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Respectful care is of increasing interest within RMNCAH. Concurrently, there has been a call for health systems to be accountable to the populations they serve for delivering quality care. This technical report examines the empirical evidence and theoretical basis of social accountability interventions’ influence on respectful care across RMNCAH.
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In the 28 years since the International Conference on Population and Development, there has been remarkable progress on various aspects of adolescent sexual and reproductive health. For example, the rate of adolescent childbearing globally has declined from 47.9 births per 1,000 girls in 2010 to 41.2 births per 1,000 girls in 2020. The rates of [more…]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) policy document repository includes close to 5,000 documents from approximately 140 countries submitted through the 2018-2019 WHO RMNCAH Policy Survey. The documents were submitted by national survey respondents and were organized and catalogued by the WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child [more…]
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) COVID Behaviors dashboard presents data from a global survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices around COVID-19, the COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey (CTIS), launched by Facebook with the Delphi Group at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland Social Data Science Center. Insights and analyses on [more…]
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Welcome to the “Advancing Health Systems in low-and-middle-income countries” podcast. This podcast mini-series is part of the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project, a large health system strengthening project funded by USAID and led by Abt Associates that ended in 2018. This series will explore topics in health finance and governance, and delve into how [more…]
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In the lead up to the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on UHC in 2019, civil society and community representatives in countries around the world, convened by the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM), asked for more knowledge and information about UHC as well as about global level advocacy initiatives and platforms. The CSEM [more…]
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Immunization Advocates’ podcast, Community Conversations on Vaccines, explores issues related to vaccines and immunization in low- and middle-income countries through interviews with on-the-ground professionals in those communities, including health workers and journalists. The hosts for the podcast are Vince Blaser, Director of Immunization Advocates, and Francesca Montalto, Associate of Vaccine Acceptance and Demand. Preview the [more…]
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This rapid evidence summary reviews emerging evidence of the effects of COVID-19 on provision and demand of essential maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition, family planning, and reproductive health (MNCHN/FP/RH) care, the strategies and adaptations emerging in response, and their effects. An accompanying policy brief offers recommendations for MOMENTUM awards and USAID Missions to [more…]
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The Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators Database provides a comprehensive listing of the most widely used indicators for evaluating family planning and reproductive health programs in developing countries. The database contains definitions, data requirements, data sources, purposes, and issues for core indicators along with links to other websites and documents containing additional family planning [more…]
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The WHO organized a webinar series of public financial management (PFM) in health issues. The series included six sessions on key PFM topics – from budget formulation, to budget execution and monitoring – and involved a range of well-established experts from WHO, World Bank, OECD, International Budget Partnership and Results for Development, as well as [more…]
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