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.

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Training & Guidance

Blended Learning Training Package in Adaptive Learning

This adaptive learning blended learning training package can be used when introducing adaptive learning to individuals or teams who would like to learn more about the basics of adaptive learning, begin integrating adaptive learning into their work, or strengthen their adaptive learning capacities. The package includes four brief training modules which cover topics including: (1) what is adaptive learning, (2) why is it important, (3) how to integrate it, and (4) an overview of adaptive learning tools. Each module is pre-recorded and runs for approximately 15 minutes. Available in both English and French!

Publication Date September 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Factors Associated with Uptake and Use of Immunization Toolkits and Guidance

Immunization-related resources, such as toolkits and guidance, are designed to address critical technical components of immunization activities. Resource designers and implementers may benefit from additional information to identify strategies to support uptake and use of the resource—including implementation best practices. As a work plan activity in the 2023 project year, MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity examined existing immunization-related toolkits and guidance to identify opportunities to improve uptake and use. As a foundational step to help the project prepare for these activities, the Measurement, Adaptive Learning and Knowledge Management Lab (MAKLab) for MOMENTUM conducted a desk review of relevant gray and published literature and conducted key informant interviews to identify known facilitators and barriers to the uptake and use of immunization-related resources. The analysis primarily focused on implementation of immunization-related resources, but non-immunization resources were considered if the type of resource, user, or use was similar to the immunization context. Findings from the desk review and interviews were synthesized into a list of factors associated with uptake and use of immunization-related toolkits and guidance.

Publication Date August 1, 2023 Webinars

Using Data Triangulation for Identifying Zero-Dose and Under-Immunized Children

Data triangulation offers an alternative route to using data to identify and estimate non-immunized, under-immunized, and zero-dose children more accurately. On August 31, 2023, MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity held a webinar on the use of this approach drawing from experiential knowledge, and included a panel discussion featuring colleagues from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Publication Date August 1, 2023 About MOMENTUM

MOMENTUM Tiyeni Fact Sheet

This fact sheet for the Malawi MOMENTUM Tiyeni project highlights the project's focus on maternal and newborn health, child health, reproductive health, and family planning, and nutrition, where it works, and other key project information.

Publication Date August 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Three Districts in Ghana: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

This report captures results and analysis from interviews with Ghana Ministry of Health and Sanitation staff at the national, district, and facility levels to assess the successes of, challenges to, and opportunities for effective implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), part of a multi-country study begun in 2022. Despite broad support for the IMCI protocol, implementation in Ghana has been limited, with four key challenges cited by multiple interviewees: 1) policy restriction on CHPS (Community Health Planning and Service) activities, 2) insufficient prioritization by international partners working in Ghana, 3) frequent stockouts of medicines essential for IMCI, and 4) lack of referral transport. The report provides key programmatic recommendations to address these barriers.

Publication Date August 1, 2023 Webinars

Making the Case: Supporting Breastfeeding by Integrating Perinatal Mental Health Services in PHC

Recent evidence has shown that women who are experiencing common perinatal mental disorders (CPMDs)—such as depression, anxiety and somatic disorders—are more likely to report insufficient milk and other breastfeeding difficulties, preventing them from exclusive breastfeeding. On August 29, 2023, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership hosted a webinar on this under-explored area of intersection and integration, looking at the latest evidence and discussing how to support of breastfeeding through the integration of perinatal mental health services in primary health care.