Resources

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Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Management of Acute Malnutrition - Grace Funnell (Action Against Hunger USA) - INS Workshop

Presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Management of Acute Malnutrition - Grace Funnell (Action Against Hunger USA) - INS Workshop1.06 MB
Event Materials | Ghana | 2018

Feeding Recommendations - Nigel Rollins (WHO) - INS Workshop

Presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Feeding Recommendations - Nigel Rollins (WHO) - INS Workshop1.21 MB
Event Materials | English | Mozambique, Ghana | 2018

Mozambique Country Presentation - INS Workshop

Mozambique country presentation, Integrating Nutrition in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborns and Children: Experiences from Mozambique, presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Mozambique Country Presentation - INS Workshop1.1 MB
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Bottlenecks and Lessons Learned - Michel Pacque (MCSP) - INS Workshop

Presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Bottlenecks and Lessons Learned - Michel Pacque (MCSP) - INS Workshop778 KB
Event Materials | English | Ethiopia | 2018

Ethiopia Country Presentation - INS Workshop

Ethiopia country presentation, Integration of Key Nutrition Indicators into the National HMIS and Unified Nutrition Information System for Ethiopia (UNISE), presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Ethiopia Country Presentation - INS Workshop958.64 KB
Event Materials | French | Mali | 2018

Mali Country Presentation (French) - INS Workshop

Mali country presentation, Succes de l'integration des services preventifs curatifs de sante et de Nutrition au niveau communitaire, presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Mali Country Presentation (French) - INS Workshop1.45 MB
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Review of Policies and Guidelines - Lynette Friedman (MCSP Research Consultant) - INS Workshop

Review of Policies and Guidelines Related to the Nutrition of Ill and Undernourished Children at the Primary Health Care Level Review of Policies and Guidelines - Lynette Friedman (MCSP Research Consultant) - INS Workshop1.37 MB
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Recent Global Evidence - Nadeem Hasan (DFID) - INS Workshop

Presented at the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Recent Global Evidence - Nadeem Hasan (DFID) - INS Workshop746.03 KB
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Setting the Stage - Anne Detjen (UNICEF) and Nigel Rollins (WHO) - INS Workshop

Presented at Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child in Accra, Ghana Setting the Stage - Anne Detjen (UNICEF), Nigel Rollins (WHO) - INS Workshop3.19 MB
Event Materials | English | Ghana | 2018

Overview of INS Workshop - Anne Peniston (USAID) and Michel Pacque (MCSP) - INS Workshop

Overview presentation of the 2018 Improving Nutrition Services in the Care of the Ill and Vulnerable Newborn and Child workshop hosted by USAID in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, and USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Overview of Workshop - Anne Peniston (USAID) and Michel Pacque (MCSP) - INS Workshop1.94 MB
Guide | English | 2015

Caring for Newborns and Children in the Community – Planning Handbook for Programme Managers and Planners

This handbook guides program managers and planners on caring for newborns and children in the community, including outlining a set of intervention packages and key decisions and actions required for country-level planning and implementation.

Caring for Newborns and Children in the Community – Planning Handbook for Programme Managers and Planners6.81 MB
Journal Article | English | 2015

Strategic partnering to improve community health worker programming and performance: features of a community-health system integrated approach

This Human Resources for Health article explores a strategic community health system partnership as one approach to improving CHW programming and performance in countries with or intending to mount large-scale CHW programmes.

Recommended Citation: Naimoli JF, Perry HB, Townsend JW, Frymus DE, McCaffery JA. Strategic partnering to improve community health worker programming and performance: features of a community-health system integrated approach. Hum Resour Health. 2015 Sep 1;13:46. doi: 10.1186/s12960-015-0041-3. PMID: 26323276; PMCID: PMC4556219.

Report | English | 2015

Countdown to 2015 Decade Report 2000-2010: Taking Stock of MNC Survival - (WHO/UNICEF, 2010)

This World Health Organization and UNICEF-provided report gives an extensive look at maternal, newborn, & child (MNC) survival.

Countdown to 2015 Decade Report 2000-2010: Taking Stock of MNC Survival - (WHO/UNICEF, 2010)9.15 MB
Presentation | Ethiopia | 2015

Ethiopia Progress (USAID, 2015)

This presentation looks at USAID's investment in Ethiopia and focuses on the increased the utilization of quality health services and ending preventable child and maternal deaths.

Ethiopia Progress (USAID, 2015)627.41 KB
Report | 2015

Trends in Pneumonia and Diarrhea Burden - (Nancy Fullman/IHME, 2015)

This report looks at the trends in mortality from diarrheal diseases, the combined burden from pneumonia and diarrhea diseases, and considers the shifts in fatal versus non-fatal outcomes.

Trends in Pneumonia and Diarrhea Burden - (Nancy Fullman/IHME, 2015)1.45 MB
Report | Niger | 2015

Power and Pro-poor Policies: The Case of iCCM in Niger - (Daniela C. Rodriguez et al., 2015)

This report examines the three dimensions of power in policy-making: political authority, financial resources and technical expertise, and how it relates to integrated community case management (iCCM) in Niger.

Power and Pro-poor Policies: The Case of iCCM in Niger - (Daniela C. Rodriguez et al., 2015)505.3 KB
Report | 2015

iCCM in Malawi: An Analysis of Innovation and Institutional Characteristics for Policy Adoption - (Daniela C. Rodriguez et al., 2015)

Through a retrospective case study, this report explores critical issues in implementation that arose during policy formulation through the lens of the innovation of integrated community case management (iCCM) and of the institutions involved in the policy process.

iCCM in Malawi: An Analysis of Innovation and Institutional Characteristics for Policy Adoption - (Daniela C. Rodriguez et al., 269.13 KB
Report | 2015

iCCM for Childhood Illnesses: Explaining Policy Resistance in Kenya - (Pamela A. Juma et al., 2015)

This report analysed integrated community case management (iCCM) policy development in Kenya and in particular the types of decision-making criteria used by Kenyan policy-makers in considering whether to advance iCCM policy.

iCCM for Childhood Illnesses: Explaining Policy Resistance in Kenya - (Pamela A. Juma et al., 2015)207.97 KB
Report | 2015

iCCM Policy Analysis: Strategic Contributions to Understanding its Character, Design and Scale up in Sub-Saharan Africa - (Asha George, et al., 2015)

Report examines how policy analysis can inform how integrated community case management (iCCM) is framed, tailored for national health systems, and how to foster accountability and learn from iCCM.

iCCM Policy Analysis: Strategic Contributions to Understanding its Character, Design and Scale up in Sub-Saharan Africa - (Asha 217.41 KB
Report | 2015

Altogether Now: Understanding the Role of International Organizations in iCCM Policy Transfer - (Sara Bennett et al., 2015)

Report looks at policy transfer theories that explain how policy ideas move across time and geography and offer an approach to understanding waves of policy change, a common phenomenon in global health. Four primary mechanisms for the transfer of policies from global to national levels are posited: learning, coercion, socialization, and competition.

Altogether Now: Understanding the Role of International Organizations in iCCM Policy Transfer - (Sara Bennett et al., 2015)267.4 KB