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HD5: Achieving MDGs 4 and 5: Strategic research to develop the evidence base for policy for mother and infant care at facility and community level

Director: Anthony Costello, Institute of Child Health
Strategic Research to Develop the Evidence Base for Policy for Mother and Infant Care at Facility and Community Level programme record

A new research consortium has been launched on maternal, neonatal and infant health with funding from DFID.

The objectives of the consortium are:

• To explore opportunities for improving integrated mother and infant care delivery through preparatory research and consultation with policymakers in partner countries;
• To provide population-based evidence on interventions to improve the survival of women and infants through (i) community interventions and (ii) health services delivery;
• To provide the evidence base for policy making by documenting the contexts in which these integrated service and community interventions work.

The consortium will manage projects in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nepal, Malawi and Bangladesh with the purpose of improving maternal and infant survival in poor countries, by integrating disparate evidence, generating new knowledge in key areas, and communicating research findings effectively.

The consortium comprises a number of experienced organisations worldwide and is coordinated by the Institute of Child Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

• Institute of Child Health, UK
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
• Perinatal Care Project (PCP), Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB)
• Centre MURAZ, Burkina Faso
• Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC), Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Services
• Maimwana project, Lilongwe Central Hospital, Malawi
• Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA), Nepal
• The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London, UK
• National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, UK
• Aga Khan University, Pakistan.