Publication Date August 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and Applications to Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions in Fragile Settings: A Case Study from Mali

Numerous approaches have been developed to define the humanitarian-development nexus and more broadly, the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. This report examines the humanitarian-development nexus and its application to health interventions in Mali, specifically family planning, reproductive health, and maternal, newborn, and child health (FP/RH/MNCH), concluding with recommendations for stakeholders related to health services, institutional architecture, leadership, financing, coordination, and localization.

Publication Date August 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

MOMENTUM Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Framework

The MOMENTUM Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Framework is based on key concepts, relationships, and pathways through which MOMENTUM will achieve its overall vision. The framework is organized into five components: (1) Theory of Change, (2) Learning Agenda, (3) Measurement, (4) Analysis and Synthesis, and (5) Dissemination and Data Use. This document describes each component separately and how they work together across all the MOMENTUM awards to create a harmonized approach.

Updated June 2024

Publication Date August 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Sierra Leone Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan

This plan was developed by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health, in collaboration with USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership and key development partners, to support the country’s goal to ensure comprehensive quality FP information and services are acceptable and equitably accessible to all people in Sierra Leone. The plan presents a prioritized set of well-defined, high-impact interventions to be delivered through an integrated approach, focusing on three priority areas: postpartum family planning (PPFP), commodity stockout reductions, and increasing demand for FP through investments in social and behavior change strategies. Additionally, the plan includes district profiles that highlight the specific needs and objectives of each district, essential for the country to achieve a modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) of 35% by 2027.

Publication Date August 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

USAID Immunization Partners’ Meeting Report

In alignment with the Immunization Agenda 2030, USAID remains committed to advancing equitable immunization to save lives and protect children and communities from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases through a variety of approaches and projects. In March 2024, USAID held a meeting that convened USAID Missions, implementing partners, and external stakeholders in Washington, D.C., to harness the power of collective thinking in overcoming vaccination barriers at a critical moment for the global immunization community. Participants shared best practices and lessons learned from immunization programming successes, innovations, and challenges. This report summarizes meeting’s goals, sessions, and findings. The report also highlights what pivots are needed in the future for stronger, more resilient immunization programs.

Publication Date August 1, 2024 Webinars

Strengthening Analysis and Use of Routine Facility Data for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Webinar Series

Routine health facility data helps decision-makers better understand facilities’ service readiness, utilization, and quality, enabling evidence-based policy and resource decisions. MOMENTUM’s “Strengthening Analysis and Use of Routine Facility Data for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health” webinar series is a “training of trainers” for monitoring, evaluation, and learning professionals working with MOMENTUM, USAID, and other partners.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Webinars

Improving Childbirth Outcomes by Optimizing the Use of Uterotonics: Sharing Learning and Tools

On July 25, 2024, MOMENTUM held a webinar exploring strategies, efforts and tools related to optimizing uterotonic use to improve childbirth outcomes. Presentations explored uterotonic use for labor induction and augmentation, with a focus on practices in India and South Asia, and new efforts to prevent postpartum hemorrhage, including findings from a global survey of national programs and a proposed evaluation strategy related to heat-stable carbetocin for Madagascar. Following presentations, participants had the opportunity to engage with experts during a Q&A session.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Webinars

Shocks, Stresses, and Health Outcomes: The Role of Promising Health Resilience Strategies in Fragile Settings

On July 23, 2024, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience hosted a webinar synthesizing academic and expert assessments of health resilience at the last mile to understand: what is meant by the health resilience and how it differs from overall resilience; ongoing efforts to strengthen resilience at district, community, and household levels; and opportunities and challenges to scaling up efforts to strengthen health resilience at the last mile. Then, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience described how it is integrating health resilience capacity strengthening activities into public health programming.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Research & Evidence

Nutrition Care and Services for Adolescent Pregnant Mothers

This landscape analysis from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership identifies nutrition counseling and services for pregnant adolescents, highlights select national nutrition policies and relevant formative research, and shares program innovations and experiences regarding nutrition specific to pregnant and lactating adolescent women (PLAW). Recommendations based on the findings of this analysis include further global action to harmonize definitions of adolescence, defining adolescent nutrition targets, and disaggregating data to better track the nutrition situation for PLAW.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Strengthening the Family Planning Component of Maternal Health Care: A New Call to Action to Seize the Opportunity Provided by Universal Health Coverage and Primary Healthcare Frameworks

Postpartum family planning (PPFP) and postabortion family planning (PAFP) are recognized as high-impact, evidence-based interventions that can reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity, respond to unmet need for voluntary contraception, and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Although there has been progress over time and some notable success, efforts in scaling up PPFP and PAFP have been uneven, as the result of a variety of continuing barriers. Scaling up PPFP and PAFP requires stronger health system stewardship, community and private sector engagement, measurement, and financing. Maternal health leadership is also essential.

Publication Date July 1, 2024 Program & Technical Resources

Counseling, Informed Consent, and Debriefing for Cesarean Section in Nigeria

Counseling, informed consent, and debriefing (CCD) are crucial for respectful maternity care (RMC) and medical ethics. Despite the prevalence of cesarean sections worldwide, ensuring RMC remains vital, especially in surgical maternity care. The MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics project explored CCD attitudes, preferences, and practices in emergency and non-emergency obstetric care through a mixed methods study in four health facilities across Ebonyi and Sokoto States, Nigeria, from November 2022 to March 2023. This fact sheet summarizes key findings and recommendations.