Resources

Publication Date October 1, 2024 Webinars

Turning Data and Data Systems into Action: Reaching and Monitoring Zero-Dose Children in Nigeria

On September 24, 2024, MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project, in collaboration with the Zero-Dose Learning Hub, hosted a webinar discussing how data and digital tools can be used to reach and monitor zero-dose and under-immunized children. This webinar provided valuable insights into how data-driven approaches and systems can enhance the effectiveness of immunization programs, ultimately helping reach the most vulnerable populations.

Publication Date October 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Using Behavior Integration to Identify Barriers and Motivators for COVID-19 Vaccination and Build a Vaccine Demand and Confidence Strategy in Southeastern Europe

This article was published on October 2, 2024 in the Journal Vaccines. This study used the Behavior Integration (BI) framework to identify barriers and motivators for COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova, North Macedonia, and Serbia, focusing on vaccine demand and confidence. Through qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, the study found that vaccine safety concerns, logistical challenges, and institutional distrust were key barriers, while personal health concerns and recommendations from healthcare providers acted as motivators. Tailored strategies, such as medical provider training and patient workshops, were implemented to increase vaccine uptake, with positive results in knowledge and vaccination rates.

Publication Date October 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Evaluación de la Respuesta del Sistema de Salud de el Salvador a las Necesidades de Salud de la Población Adolescente: Propuesta del Plan de Acción con enfoque de igualdad sustantiva con base a los hallazgos

Los sistemas de salud que se adaptan a las necesidades de los adolescentes pueden atender de manera efectiva sus requerimientos integrales en esta etapa crucial de la vida. No obstante, en El Salvador, los adolescentes enfrentan barreras específicas que dificultan su acceso a los servicios de salud de calidad. En este informe, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership presenta los resultados de una autoevaluación sobre la capacidad del sistema de salud salvadoreño para satisfacer las necesidades  de salud de los adolescentes, así como un plan de acción orientado a cerrar las brechas identificadas."

Publication Date October 1, 2024 Webinars

Harnessing Innovation: How MAKLab is Accelerating Progress for Health Services

On September 25, 2024, MOMENTUM held a webinar on the project's innovation lab, a unique mechanism designed to identify and spread promising solutions to complex challenges that enhance and sustain access to quality, equitable health services across the globe. Led by MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator, the Measurement, Adaptive Learning, and Knowledge Management Lab (MAKLab) offers specialized on-demand, technical support to the MOMENTUM suite of awards. This webinar highlighted three product solutions that have emerged from MAKLab: 1) Documenting Adaptive Learning Toolkit, 2) Factors Associated with Uptake and Use of Immunization Toolkits and Guidance, and 3) Adapting Training Materials for Blended Learning brief.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Resource Guide for USAID Missions on Measurement of Self-Reported Experience of Care Across SRMCAH

This guide aims to equip USAID Missions and partners with tools to monitor and evaluate programs that enhance person-centered care across the sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) spectrum in low- and middle-income countries, ensuring that the perspectives of clients and caretakers are central to these efforts. The guide compiles measures that can be used to track client-reported experiences of care (EOC) in facility- and community-based health service delivery settings across the spectrum of SRMNCAH, including family planning, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and care of the sick child. It compiles measures of self-reported data on EOC for the client and caretaker (for newborns and children). 

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Training & Guidance

Training Course on Contraception and Family Planning: How Does Each Method Work To Prevent Pregnancy?

Developed by USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, this virtual course contains information on female anatomy, menstruation, ovulation, and fertilization and what is important to know in offering family planning counseling and services. The course also guides providers to consider the needs of particular sub-populations of clients, such as those experiencing reproductive coercion or whose family planning needs may be overlooked because they are either pregnant or recently gave birth. It is recommended for healthcare providers, healthcare workers, and those who provide counseling and services related to family planning.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Programmes nationaux de prévention et de prise en charge de l’hémorragie du post-partum et des troubles hypertensifs de la grossesse

L'hémorragie du post-partum (HPP) et les troubles hypertensifs de la grossesse (HTG) continuent d'être deux des trois principales causes directes de décès maternel dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. En 2022, l'USAID, avec le soutien de MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership et de MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery et de leurs multiples partenaires, a mené une enquête sur les programmes nationaux visant à réduire la mortalité maternelle et néonatale due à l'hémorragie du post-partum et les troubles hypertensifs de la grossesse. De janvier à mai 2022, 31 pays d'Afrique subsaharienne, d'Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est, d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes ont répondu à une enquête de 69 questions sur les politiques et pratiques nationales en matière d'HPP et de HTG dans les secteurs public et privé. Les résultats de l'enquête de 2022 ont permis d'obtenir plusieurs informations intéressantes sur l'état actuel des programmes nationaux de lutte contre la HPP et la HTG.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Opportunities to Strengthen the Implementation and Institutionalization of Microplanning for Routine Immunization in Low- and Middle-income Countries

This mixed methods landscape analysis by the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project reviewed the evidence on microplanning, with a focus on the drivers of implementation and institutionalization of it in routine immunization programs. The project also sought to understand whether adaptations to microplanning, including digital and for integrated health services, helped overcome any of the known challenges. The primary objective of this analysis was to identify, synthesize, and disseminate evidence related to the drivers of implementing and institutionalizing microplanning in routine immunization programs.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Webinars

Blended Learning for the Public and Private Healthcare Workforce

On September 25, 2025, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery brought together experts working in Nigeria, Kenya, and Sierra Leone for an engaging conversation around the variety of blended learning models being used with both public and private healthcare providers in the areas of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), maternal and newborn health (MNH) and HIV/AIDS. The expert panel shared lessons learned from the various blended learning models they’ve used in their programming and engaged with one another as well as webinar participants through a question and answer session.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Strengthening Faith Engagement in Family Planning through Health Worker Training and Religious Leader Outreach: Experiences from the Christian Health Association Sierra Leone

This summary report from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership shares the experiences of the Christian Health Association Sierra Leone in improving the uptake of voluntary family planning through engagement with faith-based health facilities, religious leaders, and their communities. This resource includes details on two strategies: 1) capacity building on fertility awareness methods of FP for service providers and 2) engaging faith leaders on healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies. The report concludes with key recommendations for strengthening the foundations of family planning programming in Sierra Leone.

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