Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Improving Facility Readiness in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) And Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) In Uganda

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shocked health systems, demanding the urgent identification and prioritization of immediate health care facility needs. Beginning in August 2020, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership provided rapid technical and capacity development assistance to local health networks in Uganda and four other countries to improve facility readiness in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This package of materials details the impact and outcomes of this work, as well as lessons learned to inform future WASH and IPC efforts in health care facilities and quality improvement programming.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Improving Facility Readiness in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) And Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) In Ghana

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shocked health systems, demanding the urgent identification and prioritization of immediate health care facility needs. Beginning in August 2020, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership provided rapid technical and capacity development assistance to local health networks in Ghana and four other countries to improve facility readiness in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This package of materials details the impact and outcomes of this work, as well as lessons learned to inform future WASH and IPC efforts in health care facilities and quality improvement programming.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Collaborer avec les jeunes pour un impact: profiles des partenaires jeunesse MOMENTUM à travers le monde

Ce document dresse le profil de certains des jeunes partenaires dynamiques de MOMENTUM qui travaillent dans différentes zones géographiques et différents contextes en Asie du Sud, en Afrique de l'Ouest et de l'Est. Ces partenaires ont pour objectif d'améliorer les connaissances en matière de santé et la demande de services de santé, de modifier les normes sociales et de genre dans leurs communautés, d'améliorer l'accès à des services de santé de qualité et de créer des systèmes répondant aux besoins des adolescents dans le cadre du lien entre l'humanitaire et le développement.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Partnering with Youth for Impact: Profiles of MOMENTUM Youth Partners from Across the Globe

This document profiles some of MOMENTUM’s dynamic youth partners working across different geographies and contexts in South Asia and West and East Africa. These partners aim to increase health knowledge and demand for health services, shift social and gender norms in their communities, improve access to quality health services, and create adolescent-responsive systems across the humanitarian-development nexus.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Reaching Zero-dose Children: Evidence for Engaging the Private Sector

This brief summarizes the key findings and recommendations of a longer literature review synthesizing information on the private sector’s role in delivering immunization services to zero-dose children.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Strengthening Organizational Capacity: Lessons Learned from MOMENTUM

Achieving locally-led, sustainable development requires efforts to support and build the capacity of local actors— those who are most familiar with their communities. This report summarizes learning and recommendations from across MOMENTUM about approaches to strengthening organizational capacity of local partners to achieve shared goals.

Publication Date January 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Case Study: Vietnam | Supportive Supervision to Improve Quality of COVID-19 Vaccination Services

This case study illustrates how the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project supports Vietnam in strengthening supportive superivison and HR practices to efficiently distribute and vaccinate hard-to-reach populations.

Publication Date December 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Case Study: Vietnam | Use of Digital Data Solutions for the COVID-19 Response and Beyond

This case study illustrates how the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project supports Vietnam in strengthening planning and forecasting tools to efficiently distribute and vaccinate hard-to-reach populations.

Publication Date December 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Case Study: Niger | How the COVID-19 Response Is Strengthening the Cold Chain

This case study illustrates how the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project is supporting Niger in strengthening the cold chain not only for the immediate need for the COVID-19 vaccine, but also for long-term immunization support.

Publication Date December 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Implementation of the World Health Organization’s Task Sharing Guidelines for Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and Permanent Methods across MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Countries: Desk Review

MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics conducted this desk review between June and November 2021 to determine the extent to which implementation countries had adopted and operationalized the WHO recommendations for task sharing to increase access to high-quality FP information and services. The assessment also aimed to identify key challenges, barriers, and opportunities related to effective implementation of the WHO task sharing guidelines. The review also included an assessment of national health systems documents and global evidence, including published and grey literature on task sharing.