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MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience

More than half of all maternal and child deaths occur in countries affected by conflict, disasters, weak governance and institutions, population displacements, and other acute and chronic crises.

MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR) works to accelerate reductions in maternal, newborn, and child illness and death by increasing the capacity of host country institutions and local organizations to introduce, deliver, scale up, and sustain the use of evidence-based, quality maternal, newborn, and child health services, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health care.

Project Date: 2020 - 2025
Funder: USAID
Country: Burkina Faso Democratic Republic of the Congo Global Mali South Sudan
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In 2019, the under-five mortality rate in the 36 countries classified as ‘fragile’ was almost three times higher than in ‘non-fragile’ countries.

Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2020, UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation

In 2017, about 295,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth.

Trends in Maternal Mortality, 2000-2017: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division

Integrating voluntary family planning with maternal and child health care is cost-effective and improves health outcomes.

Family Planning High Impact Practices

What We Do

  • Tailor approaches to address a setting’s unique circumstances.
  • Increase demand for and use of quality health care to strengthen families and reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality and illness.
  • Develop the health resilience of individuals, families, communities, and health systems to improve health and ensure the sustainability of MNCH/FP/RH services.
  • Ensure that programs lead to improved health by incorporating the latest research and learning into activities.

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