Publication Date May 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Co-Creating an Integrated Program Focused on Adolescent Reproductive Health and Sustainable Fisheries in Malawi

To encourage cross-sectoral partnerships that integrate sustainable ecosystems, fisheries, and health, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership partnered with the REFRESH project to integrate a youth-friendly, gender-transformative strategy aiming to advance positive youth development and promote uptake and accessibility of adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) and FP services in fishing communities around Lake Malawi. This brief details the collaborative, participatory approach as well as lessons learned from these critical efforts for the field of population, environment, and development (PED).

Publication Date May 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Supply Chain Challenges and Commodity Availability at the Last Mile: Findings from Seven MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Partner Countries

This report explores supply chain challenges in fragile and conflict-affected settings. To create this report, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience staff undertook research to better understand how countries manage commodities at facility and community levels, how those commodities are dispensed and tracked, and what the major bottlenecks are. This report is accompanied by a recommendations document and a sample planning template. Each of these in turn links to several other additional resources.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Évaluation de l’intégration de la vaccination contre le virus COVID-19

Alors que de nombreux pays sortent de la phase d'urgence de la pandémie de COVID-19, ils doivent prendre en compte les plans à long terme et la viabilité future de la vaccination COVID-19. Les projets MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity et Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator, financés par l'USAID, ont mené une évaluation qualitative dans sept pays sur l'état et les plans d'intégration de la vaccination COVID-19 dans la vaccination de routine et les soins de santé primaires, ainsi que dans le système de santé de manière plus générale. Chaque rapport national résume les résultats et les enseignements tirés des entretiens avec les informateurs clés et des discussions de groupe menées avec les parties prenantes impliquées dans la mise en œuvre des activités d'intégration aux niveaux national et infranational.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Localization Within MOMENTUM: How Awards are Contributing to USAID’s Vision for Locally Led and Sustainable Solutions

USAID and MOMENTUM partners convened in July 2023 to discuss how the suite of awards is operationalizing localization across activities to improve maternal, newborn, and child health, nutrition, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health outcomes. The Localization Learning Summary compiles learnings shared during the convening series describing how MOMENTUM contributes to USAID’s localization agenda. The Localization Measurement Summary contains information shared during the convening that describes how MOMENTUM measures localization.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Piloting a Lean Costing Approach for Family Planning and Maternal Health Services

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery piloted a 'lean' costing approach to explore the costs and major cost drivers of FP and MH service delivery in the public and private sectors at three sites in Nigeria, Tanzania, and the DRC. This report summarizes the findings from the costing approach and discusses how the results and approach can help inform FP and MH programming.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Enhancing Private Sector Engagement Within Mixed Service Delivery Networks for Improved Family Planning in the Philippines

This deck of learnings elevates the key results, insights, and recommendations that have emerged from MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery's work in the Philippines. MOMENTUM's activity in the Philippines has addressed the barriers to private sector participation in delivering quality, affordable FP services by co-designing sustainable solutions with local partners and stakeholders.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Induction and Augmentation of Labor in India: Excessive and Inappropriate Use of Uterotonics In and Out of Health Facilities

This factsheet presents key findings from a systematic review on induction and augmentation of labor in India. The review identified 59 high-quality studies (variable in design, geography, women's profiles, and outcomes). The review highlights key findings, and ways forward based on the high rate of induction and augmentation in this context.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Recommendations for Governments To Maintain Continuous Family Planning Services During Shocks and Stressors

People need continuous access to family planning (FP) services as an essential component of SRH care to prevent unintended pregnancy. As stewards of their national health programs, governments must lead the way on advancing policies, programs, and financing that build resilient health systems and enable continuous access to health services across shocks and stressors. This brief provides recommendations for governments to improve preparedness to provide continuous FP services, build resilient health systems that can withstand and adapt to crises, and meet FP needs during crises and stable times alike. This brief is co-branded with the Women's Refugee Commission, IAWG, FP2030, USAID, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, and PROPEL Adapt.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Formative Assessment on Small and Sick Newborn Feeding in Ghana and Nepal

This case study provides an overview of two formative assessments by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership on current practices, barriers, facilitators, and programmatic approaches affecting the provision of specialized, high-quality nutritional care for small and/or sick newborns (SSNBs) in public health facilities in Ghana and Nepal. These assessments are an important step in expanding the evidence base around SSNB feeding in these contexts and present insightful cross-cutting recommendations to support and/or strengthen breastmilk feeding for SSNBs during inpatient stays and post-discharge.

Publication Date April 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) and Applications to Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions in Fragile Settings: A Case Study from South Sudan

Numerous approaches have been developed to define the humanitarian-development nexus and more broadly, the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. This report examines the humanitarian-development nexus and its application to health interventions in South Sudan, specifically family planning, reproductive health, and maternal, newborn, and child health (FP/RH/MNCH), concluding with recommendations for stakeholders related to health services, institutional architecture, leadership, financing, coordination, and localization.