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The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA) to prepare a supplement to Acta Paediatrica to present results from selected implementation research studies that tested and documented the delivery of proven maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) interventions in different countries and contexts. This editorial provides background information on how these studies were selected by WHO and an overview of the different studies in the context of the thinking on implementation research at the time they were developed.
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Despite large investments to prevent mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT), pediatric HIV elimination goals are not on track in many countries. The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA) study was a cluster-randomized trial to test whether a package of systems engineering tools could strengthen PMTCT programs. The authors sought to (1) define core and adaptable components of the SAIA intervention, and (2) explain the heterogeneity in SAIA’s success between facilities.
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The Kampala Slum Maternal and Newborn Health Project (MaNe) will collect evidence and test innovations to achieve better maternal and newborn outcomes for urban poor populations in Kampala.
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The Acute Care and Emergency Referral (ACERS) Project aims to contribute to the improvement of maternal and newborn health survival by increasing pregnant women’s use of caregivers and improve caregivers’ provision of quality emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services.
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Slides from the Care-Seeking & Referral webinar presentation: Outcomes of a Collaborative Effort to Implement a Sustainable and Scalable Maternity Waiting Home Model: The Maternity Homes Alliance in Zambia, July, 2019.
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Responses to comments and questions from the webinar presentation: PSBI in the Context of Pediatric Quality of Care
