Our Vision
Our goal is to reduce maternal and newborn infant mortality so as to achieve MDGs 4 and 5, by supporting the evidence based policy and practice for maternal, neonatal and child health. Our objectives are:
- Evidence on interventions to improve the survival of women and infants through (i) community interventions and (ii) health services delivery
- A communication strategy that supports policy and management decision-making on large scale programmes for maternal and infant mortality reduction
- Increased capacity in partner countries for knowledge generation and policy influence
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Research
Consortium research projects include:
- Community-based participatory intervention to improve essential newborn care in rural Makwanpur, Nepal (A. Costello,D. Manandhar, D Osrin)
- Community-based interventions for infant health in Dhanusha, Nepal (A. Costello, D. Manandhar, D. Osrin)
- Effectiveness of facility-based audits to improve the responsiveness of West African hospitals to obstetric emergencies: a three-country randomised controlled trial (M. Borchert)
- Ethnography of policy making in maternal and neonatal health (D. Behague)
- Evaluation of the impact of TBAs in rural Bangladesh, to prevent and manage birth asphixia (A Costello, K. Azad, S. Barnett)
- Historical ethnography of safe motherhood research and policy (K. Storeng)
- Improving Essential Maternal and Newborn Care in Poor Rural Communities in Malawi (A. Costello, C. Mwansambo, P. Kazembe, D. Osrin)
- Research to determine the burden of maternal ill health and death and its programmatic implications in rural Bangladesh (C. Ronsmans, M. Koblinsky, V. Filippi)
- Schistosomiasis in pregnany in Burkina Faso: implications for control - pilot study (H. Diallo, S. Cousens, N. Meda)
- Systematic review of the impact of multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy (B. Margetts, C. Ronsmans)