Agbessi Amouzou, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Jennifer Requejo, Cheikh Fayé et al.
Rashed Shah, Melinda Munos, Peter J. Winch, Luke C. Mullany et al.
A large proportion of four million neonatal deaths occur each year during the first 24 hours of life. Research is particularly needed to determine the efficacy of interventions during the first 24 hours. Large cadres of community-based workers are required in newborn-care research both to deliver th...
Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Elizabeth Hazel, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Adam D. Koon et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh experienced impressive reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality over the past several decades with annual rates of decline surpassing 4% since 2000. We comprehensively assessed health system and non-health factors that drove Bangladesh's success in mortality reduction. ME...
Kathleen Strong, Jennifer Requejo, Ambrose Agweyu, Sk Masum Billah et al.
Essential health, education and other service disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic risk reversing some of the hard-won gains in improving child survival over the past 40 years. Although children have milder symptoms of COVID-19 disease than adults, pandemic control measures in many countri...
Kathleen Strong, Jennifer Requejo, Ambrose Agweyu, Neil McKerrow et al.
Kathleen Strong, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Frances E. Aboud, Ambrose Agweyu et al.
Swetha Manohar, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Melinda Munos et al.
Ashley Sheffel, Emily Carter, Rebecca Heidkamp, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain et al.
Abstract Background Efforts to improve maternal health have focused on measuring health and nutrition service coverage. However, high maternal mortality rates, despite improved service coverage, suggests that coverage indicators alone that do not account for quality can overestimate the health benef...
Kathleen Strong, Jennifer Requejo, Sk Masum Billah, Joanna Schellenberg et al.
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Standard validated indicators that have been recommended by normative agencies exist and should be used as appropriate for monitoring child health outcomes. Vertical child health monitoring and evaluation approaches can distort the prioritization of health issues at the country...
Shenning Tian, Elizabeth Hazel, Melinda Munos, Abdoulaye Maïga et al.
Background: Despite decades of family planning (FP) programme successes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), women still face an unmet need for contraceptives, as well as inequalities in coverage. Including elements of service readiness in FP intervention coverage measures will better inform...
Shelley Walton, Ellina Wood, Hanna Y Berhane, Firehiwot Workneh et al.
Jennifer Requejo, Kathleen Strong, Frances E. Aboud, Ambrose Agweyu et al.
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Although the substantial increase in data visualization tools on child health and well-being has made data more accessible and facilitated evidence-based decision-making, the increase has contributed to confusion over which tools to use for specific purposes and how they comple...
Swetha Manohar, Sunny S. Kim, Gulshan Ara, Rati Kapoor et al.
Shenning Tian, Elizabeth Hazel, Melinda Munos, Abdoulaye Maïga et al.
Abstract Background Despite decades of family planning (FP) program successes in low-and middle-income countries (LIMCs), unmet need for contraceptives persists with inequalities in coverage. Including elements of service readiness in family planning intervention coverage measures will better inform...
Swetha Manohar, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sumanta Neupane, Melinda Munos et al.
INTRODUCTION: Despite global commitments to eliminate malnutrition, over half the world's population remains affected. Multisectoral nutrition interventions targeting both proximate and distal causes of malnutrition are essential across the lifespan. Yet, current data collection lacks comprehensive ...