EQUIP

Expanded Quality management Using Information Power for Maternal and Newborn Health in Africa

Coordinatore	KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET    more  Organization address address: Nobels Vag 5 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 17177 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anna-Britta Cognome: Karlsson Email: send email Telefono: 46852483390
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Totale costo	3˙885˙475 €
EC contributo	2˙998˙406 €
Programma	FP7-HEALTH Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health
Code Call	FP7-AFRICA-2010
Funding Scheme	CP-FP-SICA
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-11-01   -   2014-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET  Organization address address: Nobels Vag 5 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 17177 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anna-Britta Cognome: Karlsson Email: send email Telefono: 46852483390	SE (STOCKHOLM)	coordinator	811˙446.00
2	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Main Campus city: KAMPALA postcode: 256 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Elizabeth Cognome: Nambi Nsobya Email: send email Telefono: 256773000000 Fax: 256415000000	UG (KAMPALA)	participant	891˙800.00
3	IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE TRUST  Organization address address: POBOX city: DAR ES SALAAM contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Barnabas Cognome: Lugendo Email: send email Telefono: +255 222 774 714 Fax: +255 222 771 714	TZ (DAR ES SALAAM)	participant	890˙000.00
4	LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE  Organization address address: KEPPEL STREET city: LONDON postcode: WC1E7HT contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Jana Cognome: Sabinovska Email: send email Telefono: +44 2079272509 Fax: +44 207 580 9075	UK (LONDON)	participant	340˙160.00
5	EVAPLAN GmbH AM UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM HEIDELBERG  Organization address address: Hans-Buntestrasse 8-10 city: HEIDELBERG postcode: 69123 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ulrike Cognome: Finck Email: send email Telefono: 496221000000 Fax: 4962210000000	DE (HEIDELBERG)	participant	65˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Maternal and new-born MDGs 4 and 5 will likely not be met in Africa despite the availability of evidence-based, affordable and appropriate technical interventions. Obstacles persist on both the demand side (low utilization) and supply side (low quality and lack of services), across the continuum of care from pregnancy to postnatal care. Priority must now be given to finding the mechanisms to bridge the “know-do gap”. Potential solutions include quality management and community involvement, where both approaches benefit from continuous, locally available, high-quality health information.

We propose an innovative intervention in Tanzania and Uganda to improve maternal and new-born health with an expanded health system quality management approach that links communities and facilities using locally generated data. We will use Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles at community, health facility and district level powered by information from continuous multipurpose community and health facility surveys, with results presented in audience-specific report cards. In each country, we will use a plausibility design to evaluate health and quality outcomes in intervention and control districts, each covering 20–30 health facilities and their catchment populations in Tanzania and Uganda. Cost and community effectiveness of this intervention will be estimated with population and facility level indicators. Changes in contextual factors will be carefully documented to enhance our understanding of how health improvements were achieved. The impact on mortality will be modelled using the Lives Saved Tool. Policymakers will be involved throughout the project. Results will contribute to reaching the MDGs 4&5 in Africa. Furthermore, the intervention could serve as a more general model for scaling-up quality management of other health interventions in low-resource settings.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

In developing countries, millions of women die in pregnancy or childbirth and millions of children never survive past 5 years of age. Most of these deaths are preventable.