPiD) : protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid trial of psychosocial intervention in primary maternal care
The project, “Responding to the challenge of adolescent perinatal depression (RAPiD)” is designed to address the need for interventions, as well as demonstrate effectiveness of interventions, for d
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PublicationsNo relevant topics“Please Do Not Forget Us” - views of women, nurses, and traditional birth attendants on community distribution of medications to prevent postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis : a qualitative pilot study in rural Tanzania
There is strong support from rural women, dispensary nurses and traditional birth attendants for a community distribution program of medications to prevent postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis.
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