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Strengthening maternal and child health in conflict-affected South Sudan

Post-conflict settings present new opportunities to learn about strengthening health systems.
Published date
Friday, August 21, 2020 - 14:00
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How culture shapes the sexual and reproductive health practices among adolescent girls in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

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Thursday, August 2, 2018 - 04:00
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Champions of evidence play a pivotal role in bridging research-to-policy gap

Communicating research evidence to key stakeholders is improving maternal and child health policies.
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Globally Scaling Digital Solutions for Managing Misinformation

There has been a dramatic and alarming rise in the prevalence of so-called “fake news” around the world in the past two years.
Research in Action

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH WOMEN'S HEALTH BIRTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES Gender

Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa teams share early findings in Dakar

As the seven-year Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) program reached its halfway mark, 80 African and Canadian experts gathered in Dakar, Senegal, from April 24-27, 2017 to discuss the program’s emerging findings and to hone their research and policy engagement skills.
Published date
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 11:00
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Mother-child health in Lacor-South Sudan (IMCHA)

Implementing comprehensive, community-focused primary health care is a major challenge in post-conflict regions such as South Sudan and neighbouring Northern Uganda.
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Health Workers' Incentives in South Sudan (IMCHA)

South Sudan has some of the worst health indicators in the world. This project will seek to address the problem by improving community health-worker motivation and performance.
Research in Action

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNITY SERVICE MATERNAL MORTALITY Gender

Fourth Global Health Systems Research Symposium features innovative research on improving maternal and child health in Africa

It is women and children across developing countries who suffer most from the shocks and stresses to health systems. In South Sudan — a country ravaged by conflicts — limited infrastructure, lack of health information, and severe shortages of health personnel contribute to high levels of maternal and child mortality. Outbreaks of infectious disease and epidemics have similar consequences — the impact of Ebola on maternal and child health in West Africa is one example.
Published date
Friday, December 23, 2016 - 13:00