Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is implementing a
3-year Bill and Melinda Gates funded project in Nigeria and Kenya. The
Nigeria project is being implemented in Nassarawa State. The project
proposes to develop a group care model for ANC appropriate to the
Nigerian contexts
that will support the MOH to operationalize its
guidelines and test whether this alternative model of ANC is more
effective, feasible, and acceptable than the current standard of care at
achieving better coverage and quality of ANC services.
The
project is designed for high-volume government health facilities and
will explore the opportunities and challenges of different settings
(urban, pert-urban, and rural) to inform scale-up. The Group ANC study
is designed to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility
of Group ANC as compared to traditional ANC. This study introduces a
group care model in two phases: – Improve the quality of facility based
ANC, Increase retention in care and the use of key services during
pregnancy, childbirth and the year following birth among women over the
standard care available.
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- Technical Advisor, PMTCT/Prevention
- Technical Director, Clinical Services