• Men perspectives on attending antenatal care visits with their pregnant partners in Misungwi district, rural Tanzania : a qualitative study 

  Boniphace, Maendeleo; Matovelo, Dismas; Laisser, Rose; Swai, Hadija; Yohani, Victoria; Tinka, Sylvia; Mwaikasu, Lusako; Mercader, Hannah; Brenner, Jennifer L.; Mitchell, Jennifer (Springer Nature, 2021-01-28)
• Making the links in Canada and Africa : community engagement to improve maternal and child health 

  Siemens, Ronald (2020-12-16)

  The conference (2020) was held as part of a knowledge translation activity of the Innovating for Maternal Child Health in Africa initiative (IMCHA). The aim was to examine how community engagement can improve health, ...
• Dossier d’information sur l’intégration de la sexospécificité : basé sur l’évaluation sommative de l’initiative innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (ISMEA) 

  Decosas, Joseph; Deville, Marieke; Medina, Marta (2020-09-30)
• Dossier d’information sur l’application des connaissances et l’influence sur les politiques et pratiques : basé sur l’évaluation sommative de l’initiative innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (ISMEA) 

  Decosas, Joseph; Deville, Marieke; Medina, Marta (2020-09-30)
• Issue brief on knowledge translation and policy/practice influence : based on the summative evaluation of the innovating for maternal and child health in Africa initiative 

  HERA (2020-09-30)

  Knowledge translation addresses the divide between researchers and decision makers, to strengthen the link between research and action. This brief was prepared as part of the summative evaluation of the Innovating for ...
• Issue brief on gender integration : based on the summative evaluation of the innovating for maternal and child health in Africa initiative 

  HERA (2020-09-30)

  This issue brief summarizes a deeper analysis of how gender was integrated in the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative. Gender analysis in implementation research examines how gendered power ...
• Mama na Mtoto experience : summary 

  Matovelo, Dismas; Brenner, Jenn; Mercader, Hannah; Shabani, Girles; Khan, Sundus; Kanuti, Victoria (2020)

  Mama na Mtoto activities in Tanzania included meetings, equipment provision, facility upgrades, training, mentorship, and technical assistance to improve maternal, child and newborn health (MNCH). Health workers refreshed ...
• Mama na Mtoto experience : outcomes and results 

  Matovelo, Dismas; Brenner, Jenn; Kyabakenga, Jerome; Kyomuhangi, Teddy; Shabani, Girles; Mlila, Anthony; Matutu, Tumsifu; Mwaikambo, Magdalena; Mercader, Hannah; Khan, Sundus (2020)

  Project activities supported improvements to district health systems, provided training for health workers in clinical and management skills, and deployed a network of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) community ...
• Replicating MamaToto in rural Tanzania : final process evaluation report 

  Matovelo, Dismas; Brenner, Jenn; Mercader, Hannah; Shabani, Girles; Kanuti, Victoria (2020-10)

  This project tested the replication of a comprehensive, district-wide Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) program. The study’s findings suggest that the tested implementation processes contributed to significant ...
• Maximizing engagement for readiness and impact (MERI) : MERI approach technical review 

  Matovelo, Dismas; Brenner, Jenn; Kyabakenga, Jerome; Kyomuhangi, teddy; Mercader, Hannah (2020-08-31)

  System readiness approaches move towards better understanding and managing challenges that governments and development partners face in advance of programme delivery. The Maximizing Engagement for Readiness and Impact ...
• Simulation-based training and peer-to-peer learning 

  Matovelo, Dismas; Brenner, Jenn; Khan, Sundus; Mercader, Hannah; Shabani, Girles; Maendeleo, Boniface; Ndaboine, Edgar; Mwaikasu, Lusako; Kabirigi, Julieth (2020)

  The Mama na Mtoto initiative aims to improve maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) in Misungwi and Kwimba Districts (Tanzania) through a variety of activities, including development of clinical capacity at health ...
• Innovating for maternal and child health in Africa (IMCHA) summative evaluation : main report 

  hera (2020-09-25)

  This detailed evaluation assesses the overall performance of the initiative, successes and challenges, and the value-added of its design and delivery, noting the tensions that exist between research objectives and programme ...
• Health systems and MNCH outcomes in West Africa : a study of conducive and limiting health systems : factors to improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in West Africa 

  Agyepong, Irene Akua; Kwamie, Aku; Defor, Selina; Frimpong, Edith; Aryeetey, Genevieve C.; Ibrahim, Abdallah (2016-05-31)

  This study explored health system factors conducive to, or that limit maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) policy, program implementation and outcomes in West Africa, and how and why they work in some contexts. Findings ...
• Improving maternal and child health in West Africa through the use of evidence in decision-making : Nigeria research days in MNCH : platform for promoting policy dialogue for the use of research for decision-making and practice in Nigeria 

  Okolo, Stanley (2018-08)

  The Nigeria Research Days in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), acts as Nigeria's collaborative researcher-decision maker platform and promotes researcher-decision maker dialogue with uptake of research results. ...
• Réflexion sur l’intégration du genre à l’OOAS et au suivi-evaluation et apprentissage du projet MEP 

  Amadou, Moukaïla (2018-07)
• Sub-regional efforts to support evidence-informed policymaking : the case of the West African Health Organization (WAHO) 

  Verboom, Ben (2014-10-20)

  The presentation outlines Knowledge Translation platforms and intervention frameworks. “Moving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Evidence into Policy in West Africa” (MEP) is a flagship project prioritizing improvement ...
• Driving the health agenda in West Africa 

  West African Health Organization (WAHO) (2018-07)

  This journal article covers the background and activities of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO). Priorities include Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable and Communicable ...
• Communauté de pratique pour l’amélioration de la santé de la reproduction, maternelle, néonatale, infantile et de l’adolescent(e) dans l’espace CEDEAO 

  Johnson, Ermel (2014-10-20)
• Moving maternal, newborn and child health evidence into policy in West Africa : 2018 : qu'avions-nous accompli? 

  Organisation Ouest Africaine de la Santé (2018)
• Application of equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) in evidence informed policymaking to improve maternal and child health outcomes in Senegal 

  Uneke, Jesse; Sombie, Issiaka; Uro-Chukwu, Henry; Johnson, Ermel (2018-03-28)

  The policy brief reviews evidence drawn from the application of EQUitable Impact Sensitive Tool (EQUIST). In terms of improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes, extending services to the most deprived ...

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