Resources Archive

Publication Date February 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Scaling up Effective Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services through Faith-Based Health Care Networks

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 project implemented WASH improvements in 199 HCFs in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, including 44 faith-based facilities in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. This brief distills learnings of faith-based partners, supports faith-based networks to take WASH activities to scale, and suggests ways to achieve scaling through limited, medium-level, and significant investments.

Publication Date February 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Sierra Leone: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

In 2022, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership undertook several country-based qualitative assessments of the successes of, challenges to, and opportunities for effective implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). This Sierra Leone report captures the results and analysis from 18 interviews with Ministry of Health and Sanitation staff at the national, district, and facility levels. The report breaks down the findings and recommendations across six key program areas: coordination and management, training, supervision, motivation, referrals, and supplies and equipment.

Publication Date February 1, 2023 Research & Evidence

Primary Health Care Integration Landscape Analysis: Literature Review Findings

To fill the knowledge gaps about what lessons have been learned about integration of primary health care (PHC) services in low- and middle-income countries and inform current and future efforts to improve the integration of PHC and immunization services, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership conducted this literature review to synthesize what is known about the level of implementation of immunization and PHC service integration in LMICs, identify policy and performance gaps in integration efforts, describe impediments and enablers of integration, and the solutions to address the main challenges.

Publication Date February 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

Promoting Vaccination: A Toolkit for Collaborating with Faith Communities

This toolkit is designed to equip faith actors and related stakeholders—such as Ministries of Health, medical and scientific bodies, and non-profit organizations that partner with or work alongside faith actors—with the information and tools needed to raise awareness, reduce misinformation, and address barriers that prevent faith communities in particular from engaging in vaccination. It includes information on theological dimensions of vaccination, holding discussions on vaccination, messaging on social media, holding inter-faith discussion forums on vaccine promotion, organizing harmonized inter-faith vaccine campaigns, and engaging with faith-based scientific technical bodies. Ultimately, this toolkit is intended to promote innovative partnerships that drive vaccine acceptance and uptake and to inspire increased strategic discussion and investment among stakeholders in the vaccine space.

Publication Date February 1, 2023 Program & Technical Resources

How Data Systems Can Help Reach Zero-dose and Under-immunized Children

This brief is for government decision-makers, funders, and partners who are involved in advancing health information systems and data tools for identifying, reaching, and monitoring zero-dose and under-immunized children. It highlights findings and recommendations from the Landscape Analysis of Health Information Systems and Data Tools for Identifying, Reaching, and Monitoring Zero-Dose and Under-immunized Children.