Publication Date May 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Documenting Adaptive Learning Toolkit: Templates and Resources to Support the Documentation of Adaptive Learning

This toolkit was designed to help users improve how they document adaptive learning and quality improvement activities. The toolkit includes thirteen editable templates that can be used to record notes, decisions, and next steps from various adaptive learning activities, including after-action reviews, data reviews, lessons learned, and causal link monitoring. Additionally, the toolkit includes general quality improvement documentation resources. The resources are summarized in five tables that describe the template, its recommended use, and potential users.

Publication Date May 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Adolescent Experience of Care in Maternal Health, Reproductive Health, and Family Planning: A Scoping Review

This is a review of adolescent Experience of Care (EOC) in maternal health, reproductive health, and family planning in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The purpose of the review was to understand current definitions of patient-reported EOC for adolescents; identify important theoretical domains to measure adolescent EOC; and identify measures of EOC for adolescents in maternal health, reproductive health, and family planning. The main findings were a lack of consistency in the definitions of EOC and scant measurement of EOC in LMICs. There is a need to create a comprehensive definition of the components of EOC for adolescents in LMICs, and to develop a conceptual framework for how adolescent EOC influences health outcomes. Using these new tools, it would be feasible to develop and test a comprehensive measure of EOC for adolescents in LMICs.

Publication Date May 1, 2024 Webinars

Supporting the Fistula Patient’s Journey through the Safe Surgery Ecosystem: Marching Toward 2030

On May 16, 2024, MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics held a webinar in commemoration of International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF), bringing together clinical practitioners, community implementers, government partners, and international organization representatives to facilitate collective efforts to “Support the Fistula Patient’s Journey through the Safe Surgery Ecosystem.” With only six years remaining until 2030, this year’s webinar explores challenges at the community level that contribute to developing fistula, clinical interventions to address fistula, and community opportunities available for women post-repair. The webinar also explores effective strategies for government partnership and includes video commentary from women who have experienced fistula and the frontline staff who work to support them.

Publication Date May 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Developing and Refining the COVID-19 to Routine Immunization Information System Transferability Assessment (CRIISTA) Tool: A Decision Support Tool to Leverage COVID-19 Immunization Information System Investments for Routine Immunization

This study presents a tool, the COVID-19 to Routine Immunization Information System Transferability Assessment, designed to assess the suitability of transferring COVID-19 immunization information systems to routine immunization. It aims to support decision-makers in leveraging investments to strengthen immunization programs and the health information ecosystem, aligning with the Immunization Agenda 2030's vision of vaccine equity.

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

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.