Health worker mentorship: building skills to save lives

In most parts of Kenya, the majority of maternal deaths happen at high volume tertiary facilities that receive referrals of obstetric and newborn complications from lower level facilities. In Bungoma…

Promoting equity in accessing skilled childbirth for the vulnerable

In Bungoma county, Kenya, transport vouchers are being used to enable poor women living in remote rural areas, including those with disabilities, to get to a health facility to deliver their babies. Vouchers…

Strengthening Facility Health Committees in Nigeria helps recovery of internally displaced persons community

On 1 December 2014, Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State in northern Nigeria, came under attack by Boko Haram insurgents. Six kilometres away in Dikumari, a diverse farming community…

Supporting performance based financing to enhance maternal health services in Kenya

In 2015, performance based financing (PBF) was introduced in Bungoma, Kenya to incentivise health workers to improve maternal and newborn health services. This means that health facilities and staff…

Progress and lessons in improving the availability, safety and coordination of blood supplies in Bungoma County

How we are improving the availability of blood supplies in Kenya

Before the Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (MANI) project started in 2015, Bungoma county generated only 50% of the county’s annual target of blood per year. In 2017, with…

Strengthening the urban health system for the extreme poor

Urban health is becoming increasingly important in Bangladesh due to the explosive growth in the population and the concentration of those living in urban slums. By 2030, more than 60% of…

Using collective voices to enhance state-level accountability in Nigeria

The federal and state governments in Nigeria have made substantial commitments to improving reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH), which have been spurred on by global declarations…