Resource Type: Briefs

Kuboresha Afya Mitaani project (KAM), also known as the Urban Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Project, is using implementation research to better understand and improve MNCH outcomes for almost 60,000 of Nairobi’s most vulnerable women and children living in the informal settlements of Kawangware and Mathare.

The Ponya Mtoto project in Kenya aims to assist in reducing the number of infant deaths due to possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI), or sepsis, by revising national Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines. These new guidelines are being implemented as part of a strengthened program of postnatal and young infant care.

The Boresha Afya project supports integrated primary health care in three geographical areas in Tanzania. USAID is conducting a Developmental Evaluation (DE) of the Boresha Afya project to support learning, innovation, and adaptive management efforts among implementing partners and Government of Tanzania stakeholders.

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.

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.