Publication Date July 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

A Call to Action – Postpartum and Postabortion Family Planning: High-Impact Practices That Must Be Scaled up Through Universal Health Coverage and Primary Health Care Frameworks

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Primary Health Care (PHC) frameworks provide unique opportunities to advance scale-up of postpartum and postabortion family planning (PPFP and PAFP), interventions which are crucial in reducing unmet need for contraception and have proven impacts on maternal, newborn, and child survival and wellbeing. This Call to Action urges all stakeholders to champion five priority actions to support scaling up PPFP and PPFP in the UHC and PHC contexts.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Applying a Holistic Approach to Fistula Care in Nigeria

The MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics project supports fistula prevention by enhancing provider capacity for high-quality obstetric surgeries, introducing quality improvement in obstetric care, and training primary health care workers and nurses in preventive catheterization for prolonged or obstructed labor management. In Nigeria, treatment involves surgical repair or non-surgical intervention (catheterization) at health facilities like National Obstetric Fistula Centers (NOFICs) or state-level vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) centers, or through organized surgical campaigns. A holistic fistula care approach addresses patients’ needs from prevention to rehabilitation and reintegration, ensuring they can access necessary services.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Webinars

Navigating Crises in the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus

On June 25th, 2024, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience hosted a webinar that explored efforts to improve access to and availability of quality, respectful, and person-centered MNCH/FP/RH care in fragile and conflict-affected settings. The webinar examined three country case studies (Niger, South Sudan, and Sudan), showcasing how each country program has adapted, survived, and even thrived when crises arose.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Using Vignettes to Gain Insights Into Social Norms Related to Voluntary Family Planning and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan

Social norms in South Sudan facilitate or obstruct the use of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services. This article in Global Health Science & Practice explored the use of vignettes to identify both restrictive and supportive social norms related to FP/RH and gender.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Understanding the Cold Chain Maintenance System in Niger

MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity conducted a human-centered design study in Niger to delve into challenges within Niger’s cold chain maintenance system, considering the perspectives of various stakeholders. This comprehensive report details the approach and results from co-creation activities. The results uncovered ways to improve the system by maximizing stakeholder strengths and fine-tuning procedures and guidance for cold chain operations.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Introduction of Balanced Energy Protein (BEP) Supplementation Through Routine Antenatal Care

In this landscape analysis, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership provides an in-depth understanding of barriers, enabling factors and challenges in the implementation of balanced energy protein (BEP) supplementation through routine antenatal care (ANC). These products compile evidence from 6 countries—Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique and Nepal—to generate program recommendations to guide country programs.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Review: Europe & Eurasia

As MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity’s COVID-19 vaccination program in Europe & Eurasia comes to an end, we look back on the successes, challenges, and lessons learned that the project had in reaching underserved and priority populations, strengthening the health system, and communicating in crisis. Download this report to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccination program in Europe & Eurasia which was conducted from May 2022 to April 2024.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

USAID Immunization Partners’ Meeting — Implementing Partners’ Marketplace: Abstracts

From March 18–19, 2024, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted an Immunization Partners’ Meeting convening USAID Missions, implementing partners including USAID MOMENTUM, and external stakeholders at a critical moment for the global immunization community. This booklet contains abstracts submitted by USAID implementing partners for an Innovation and Learning Marketplace that took place during the event. The purpose of this marketplace was to create space for USAID and implementing partners to deepen technical exchange on ongoing and emerging challenges in the immunization field and share innovative ideas, approaches to addressing these challenges and lessons learned.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 About MOMENTUM

COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Review: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

As MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity’s COVID-19 vaccination program in DRC comes to an end, this report looks back on the successes, challenges, and lessons learned that the project had in strengthening the health system, reaching underserved and priority populations, and strengthening the health workforce. Download this report to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccination program in DRC, which was conducted from May 2021 to April 2024.

Publication Date June 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Understanding the Dynamics Behind Cesarean Section Procedures in Private and Public Health Facilities

There is limited understanding about the dynamics of caesarean birth operations across public and private sector health facilities in low and middle-income countries. This report details the key findings and implications from a multi-country secondary analysis conducted by MOMENTUM and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) household data, and Service Provision Assessment (SPA) health facility data.