TY - JOUR
T1 - Using evidence to drive action
T2 - A "revolution in accountability" to implement quality care for better maternal and newborn health in Africa
AU - Hulton, Louise
AU - Matthews, Zoe
AU - Martin-Hilber, Adriane
AU - Adanu, Richard
AU - Ferla, Craig
AU - Getachew, Atnafu
AU - Makwenda, Charles
AU - Segun, Babatunde
AU - Yilla, Mohamed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Introducing evidence-based accountability mechanisms at national and subnational levels into maternal newborn health programs can accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality. Clearly packaged evidence has the potential to catalyze change, if it is communicated not only to the public but also to key policymakers. Evidence for Action (E4A) is a DFID-funded program that contributes to global efforts toward improving accountability in maternal and neonatal health. It uses evidence to drive action and accountability to improve maternal and newborn survival in six African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. This paper introduces the E4A program, the rationale that underpins the program design, and presents initial findings on how information and data currently feed into accountability and implementation across the six E4A countries.
AB - Introducing evidence-based accountability mechanisms at national and subnational levels into maternal newborn health programs can accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality. Clearly packaged evidence has the potential to catalyze change, if it is communicated not only to the public but also to key policymakers. Evidence for Action (E4A) is a DFID-funded program that contributes to global efforts toward improving accountability in maternal and neonatal health. It uses evidence to drive action and accountability to improve maternal and newborn survival in six African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. This paper introduces the E4A program, the rationale that underpins the program design, and presents initial findings on how information and data currently feed into accountability and implementation across the six E4A countries.
KW - Accountability
KW - Advocacy
KW - Commission on Information and Accountability
KW - Evidence for Action (E4A)
KW - Maternal health
KW - Neonatal health
KW - Quality of Care
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908271963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 25087502
AN - SCOPUS:84908271963
SN - 0020-7292
VL - 127
SP - 96
EP - 101
JO - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - 1
ER -