Publication Date September 1, 2024 Webinars

Blended Learning for the Public and Private Healthcare Workforce

On September 25, 2025, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery brought together experts working in Nigeria, Kenya, and Sierra Leone for an engaging conversation around the variety of blended learning models being used with both public and private healthcare providers in the areas of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), maternal and newborn health (MNH) and HIV/AIDS. The expert panel shared lessons learned from the various blended learning models they’ve used in their programming and engaged with one another as well as webinar participants through a question and answer session.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Strengthening Faith Engagement in Family Planning through Health Worker Training and Religious Leader Outreach: Experiences from the Christian Health Association Sierra Leone

This summary report from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership shares the experiences of the Christian Health Association Sierra Leone in improving the uptake of voluntary family planning through engagement with faith-based health facilities, religious leaders, and their communities. This resource includes details on two strategies: 1) capacity building on fertility awareness methods of FP for service providers and 2) engaging faith leaders on healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies. The report concludes with key recommendations for strengthening the foundations of family planning programming in Sierra Leone.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Early Warning Systems: Rapid Assessments from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Niger, and South Sudan

Early Warning Systems are vital components of disaster risk management and the resilience of health systems, providing local stakeholders—governments, service providers, and communities—with the necessary information and time to prepare for and respond quickly to disasters and other hazardous events. As part of its efforts to build health resilience, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience conducted a rapid assessment of existing early warning systems (EWS) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mali, Niger and South Sudan. The assessment evaluated current EWS capabilities and provided recommendations for strengthening these systems to improve MNCH/FP/RH outcomes.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Improving the Management of Childhood Illness by Adapting Training Materials and Digital Health Tools: MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Experience in Northern Mali

This technical brief details the efforts and strategies employed by MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience in Northern Mali to improve the management of childhood illness through the adaptation of training materials and the utilization of digital health tools.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Perinatal Mental Health Consequences of Stillbirth and Potential Interventions: Summary of Evidence From Low- And Middle-Income Countries

Worldwide, around two million women experience stillbirth each year. Most of these deaths are preventable. Action to improve timely, equitable access to high-quality care is urgently needed to prevent these deaths but must be coupled with action to improve the supportive care that bereaved women receive to reduce psychological morbidity. This document provides a summary of the available evidence and research gaps regarding the impact of stillbirth on perinatal mental health in low- and middle-income countries and identifies potential interventions to mitigate these where the burden is highest.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: A Cross-Country Case Study Brief on Mali and South Sudan

Drawing from the case studies developed for Mali and South Sudan, this brief aims to synthesize key findings, commonalities, and differences in each context as it pertains to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDpN) and applications to family planning, reproductive health and maternal, newborn, and child health (FP/RH/MNCH) interventions. These themes were drawn from the original HDN conceptual framework developed for MIHR by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health. Both Mali and South Sudan are deeply complex and fragile environments, with the caveat that such fragility is not uniform across each country. Significant themes are outlined below and summarized in a comparative table of findings for each country drawing from both the conceptual framework and the WHO Health System Building Blocks.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Webinars

Accélérer l’élan en faveur de la santé des enfants

Lors de l'Assemblée mondiale de la santé en mai, la résolution 11.7 nouvellement adoptée a réaffirmé l'engagement mondial à atteindre les objectifs en matière de santé maternelle et infantile. Le 16 septembre 2024, MOMENTUM et la Child Health Task Force (CHTF) ont uni leurs forces pour un événement en direct afin de maintenir l'élan en faveur de la santé infantile. Lors de cet événement, des défenseurs et des responsables de la mise en œuvre ont partagé leurs points de vue sur ce qu'il faut faire pour améliorer la santé des enfants.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Webinars

Accelerating Momentum for Child Health Live Event

At the World Health Assembly in May, the newly passed Resolution 11.7 reaffirmed a global commitment to achieving maternal and child health goals. On September 16, 2024, MOMENTUM and the Child Health Task Force (CHTF) joined forces for a live event to keep up the momentum for child health. At the event, advocates and implementers shared their perspectives on what it takes to improve child health.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Enhancing Quality of Care and Client Experience Through Client Feedback

The client feedback mechanism is a novel approach used by MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery Nepal to help private providers enhance quality of care and client-centered services. The brief describes the client feedback mechanism and results of its use with private service delivery points in Karnali and Madhesh provinces of Nepal from 2021-2023.

Publication Date September 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Private Sector Engagement in Nutrition

As part of its efforts to build cross-sector partnerships for nutrition, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership conducted a global nutrition-focused private sector engagement assessment, comprised of a landscape overview and business case, to inform both future country programming and global efforts. The landscape overview provides a framework of in-scope nutrition interventions and an overview of gaps in nutrition outcomes and current programming, and details the landscape of private sector engagement modalities as well as emerging practices for these modalities. The business case development report contains findings from a prioritization of private sector engagement modalities and business cases for five priority modalities, which may be explored in future programming.