Program & Technical Resources

Webinar Recording: The Importance of Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Holistic Fistula Care

On May 19, 2022, MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics hosted a global webinar ahead of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on May 23. The webinar highlighted a crucial aspect of holistic fistula care: how to rehabilitate women who have experienced fistula and help them reintegrate into society after the fistula has been repaired. Over 180 participants from 25 countries attended the webinar, which convened advocates and leaders in comprehensive fistula programming from across the globe. You can watch the webinar recording below.

Publication Date

May 2022

Program & Technical Resources

Nutrition as a Health Vital Sign: Virtual Technical Consultant Meeting Report and Concept Note

Vital signs, such as temperature and blood pressure, provide critical information about a person’s health. The idea of including nutrition screening as a health vital sign, particularly for children and pregnant women, has been around for many years — but the concept remains underused and under-assessed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A report lays out the findings from an expert consultation held by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, detailing the challenges and opportunities for using nutrition assessments and screening measures in the context of antenatal and postnatal care in LMICS. A concept note presents further desk reviews, analyses, and next steps to move forward with the use of nutrition screening tools as a health vital sign in LMICs.

Publication Date

May 2022

Research & Evidence

MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Learning Agenda

MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics, a five-year project (2020 to 2025) funded by the United States Agency for International Development, developed its learning agenda through the engagement of an international group of experts specializing in the project’s technical areas: surgical obstetric care, fistula prevention and treatment, long-acting and permanent methods of family planning, as well as cross-cutting issues in safe surgery.

Publication Date

May 2022

Research & Evidence

Measuring and Monitoring Adaptive Learning: A Landscape Review

This landscape review on measuring and monitoring adaptive learning highlights the learning from five adaptive programming guidelines and toolkits and one implementation science framework to inform the monitoring and evaluation of adaptive learning. The introduction of adaptive learning processes and skillsets in global health programming is part of an emerging strategy to advance a learning culture within projects and teams to improve health program performance.

Publication Date

May 2022

Program & Technical Resources

What’s on the Table? Rapid Landscape Review of Challenges to Successful Engagement of Private Family Planning Providers in Public Purchasing Schemes

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery is supporting and strengthening private sector providers’ capacity to sustainably integrate and participate in public purchasing programs, including for family planning services. Led by ThinkWell, MOMENTUM has conducted a rapid landscape review that identifies the common barriers for private providers when engaging in public purchasing programs. The landscape draws on literature from across 23 countries and presents opportunities and recommendations to address private health provider challenges in engagement and collaboration within the public health sector.

Publication Date

May 2022

About MOMENTUM

MOMENTUM and the Government of Indonesia Partner to Save Mothers and Babies

Every year, Indonesia still loses more than 15,000 mothers and 75,000 newborns during labor and after delivery. MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership and the Government of Indonesia are partnering to reduce these deaths — the majority of which occur in hospitals. This video shows how a sustainable and scalable model being developed and refined in the province of East Nusa Tenggara has the potential to save the lives of mothers and babies across Indonesia.

Publication Date

May 2022

Research & Evidence

Webinar Recording: Seeing Old Problems Through a New Lens: Recognizing and Addressing Gender Barriers to Equitable Immunization

MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity hosted a webinar to discuss gender-related barriers to immunization on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The webinar shared key learnings about gender barriers and how they obstruct equitable access to immunization services throughout a person’s life. The webinar also included discussions about the growing global movement to strengthen country-level implementers’ capacity, commitment, and confidence to develop and implement strategies addressing gender-related barriers to immunization.

Publication Date

May 2022

Training & Guidance

Improving Postnatal Maternal Nutrition: How to use behavior profiles

This technical brief from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership explains how to customize and use postnatal maternal nutrition behavioral profiles on diet diversity and diet quantity to help program managers, researchers, and implementers translate nutrition guidance for women during the postnatal period into program actions that improve practices.

Publication Date

April 2022

Research & Evidence

Barriers and Enablers of IMCI Implementation: A Desk Review Report

This desk review by MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership examines implementation barriers for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) from a health systems perspective, summarizing common themes in the domains of human resources; medical technologies and supplies; health information systems; leadership and governance; and service delivery.

Publication Date

March 2022

Research & Evidence

Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan Resource Kit: What We Heard

Costed Implementations Plans (CIPs) are a critical tool for countries to transform ambitious family planning commitments, such as those made through FP2030 and the Ouagadougou Partnership, into concrete programs and policies. FP2030 and partners are revising the CIP Resource Kit, a package that provides standardized guidance and tools for countries to plan, develop, and execute a robust, actionable, and resourced strategy to achieve their family planning goals. Using a human-centered design process to gather in-country experience designing, implementing, and monitoring past CIPs, this report from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership shares suggestions to inform revisions to the CIP Resource Kit and strengthen the overall CIP model.

Publication Date

March 2022