Publication Date September 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Key Global Technical Resources for Maternal and Newborn Health (2020-2023)

This resource developed by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership provides a consolidated, although not exhaustive, set of key evidence-based guidance documents, resources, repositories, and communities of practice in maternal and newborn health that have been released since 2020.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Counseling, Informed Consent, and Debriefing for Cesarean Section in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review

Counseling as part of the informed consent process is a prerequisite for cesarean section. Postnatal debriefing allows women to explore their cesarean section with their healthcare providers. This scoping review in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, authored by staff from MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics, shares practices and experiences of counseling and debriefing, the barriers and facilitators to informed consent for cesarean section, and documents the effectiveness of the interventions used to improve informed consent found in the peer-reviewed literature. 

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Assessment of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Cross-Cutting Themes in Ghana, Malawi, and Sierra Leone

In 2022, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership undertook a multi-country qualitative assessment of the successes of, challenges to, and opportunities for effective implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) through multi-level consultations and interviews with health workers, facility and district administrators, and health system leaders in Ghana, Malawi, and Sierra Leone. This comprehensive report of results from all three countries will help critically inform a global reinvigoration of the IMCI strategy which, despite having been launched more than 25 years ago, still has not reached programmatic scale in many of the countries where this proven approach could have a big impact on child survival. 

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Methods and Measures to Assess Health Care Provider Behavior and Behavioral Determinants in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: A Rapid Review

This rapid review published in Global Health: Science and Practice, authored by staff from MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics, identifies the opportunities and gaps in measurement of health care provider behavior by focusing on domains that correspond to factors that influence provider behavior and service provision and incorporate elements beyond provider competency and skills.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Closing Immunization Equity Gaps Using Human-Centered Design Approaches in Madagascar

In Madagascar, 33% of children aged 12-23 months of age have never received a vaccination and are therefore entirely missed by country's national immunization system and potentially the broader health system. This report outlines a MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership assessment that explored four areas that, if addressed, can close gaps in immunization equity: zero dose vaccination, birth dose vaccination, missed opportunities for vaccination, and urban vaccination. The report also details the outcomes of a human-centered design workshop held to co-create solutions to barriers or challenges in each of these four areas.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Integration of Immunization and Nutrition to Reach Zero-Dose Children

This report from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership aims to stimulate further discussions and actions on improving the integration of services to address the twin challenge of zero dose children and malnutrition in Madagascar. The publication presents a detailed assessment of the current status and challenges of integrating immunization and nutrition services in two districts of Madagascar. It also shares co-created solutions from human-centered design workshops to understand the current practices, challenges, and potential tools for reaching zero dose children through the integration of immunization program with nutrition services in Madagascar.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Webinars

Charting a Path Towards Local Capacity Strengthening: Systems and Tools for Mapping and Planning

On September 6, 2023, Data for Impact (D4I) and MOMENTUM’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Innovation, and Learning (ME/IL) Working Group held a webinar panel and discussion about tools that catalyze local capacity strengthening, as outlined in USAID’s Local Capacity Strengthening Policy. Both MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator and D4I have developed and implemented tools to assess and monitor organizational-level capacity strengthening. MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator discussed the forthcoming Capacity Mapping and Monitoring System (CMMS). Nigerian-based Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC) highlighted their experience using D4I’s capacity planning tool, Research and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Tool and Resource Package (RECAP).

Publication Date September 1, 2023 About MOMENTUM

Strengthening Routine Immunization and Polio Vaccination in Mozambique

This brief summarizes how the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project is strengthening routine immunization and polio vaccination in Mozambique.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Household Nutrition Survey

The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a fragile and high-conflict region where child health is below optimal levels, and stunting and wasting continue to be major problems. In the summer of 2022, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience conducted a knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey in the catchment areas of 60 MOMENTUM-supported facilities across 10 health zones in North Kivu in eastern DRC. Download the full survey to find out what the project learned about household knowledge, attitudes, and practices around child nutrition in North Kivu.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Training & Guidance

Distance and Blended Learning Guide: Parts 1 & 2

Parts 1 and 2 of our Distance and Blended Learning Guides offer implementers and local partners the tools to transition their in-person trainings to a virtual format. A technical brief is also available, which offers concrete steps, considerations, tools, and resources for projects and organizations that are adapting existing training materials to a blended learning format.