Under the USAID-funded MaMoni Health System Strengthening Program, we completed two implementation research studies. The first evaluated implementation outcomes, barriers, and facilitators for the national scale up of chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord. The second assessed the sustainability of the private community skilled birth attendant model for remote rural areas.
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Between 2010 and 2013, the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health Program supported the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health to develop and pilot community-based promotion of kangaroo mother care for low birthweight babies born outside of health facilities. Our team at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jhpiego, and Save the Children, led an implementation-focused evaluation of this pilot program.
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