Session 215
Measuring and Monitoring RMNCHN Service Provision and Outcomes: Challenges and Innovations

Chair: Eliya M. Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)

1. Development of a person-centered postnatal care scale: Validation in Ghana and KenyaPatience A Afulani, University of California, San Francisco; Raymond Aborigo, Navrongo Health Research Centre; Hawa Malechi, Tamale Teaching Hospital; Anthony Akanlu, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana; Moro Ali, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana; Beryl Ogolla, Global Programs for Research and Training, Nairobi, Kenya; Odiase Osamuedeme, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Linnet Ongeri, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; Jaffer Okiring, Global Programs for Research and Training, Kampala, Uganda; Emma Sacks, John Hopkins University; Mercedes Bonet Semena, World Health Organization; Özge Tunçalp, World Health Organization.

2. Reducing Maternal Mortality Due to Unsafe Abortion: The Ghana ParadoxSamuel Antobam, Private Consultant.

3. Global, Regional, and National Stillbirths at Greater than 20 Weeks’ Gestation for 204 Countries and Territories, 1990–2021: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021Haley Comfort, University of Washington - IHME; Theresa McHugh, University of Washington IHME; Austin E. Schumacher, University Of Washington; Nicholas Kassebaum, University of Washington - IHME.

4. Data, Policies and Programs to Improve Preconception Nutrition in South AsiaAvishek Hazra, PopulationCouncil Consulting; Tashi Choedon, Consultant; Monica Shrivastav, PopulationCouncil Consulting; Raj Kumar Verma, Population Council, India; Cheshta Gulati, Consultant, PopulationCouncil Consulting; Abner Daniel, UNICEF Sri Lanka; Preetu Mishra, UNICEF India; Naveen Paudyal, UNICEF Nepal; Naureen Arshad, UNICEF Pakistan; Dhammica Rowel , UNICEF Sri Lanka; Vani Sethi, UNICEF Regional Office of South Asia.

5. Getting the Numbers Right: Power, Creativity and ‘Good’ Routine Maternal and Neonatal Health Data in Southern TanzaniaJil Molenaar, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; Amani Kikula, MUHAS; Josefien van Olmen, University of Antwerp; Andrea Barnabas Pembe, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam; Claudia Hanson, Health Systems and Policy | Global Public Health | Karolinska Institutet; Lenka Benova, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.

Click on a name for contact information
Click on a title to see the abstract

 Other sessions on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights