Resources
Key Reports
- Survive & Thrive Guiding The Way Forward: 5 Year Report, August 2018
- USAID Acting on the Call: Focus on the Journey to Self-Reliance for Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths, June 2018
- UNICEF Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era, March 2018
- Every Woman Every Child 2018 Monitoring Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, May 2018
- WHO's Global Health Observatory SDG Data
Maternal Health Resources
Helping Mothers Survive (HMS)
HMS is an innovative training initiative developed by Jhpiego, designed to equip frontline health workers with the knowledge and skills they need to prevent mothers from dying on the day of birth.
Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Toolkits
The following K4Health Toolkits provide up-to-date information on a variety of maternal health topics in order to strengthen the capacity of family planning program managers and service providers in low- and middle-income countries around the world.
Newborn Health Resources
Helping Babies Survive (HBS)
HBS is a suite of evidence-based educational training programs developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to reduce neonatal mortality in resource-limited environments. The HBS initiative consists of three training modules: Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB) and Essential Care for Small Babies (ECSB). Together, the HBS programs address the three most common causes of preventable neonatal deaths, equipping health workers with the skills necessary to resuscitate and provide essential care to all babies.
- Helping Babies Survive Website
- HBB, ECEB and ECSB Resources
- Helping Babies Breathe 5-Year Report
- A Joint Process Documentation of the Scale-Up of the Helping Babies Breathe Initiative in Bangladesh and Malawi
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Implementation Guide
This KMC Implementation Guide provides pertinent guidelines for national-level policymakers and managers of maternal and newborn health programs. The ultimate aim is to introduce, expand and strengthen KMC practices to improve survival of low birth weight and preterm babies.
Child Health Resources
CCM Central
This website aims to centralize resources, provide examples of best practices and give access to tools regarding integrated community case management of childhood illness, or iCCM. The website has been developed and is currently managed by the USAID grantee Maternal and Child Survival Program (USAID/MCSP).
Professional Association Strengthening
Professional Association Strengthening (PAS) Manual
The Manual was completed and launched in May 2016. The development of the nine-module manual was led by Survive & Thrive partners, including ACNM, ACOG and ICM, with contributions from Sigma Theta Tau International. The modules are designed to assist professional associations develop into highly effective organizations, as well as fill a gap in materials useful to professional associations and facilitators. The series of modules contain materials for strengthening the infrastructure of a professional association, enhancing its value to members, and increasing its impact within the health system and society.
Quality Improvement
Improving Care of Mothers and Babies: A Guide for Improvement Teams
This Guide was completed and launched in December 2016, developed through the collaborative efforts of the Survive & Thrive partners. The Guide is intended for healthcare providers in limited-resource settings who want to learn and apply special methods to improve the care of mothers and babies, and was designed to be highly compatible with the Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive training programs. The goal of the QI Guide is to serve as a valuable resource in supporting efforts to advance the provision of high-quality health care and improve maternal and newborn survival worldwide.
