Publication Date August 1, 2022 Research & Evidence

Social Norms Exploration on Child, Early, and Forced Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence, and Adoption of Family Planning in Ebonyi and Sokoto States, Nigeria

Nigeria has made significant strides in improving human development outcomes, but improvements are markedly different for adolescent girls and women compared to boys and men. The country remains a patriarchal society where social norms and structural inequality render women subordinate to men. Global evidence demonstrates that deeply entrenched, restrictive norms underlie the practice of child, early, and forced marriage and gender-based violence, and limit women’s agency and decision-making power related to their reproductive health behaviors and choices.  MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Nigeria used the Social Norms Exploration Tool to understand the social norms driving child, early, and forced marriage, intimate partner violence, and early adoption of family planning in selected project areas of Sokoto and Ebonyi states, Nigeria.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Webinars

The Right Place at the Right time: What We Learned from Supply Chain Strengthening of Six Faith-based Drug Supply Organizations

On August 24, 2022, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership held a webinar exploring lessons learned from a faith-based supply chain strengthening program in Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria. Country representatives shared insights on the unique aspects of faith-based drug supply organizations, lessons learned, improvements in supply chains, and persisting challenges.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Stratégie de changement social et comportemental de MOMENTUM Résilience sanitaire intégrée pour renforcer la résilience

MOMENTUM Résilience sanitaire intégrée travaille en partenariat avec des pays confrontés à des situations de choc et de tension permanentes (par exemple, des institutions faibles, des conflits, des catastrophes). Les activités proactives de changement social et comportemental proposées aux prestataires de soins de santé, aux agents de santé communautaires et aux membres des communautés avant, pendant et après l’événement induisant choc et stress améliorent la résilience sanitaire et préviennent les perturbations des services de soins de santé destinés aux familles et aux communautés.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Social and Behavior Change Strategy to Enhance Resilience

Proactive social and behavior change activities among health providers, community health workers, and community members before, during, and after shocks and stresses increase health resilience and prevent disruption in health services for families and communities. This technical brief includes SBC strategies that MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience is taking to enhance health resilience in fragile settings.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Landscape Analysis of Health Information Systems and Data Tools for Identifying, Reaching, and Monitoring Zero-Dose and Under-Immunized Children

This landscape analysis describes information systems and tools to identify, reach, and monitor zero-dose and under-immunized children, with a focus on how they are being used in MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria. 

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Webinars

If You Build It, Will It Last? Introduction to Sustainable Digital Health Interventions on MOMENTUM

On August 17th, 2022, MOMENTUM hosted a webinar highlighting key global guidance documents that lay the foundation for sustainable digital health interventions and implementation, and shared how one MOMENTUM award has utilized these strategies. The overarching goal for employing these strategies is to reduce fragmented digital health systems in order to drive use of scalable and sustainable digital health solutions that can transform health systems and outcomes.

Publication Date August 1, 2022 Research & Evidence

Learning From the Past: The Role of Social and Behavior Change Programming in Public Health Emergencies

Behavioral responses to emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are the first line of defense to mitigate their spread. This article, published in Global Health: Science and Practice, analyzes responses to EIDs to identify lessons for improving public health responses. These lessons relate to community engagement, trust through transparent risk communication, audience segmentation for tailored interventions, prioritizing behaviors, and strengthening political will. The authors, including staff from MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, conclude with the need to engage social scientists, including social and behavior change experts, in the initial response to infectious disease outbreaks, to reduce mortality and improve efficiency in time-sensitive situations.

Publication Date July 1, 2022 Program & Technical Resources

Landscape Analysis: The Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Framework for MNCH/FP/RH

There has been a tremendous shift in recent years in how we understand humanitarian and development settings, and in turn, how we frame interventions in such contexts. Notions of a humanitarian-development divide, gap, or continuum go back decades and are outdated, as they have never fully depicted the overlapping reality and needs of most contexts across the world. Though numerous approaches have been developed to date, a broader understanding and operationalization within the humanitarian-development nexus (HDN) remains necessary, specifically in the health sector. Examining each of these approaches provides a foundation for how these may be translated to the health sector using an HDN lens. This landscape analysis and framework reviews existing frameworks, explores the HDN from a health perspective, and introduces a framework for maternal, newborn, and child health, family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) in the HDN.

Publication Date July 1, 2022 Training & Guidance

Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Capacity Building Package

MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, the World Health Organization, UNFPA, and UNICEF have developed an integrated Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Capacity Building Package that can be used to support country capacity for MPDSR through virtual means. Capacity building materials for both maternal and perinatal mortality surveillance have been combined into one package, which also includes updated guidance and COVID-19 modules.

Publication Date July 1, 2022 Webinars

Perception and Reality: Findings and Implications of a Study on Quality of Care in Family Planning

On July 19, 2022, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery held a webinar to discuss their analysis of Service Provision Assessment (SPA) surveys, comparing the quality of care for family planning (FP) services in both public and private health facilities across multiple countries. Both public and private health facilities play important roles in the provision of voluntary FP services. However, little is known about how and if quality of care may differ between these two sectors. This webinar shares the study findings and country examples on how quality of care may be measured differently and recommendations for improvement of services.