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Health Technology Assessment Experts Hold Policy Dialogue at National Forum in Ukraine [1]

October 05, 2020
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On September 24, 2020 over 120 health care professionals in Ukraine gathered online for the 2nd National Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Forum led by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, with support from the MSH-led, USAID Safe, Affordable, and Effective Medicines for Ukrainians (SAFEMed) Activity.  HTA, an evidence-based instrument to identify which medicines, medical devices, and treatment regimens are optimal for a state to support, is designed to serve as a key priority-setting tool for Ukraine’s health system. Globally, HTA is recognized as the preferred tool for reviewing health technologies and providing evidence for the value they can deliver to patients, the health system, and more broadly, to society.

Delivering medical equipment and supplies saves newborns and improves maternal health in Benin [2]

October 01, 2020
Vainqueur Degbeawo.} [2]A container being unloaded in the department of Ouémé, Benin.Photo credit: Vainqueur Degbeawo.

In addition to knowledgeable staff, health centers need effective medical equipment to provide quality maternal and child healthcare. In Benin, equipment and supplies can vary from one hospital to another, resulting in preventable deaths of new mothers and their children. At Adjohoun Zone Hospital, Ouémé, a regional facility that serves more than 260,000 people, the lack of surgical equipment means that many pregnant mothers cannot access caesarean sections to avoid life-threatening birth complications.

Guaranteeing a Healthy Future Generation: Integrating Adolescent & Youth Friendly Services at the Primary Health Care Level [3]

August 20, 2020
[3]A gynecologist consults a patient at the NISA Premier Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo Credit: Gwenn Dubourthournieu

Adolescents in Nigeria are caught between traditional culture and changing social norms brought about by urbanization, globalized economies, and an influential media-saturated environment. With evolving attitudes, including less restrictive sexual norms without comprehensive sexual education, there have been increased rates of unprotected sex, unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS. These increased rates buttress the fact that at minimum, all adolescents require age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education achievable through access to youth-friendly health services designed to promote their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).In efforts to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people in Nigeria, Women Friendly Initiative (WFI), through a small grant funded by the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and managed by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), undertook a 12-month advocacy project beginning in July 2019 in Benue, Nassarawa, and Kwara States, and the Federal Capital Territory.

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[1] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/health-technology-assessment-experts-hold-policy-dialogue-at-national-forum-in
[2] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/delivering-medical-equipment-and-supplies-saves-newborns-and-improves-maternal
[3] https://www.msh.org/news-events/stories/guaranteeing-a-healthy-future-generation-integrating-adolescent-youth-friendly
[4] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits
[5] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=2
[6] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=1
[7] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=4
[8] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=5
[9] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=6
[10] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=7
[11] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=8
[12] https://www.msh.org/news-events/news/kenya-launches-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-test-kits?page=342