Real-Time Results Tracking

Results achieved as of March 2013 include: training and equipping community health workers in Ghana Ethiopia Malawi and Mali to record pregnancies births and deaths in their communities. In Malawi two of the real-time results tracking methods were successfully tested and one was revised for a further round of testing based on lessons learned from the first test. In Ethiopia a study was undertaken to assess the implementation and quality of child survival programming. The National Institute of Statistics in Niger also published a paper in The Lancet medical journal and produced evidence requested by the Niger Ministry of Health to guide planning for maternal newborn and child health programs. In all five countries capacity-building and knowledge-sharing activities were conducted which resulted in clear evidence of expanded country capacity in mortality monitoring and evidence-based decision making. These results are helping to better track child mortality and results in Ethiopia Ghana Malawi Mali and Niger and help maximize the impact of health interventions for children under the age of five.