Publication Date December 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Integration of Nutrition, Food Security, and Immunization Programs in Madagascar Technical Consultation Report

This is a report from a May 2023 technical consultation supported by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership on the integration of nutrition, food security, and immunization services in Madagascar. This report is intended to stimulate discussions and inform future MOMENTUM programming on how to integrate immunization, nutrition, and food security programs and services to reach zero-dose children and malnourished children with potent routine immunization vaccines, food supplements, and treatment in the country.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 About MOMENTUM

MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo Fact Sheet

MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo is an integrated service delivery activity focusing on maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH); family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH); nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); and malaria in five Malawian districts. Download this fact sheet to learn more about the activity. 

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Learning from MOMENTUM: Community Engagement and Systems Strengthening Approaches to Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Published in recognition of the 2023 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign, this brief highlights six innovative approaches—related to community engagement and system strengthening—for addressing GBV. The case studies from three MOMENTUM projects offer practical insights for gender experts, practitioners, and advocates, particularly those working in GBV pre­vention and response, to apply and adapt in their own work.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

MOMENTUM Small/Sick Newborn Care Learning Resource Bundle

The WHO Model of Care for Small and/or Sick Newborns (SSNBs) aims to reduce neonatal mortality and address the needs of vulnerable newborns. Three MOMENTUM awards--Country and Global Leadership, Private Healthcare Delivery, and Integrated Health Resilience--partnered with governments and stakeholders in Indonesia, Mali, Nepal, and Nigeria to implement SSNB care models. MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator spearheaded a common learning agenda to document the rollout of the small and sick newborn care model (SSNC) in diverse contexts, revealing insights into strategic approaches and technical actions for effective SSNC provision. This resource bundle includes the resources and products that were generated from the joint learning efforts across the suite.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Learning From Health Systems Strengthening Responses to COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic challenged health systems worldwide, examining their resilience in maintaining essential services while preventing and responding to COVID-19. MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator conducted a learning synthesis to understand the extent to which three MOMENTUM projects in India and Sierra Leone used health systems strengthening (HSS) approaches in their COVID-19 response activities. Furthermore, the work sought to distill factors that facilitated, or inhibited, the implementation and outcomes of HSS-oriented COVID-19 response activities. Lessons and recommendations can inform future approaches to integrating HSS in outbreak and pandemic responses.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

An Investment Case for Sierra Leone’s Community Health Worker Policy: An integrated approach from child health and community health systems

MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership collaborated with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health to develop a national “Investment Case for Sierra Leone’s Community Health Worker Policy.” The Investment Case provides the Government of Sierra Leone and development partners with clear financing requirements and impact projection justifying continued investments to ensure institutionalization of sustainable, accessible, and equitable community health services at scale. Using the Community Health Planning and Costing Tool (CHPCT 2.0), the Community Health Worker Coverage and Capacity (C3) Tool, and the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), this investment case analyzes the costs and benefits of the CHW program from 2021 to 2026.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Strengthening Health Resilience through Multisectoral Population, Health, and Environment Programming in Tanzania

MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience is implementing an integrated, multisectoral population, health, and environment (PHE) approach to address complex, interconnected challenges in Tanzania while strengthening health resilience. Three specific approaches in this PHE model include: Model Household/Boma Initiative, First-Time Parents program, and Community Conservation Microfinance Groups.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Webinars

Advancing Local Solutions and Innovations for Lasting Impact: Applying Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccination to Routine Immunization

On December 6, 2023, the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, in collaboration with MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity, held an event to share best practices and innovations used to achieve high equitable coverage of COVID-19 vaccination and reach hard-to-reach priority populations, and how they could be applied to routine immunization. The event focused on key themes such as community engagement to promote vaccine confidence and improve accessibility, strategies for reaching priority populations, partnerships between government and NGOs, strengthening data availability and use for decision-making, and adapting supply chain management to meet the needs of new vaccines. Speakers discussed opportunities for applying these strategies to routine immunization, and what is needed to facilitate that transition.

Publication Date December 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

COVID-19 to Routine Immunization Information System Transferability Assessment (CRIISTA)

The COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine introduction led many countries to invest in new immunization information systems (IISs) to collect, manage, and use COVID-19 vaccination data. Many countries have recognized these investments as a potential opportunity for strengthening routine IISs. The COVID-19 to Routine Immunization Information System Transferability Assessment (CRIISTA) aims to facilitate a thorough process for collecting and reviewing relevant information to support decision-making around whether it is appropriate to scale a COVID-19 IIS, or parts of it, for use in routine immunization.

Publication Date November 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Family Planning (FP) Resilience Checklist

The Family Planning (FP) Resilience Checklist is an Excel-based tool to assess the extent to which voluntary family planning efforts, particularly in fragile settings, are integrating interventions to strengthen resilience of individual, couples, communities, and facilities to shocks and stresses, with the aim of scaling and sustaining demand, access, and use of family planning.