• Innovating for maternal and child health in Africa initiative : final narrative report - March 14, 2014 - April 30, 2022 

  IDRC (2022)
• IMCHA-funded projects in Nigeria : added-value for maternal, newborn and child health policy, practice and research 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2022-02)

  The paper describes several initiatives from the programme for Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA). Innovations stemmed from project design, strategies for community engagement, and policy makers’ ...
• Case study report on IMCHA’s research and policy engagement work in Tanzania 2015-2022 

  Lomofsky, Dena; Wessels-Ziervogel, Wilma; Bhebe, Brilliant; Ncube, Petronella; Davids, Shu-aat (2022-04)

  The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) project tackles health systems issues by focusing on ensuring that research is designed, presented, and packaged to influence policy. In Tanzania, most projects ...
• Insights from IMCHA’s research and policy engagement work in Tanzania 

  Lomofsky, Dena; Kern, Carolina (2022-04)

  The design of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative prioritized knowledge translation and research uptake as key objectives in all projects. The project design insisted using ‘implementation ...
• Timeline of the IMCHA initiative’s research and policy engagement work with Tanzanian research teams 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2022)

  This graphic portrays a timeline (2014-2020), breaking down steps and activities in training and planning towards improved health care for women and children, through the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa ...
• Project synopsis : Tanzanian research project supported under the IMCHA initiative [part 1] 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2022)

  This two-page poster type brief provides details of six Core grants, their goals and results, as well as four “Synergy” grant components which outline particular activities that enhance the core grant projects. The synergy ...
• Added value of multiple IMCHA research projects on maternal, newborn and child health policy and practice in Nigeria 

  Johnson, Ermel; Sombié, Issiaka (2022-02)

  The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative was designed to generate findings that could influence policies and practices at national and subnational levels. This case study documents the added ...
• Impact brief : using research evidence for national and regional decision-making 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2022)

  Developing evidence-informed policies was at the heart of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative. IMCHA projects have informed the adoption or revision of more than 20 policies and practices ...
• Synthèse sur les répercussions : utiliser les résultats de la recherche pour la prise de décision à l’échelle nationale et régionale 

  Innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (2022)
• Synthèse des répercussions : mobiliser les hommes pour une meilleure santé des mères et des enfants en Afrique subsaharienne 

  Innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (2022)
• Impact brief : engaging men for better maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2022)

  Low participation of men in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) care negatively impacts the lives and health pf women and children. Because men are often the main providers and decision-makers for the entire family for example, ...
• Innovation pour la Santé des Mères et des Enfants d’Afrique : évaluation formative de mi-parcours 

  Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer Mary; Bandyopadhyay, Nandinee (2018-10-21)
• Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa : a mid-term formative evaluation 

  Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer Mary; Bandyopadhyay, Nandinee (2018-10-21)

  The initiative supports 19 research teams (13 in East Africa; 6 in West Africa) to encourage Africa-Canada collaboration in projects to improve maternal and child health (MCH). This mid-term formative evaluation identifies ...
• Issue brief : working with decision-makers : findings from the mid-term evaluation of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative 

  Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla; Bell, Jennifer M. (2018-10)

  Involving decision-makers from the beginning of research projects is the most conducive model for project implementation processes. Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) incorporates decision-makers as co-Principal ...
• Issue brief : equity in the IMCHA initiative : findings from the mid-term evaluation of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative 

  Bell, Jennifer M.; Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla (2018-10)

  The analysis combines document review, online surveys, in-depth interviews with donor representatives, fieldwork in Africa and Canada, and focus group discussions with stakeholders. Innovating for Maternal and Child Health ...
• Synthèse sur les répercussions : renforcer la motivation et l’impact des agents de santé communautaire pour une meilleure santé maternelle et infantile 

  Innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (2021)
• Impact brief : enhancing community health workers’ motivation and impact for better maternal and child health 

  Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (2021)

  Community Health Workers (CHW) have contributed to universal health coverage by ensuring access to care for the hardest to reach. They are vital to building strong health systems moving towards achieving the United Nations ...
• Maternal and child health implementation research in Mozambique : effective community interventions to promote sexual and reproductive health 

  Pires, PHNM; Mupueleque M,; Zakus D,; Mucufo J,; Abdirazak A (2021)

  The article/study assesses the impact of community participation on improving sexual and reproductive health. Comparing changes between 2016 and 2019, the number of health committees operating in Natikiri (Nampula, Mozambique) ...
• Promoting evidence informed policy making in Nigeria : a review of the maternal, newborn and child health policy development process 

  Uneke, Chigozie Jesse; Sombie, Issiaka; Keita, Namoudou; Lokossou, Virgil; Johnson, Ermel (2017-09-26)

  The study reviewed policy documents on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in Nigeria to assess the application of evidence-informed mechanisms in the policy formulation process. From a literature review, policy ...
• APHRC Newsletter : 2021 special edition 

  Kamau, Lynette; Nkonge, Moreen; Mangwana, Jane; Nakimuli, Eva (African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), 2021-05)

  The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health (IMCH) initiative has supported 19 research teams in 11 countries. Research findings are rarely enough on their own for influencing health policy. For this reason, the initiative ...

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