Health Research Program

USAID’s Health Research Program is a suite of USAID-funded projects that support implementation research for maternal and child health and translate findings into effective health interventions that can be adapted globally.

Photo Credit: A child plays at an Early Childhood Development session that is being run by a Community Health Officer who has undergone training by Jhpiego, in Sijri Veng Veng village, Ghana, on Thursday, June 6 2018. This is one of the poorest regions in Ghana and parents struggle to grow enough food for their children to eat; and have no money to buy toys. Health workers trained by MCSP teach mothers how to make toys from items they can find in their homes and how to play with their children. The project has been running for six months in the community and parents have seen a big change in how their babies are developing. Jhpiego has been working throughout Ghana to improve the lives of newborn babies and their mothers.

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USAID’s Health Research Program is a suite of USAID-funded projects that support implementation research for maternal and child health and translate findings into effective health interventions that can be adapted globally.

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Addressing child deaths in Nigeria

A series of dissemination events shared findings of the Nigeria 2019 VASA study

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MCH Matters January 2021

A quarterly newsletter with the latest on MCH programs, practices, and policies

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New 2019 VASA Products

New resources from the Nigeria Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study are now available

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New - IR TIPs

The Health Research Program is supporting development of 10 TIPs on Implementation Research for Decision Makers in Low and Middle-income Countries - a series of briefs designed to provide clear guidance for local health decision makers on how and when to conduct implementation research.

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Select one of our focus areas to learn more about our work:

Implementation Research

Newborn Health

Child Health

Maternal Health

Even when research shows that an intervention can and does work, this does not always translate to real world settings.

Implementation research bridges this know-do gap.

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Annually, 2.5 million newborns still die in their first month of life. The Program is using implementation research to demonstrate the feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of scaling up interventions proven to reduce neonatal mortality.

Implementation research accelerates the research-to-use process.