Category Archives: Resource

Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Validating Women’s Self-Report of Emergency Cesarean Sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic

Authors: Özge Tunçalp , Cynthia Stanton, Arachu Castro, Richard Adanu, Marilyn Heymann, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Samantha R. Lattof, Ann Blanc, Ana Langer

How does social desirability bias influence survey-based estimates of the use of antenatal care in rural Nepal? A validation study

Authors: Andrew L Thorne-Lyman, Tsering P Lama, Rebecca A Heidkamp, Melinda K Munos, Porcia Manandhar, Subarna K Khatry, Emily Bryce, Steven C LeClerq, Joanne Katz

Assessing the reactivity to mobile phones and repeated surveys on reported care-seeking for common childhood illnesses in rural India

Authors: Harish Nair, Linda J Williams, Andrew Marsh, Pallavi Lele, Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Uddhavi Chavan, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Harry Campbell, and Sanjay Juvekar

Care seeking behaviour by caregivers and aspects of quality of care for children under five with and without pneumonia in Ibadan, Nigeria

Authors: Amir Kirolos, Adejumoke I Ayede, Linda J Williams, Kayode R Fowobaje, Harish Nair, Ayobami A Bakare, Oladapo B Oyewole, Shamim A Qazi, Harry Campbell, and Adegoke G Falade

Linking household survey and health facility data for effective coverage measures: a comparison of ecological and individual linking methods using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Côte d’Ivoire

Authors: Melinda K Munos, Abdoulaye Maiga, Mai Do, Glebelho Lazare Sika, Emily D Carter, Rosine Mosso, Abdul Dosso, Alejandra Leyton, and Shane M Khan

Linking data sources for measurement of effective coverage in maternal and newborn health: what do we learn from individual- vs ecological-linking methods?

Authors: Barbara Willey, Peter Waiswa, Darious Kajjo, Melinda Munos, Joseph Akuze, Elizabeth Allen, and Tanya Marchant

Evaluation of methods for linking household and health care provider data to estimate effective coverage of management of child illness: results of a pilot study in Southern Province, Zambia

Authors: Emily D Carter, Micky Ndhlovu, Thomas P Eisele, Emmy Nkhama, Joanne Katz, and Melinda Munos