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Publication Date March 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Review of Integrated Community Case Management and Family Planning/Reproductive Health Training Curricula for Pharmacists and Drug Shop Owners

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery supports the scale-up of evidence-based approaches to improve the quality of integrated community case management (iCCM) and voluntary family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) care offered through private pharmacies and drug shop vendors. MOMENTUM is developing a training curriculum and tools for cadres of private providers working in pharmacies and drug shops, as they are not often included in formal health system training for task-shared child health or FP services. As a first step in developing the curriculum, MOMENTUM undertook a review of materials from 11 existing iCCM and FP/RH curricula for lower-level providers. This review summarizes the findings from the curricula review and describes the process of the review. In addition to the report, MOMENTUM has also developed a Curricula Review Matrix which provides further details on the criteria used and each curriculum reviewed in the report. The Curricula Resources file includes all original training materials utilized in the MOMENTUM curricula review.

Publication Date February 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

The Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Framework for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Voluntary Family Planning, and Reproductive Health

The Humanitarian-Development Nexus marks a turning point in the understanding of humanitarian and development settings by recognizing that previous linear models are obsolete, and that a region or country does not transition from humanitarian to development aid. Drawing from frameworks on the nexus put forth by the United Nations and health system strengthening from WHO and USAID, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience developed this conceptual framework to visualize health programming in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus.

Publication Date February 1, 2022 About MOMENTUM

MOMENTUM Presents Podcast, Episode Two, Innovating in a Pandemic: Gender and Youth Equity amid COVID-19

Listen to the second episode of the MOMENTUM Presents podcast series to hear Patricia Bah from Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation and Marian Pleasant Kargbo, Sierra Leone’s Family Planning 2030 Youth Focal Person discuss what it takes to reach adolescents and youths with critical health services despite the incredible challenges of COVID-19.

Publication Date February 1, 2022 About MOMENTUM

MOMENTUM Theory of Change Video

The MOMENTUM Theory of Change describes how the various actions and interventions of the six MOMENTUM projects are anticipated to contribute to MOMENTUM’s overarching goal and intended intermediate outcomes and results. This fact sheet and video provide an overview of the Theory of Change and how it supports project design, implementation, and learning across all six MOMENTUM projects.

Publication Date February 1, 2022 Webinars

Maternal Mental Health and the Importance of Engaging Faith Actors

Mental health lacks proper attention in the health sector, both in funding and response, despite its high prevalence rate. The perinatal period is a particularly crucial time to address mental health concerns as it is associated with an elevated risk of mental disorders. Faith actors and faith-based organizations (FBOs) can make a difference in countries and on the global stage in vastly improving maternal mental health. On February 3, 2022, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership held a webinar sharing the results from a landscape assessment of faith actors and FBO involvement in maternal mental health. Speakers and participants discussed how to leverage the influence and reach of faith communities to help women facing mental health issues during the critical perinatal period. 

Publication Date January 1, 2022 Research & Evidence

Introducing the Hormonal IUD in Madagascar, Nigeria, and Zambia: Results from a Pilot Study

This study, published by BMC Reproductive Health, reflects the results of a USAID-funded pilot study on the introduction of the hormonal Intrauterine Device (IUD) in Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zambia. The study analyzed the introduction of the hormonal IUD from the perspective of the family planning user; it included favorable findings on user satisfaction and continuation rates as well as insightful information on demographic profiles of those who chose the method. Work completed by USAID's SIFPO2 project is also included in the study. MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery is now taking this work forward by leveraging the findings from this study in Nigeria and Madagascar to scale up demand generation and training of private providers.

Publication Date January 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

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

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 Bangladesh 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, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

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

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 Sierra Leone and four other countries to improve facility readiness in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This technical brief 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.

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