Count every newborn: EN-BIRTH study improving facility-based coverage and quality measurement in routine information systems

TY - JOUR

T1 - Count every newborn

T2 - EN-BIRTH study improving facility-based coverage and quality measurement in routine information systems

AU - Moran, Allisyn C.

AU - Requejo, Jennifer

N1 - Funding Information: The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is the main funder of the EN-BIRTH study, which is administered via The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The Swedish Research Council specifically funded the Nepal site through Lifeline Nepal and Golden Community. We acknowledge the core funders for all the partner institutions. Publication of this manuscript has been funded by CIFF. CIFF attended the study design workshop but had no role in data collection, analysis, data interpretation, report writing or decision to submit for publication. The corresponding author had full access to study data and final responsibility for publication submission decision. Funding Information: Our thanks to Joy E. Lawn, Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Kimberly Peven and Stefanie Kong for their support to develop this editorial. We appreciate the whole EN-BIRTH team in the three countries, the national advisory groups, and the global Expert Advisory Group linked to Every Newborn and Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality. We commend CIFF for funding this study, including linked PhDs. Lastly, and most importantly, we thank the women and their families who were part of EN-BIRTH study, the health workers, and the data collectors. We acknowledge the following groups: National Advisory Groups : Bangladesh : Mohammod Shahidullah, Khaleda Islam, Md Jahurul Islam. Nepal : Naresh P KC, Parashu Ram Shrestha. Tanzania : Muhammad Bakari Kambi, Georgina Msemo, Asia Hussein, Talhiya Yahya, Claud Kumalija, Eliudi Eliakimu, Mary Azayo, Mary Drake, Honest Kimaro. EN-BIRTH validation collaborative group : Bangladesh: Md. Ayub Ali, Bilkish Biswas, Rajib Haider, Md. Abu Hasanuzzaman, Md. Amir Hossain, Ishrat Jahan, Rowshan Hosne Jahan, Jasmin Khan, M A Mannan, Tapas Mazumder, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Md. Ziaul Haque Shaikh, Aysha Siddika, Taslima Akter Sumi, Md. Taqbir Us Samad Talha. Tanzania: Evelyne Assenga, Claudia Hanson, Edward Kija, Rodrick Kisenge, Karim Manji, Fatuma Manzi, Namala Mkopi, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Andrea Pembe. Nepal: Jagat Jeevan Ghimire, Rejina Gurung, Elisha Joshi, Avinash K Sunny, Naresh P. KC, Nisha Rana, Shree Krishna Shrestha, Dela Singh, Parashu Ram Shrestha, Nishant Thakur. LSHTM: Hannah Blencowe, Sarah G Moxon. EN-BIRTH Expert Advisory Group : Agbessi Amouzou, Tariq Azim, Debra Jackson, Theopista John Kabuteni, Matthews Mathai, Jean-Pierre Monet, Allisyn C. Moran, Pavani K. Ram, Barbara Rawlins, Jennifer Requejo, Johan Ivar S?b?, Florina Serbanescu, Lara Vaz. This article has been published as part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Volume 21 Supplement 1, 2021: Every Newborn BIRTH multi-country validation study: informing measurement of coverage and quality of maternal and newborn care. The full contents of the supplement are available online at https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/volume-21-supplement-1.

PY - 2021/3

Y1 - 2021/3

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103373732&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85103373732&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1186/s12884-020-03427-4

DO - 10.1186/s12884-020-03427-4

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 33765953

AN - SCOPUS:85103373732

SN - 1471-2393

VL - 21

JO - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

JF - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

M1 - 227

ER -