Jhpiego

Jhpiego was a key participant in the research on household decision-making regarding health care and immunisation - including polio immunisation - in Nigeria between 2013 and 2015, providing adminstrative and technical support. To access an organising page with all of the research documentation, documentation, click here.

Jhpiego, an international health organisation affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University (United States), has, as of 2014, maternal and newborn health programmes in 40 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. They "partner with ministries of health and hundreds of international and local organizations to address the barriers to use of high-quality maternal and newborn health care from the household to hospital. Our collaborations focus on an expanding range of critical technical interventions - drawing on our clinical expertise in obstetrics/gynecology, midwifery and newborn health - to increase access to skilled providers who, utilizing a framework of respectful maternity care, can deliver evidence-based interventions."

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