MNCH Rapid Scale-Up

In late 2006, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) approved a grant to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) to demonstrate that rapid scale-ups in coverage for proven interventions would lead to reductions in under-five mortality in Burkina Faso and Malawi. This grant was guided by a Management Group and administered by WHO.

The focus of this effort was on accelerating coverage for life-saving interventions that have been proven efficacious in reducing mortality in children under the age of five years in randomized control trials. The effectiveness of these interventions varies across specific country contexts and depends on the strength of implementation. IIP was commissioned to carry out independent prospective evaluations of both of this program.

The objectives of the “Rapid Scale-Up” evaluation was to provide “proof of concept” that proven interventions can be scaled up rapidly to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, include the costs of the scale-up and its effects on equity.

COLLABORATING PARTNERS

• Malawi: National Statistical Office and University of Malawi
• Burkina Faso: Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population

FUNDING PARTNERS

The evaluation of the “Rapid Scale-Up” was funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation via the World Health Organization.