Publication Date October 1, 2022 Research & Evidence

South Sudan Social Norms Assessment

In 2021, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience conducted an assessment of social norms related to voluntary family planning and reproductive health in South Sudan. MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience also conducted a webinar in July 2022 to summarize the findings of the assessment. The assessment, a recording of the webinar, webinar slides, and a short video summarizing the assessment are included on this page.

Publication Date October 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Investment Case for Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Illnesses in Uganda

MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership collaborated with the Uganda Ministry of Health to develop a national “Investment Case for Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Illnesses in Uganda.” The Investment Case provides the Government of Uganda and development partners with clear financing requirements and impact projection justifying continued investments to ensure institutionalization of sustainable, accessible, and equitable iCCM services at scale. Using the Community Health Planning and Costing Tool (CHPCT 2.0), this investment case costs the scale-up of iCCM over a five-year period and identifies a resource mobilization strategy to address a substantial total funding gap, estimated at US$0.8 per capita per year.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Webinars

Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement: Three Country Perspectives

On September 29, 2022, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery held a webinar discussing how the project is putting the principles of Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE) into practice by engaging directly with young people, as both participants and leaders, in the development of programs geared toward addressing their sexual and reproductive health needs. MAYE shares power with young people, recognizing them as experts regarding their own needs and priorities while also strengthening their leadership/workforce capacities. Watch the webinar recording to learn about how MOMENTUM is operationalizing MAYE in Mali, Malawi, and Benin.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Understanding Vaccination Barriers: Mozambique Human-Centered Design Co-creation and Assessment Report

This report describes why MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity used human-centered design (HCD) in its co-creation and assessment approach for routine vaccination in Mozambique and how to build on final recommendations to shape interventions.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Webinars

Social Behavior Change to Improve Maternal Nutrition

MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership and USAID Advancing Nutrition held a webinar on September 14th, 2022, to learn about and discuss new USAID resources on social and behavior change and maternal diets. Presenters will share these new resources with implementers and foster discussions on how they can be used to improve maternal nutrition.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Private Sector COVID-19 Engagement: Cataloguing Activities Around Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake

This Findings Report includes an overview of the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project’s global mapping of private sector interventions supporting COVID-19 efforts, detailed profiles of each intervention level and type, and recommendations aligned to persona profiles and considerations for next steps. The report is accompanied by a corresponding infographic.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Research & Evidence

Understanding Resilience, Self-reliance, and Increasing Country Voice/Decolonizing Global Health: A Clash of Perspectives in Global Health

MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership examines the concepts of ‘self-reliance,’ ‘resilience,’ and ‘increasing country voice,’ exploring the differences in how each concept is understood and measured. In the reports and journal articles linked below, authors consider the factors that explain differences in how the concepts are used, as well as implications for practice in global health, particularly for the USAID MOMENTUM suite of awards and new USAID programs.

Publication Date September 1, 2022 Webinars

2022 Annual Meeting of the MIYCN-FP-Immunization Integration Community of Practice

The Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), Family Planning, and Immunization Integration Community of Practice met on September 1, 2022, to discuss major global technical updates since October 2021, hear about results from an immunization primary health care integration study in Nigeria, and explore opportunities to disseminate results.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Technical Brief: Imaging Ultrasound Before 24 Weeks of Pregnancy

In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated the routine ultrasound recommendation originally published in the 2016 WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience. This technical brief from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership describes the re-affirmed WHO recommendation on routine antenatal ultrasound examination and outlines policy and program implications for translating this recommendation into action at the country level. 

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Youth Through Digital Tools: Reaching Beninese Youth Where They Are

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery aims to improve youth access to reliable sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information with digital tools. With youth input, MOMENTUM designed an SRH-focused chatbot, Tata Annie, to meet the needs of youth in Benin and to provide confidential, on-demand SRH information. This program brief outlines the key design elements and adaptations made for the digital tool, including how MOMENTUM leveraged trainings and support from Meta to promote the chatbot.