Learning from Ananya
Lessons for primary health care performance improvement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19551295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary L Darmstadt (0000-0002-7522-5824, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 020356-020356 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-2978 • E-ISSN: 2047-2986 |
| Publisher | International Society of Global Health (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7189/jogh.10.020356 |
| PMID | 33110552 |
| OpenAlex | W3092159098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
The Ananya program is a highly ambitious and courageous effort to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) statewide in Bihar, India, across a population of approximately 120 million people [1], in an extremely complex, challenging environment In 2010 when Ananya was initiated, Bihar was emerging from decades of political upheaval and weak governance and leadership; faced crippling shortfalls of health infrastructure, commodities, management and staffing, and was among the lowest performing of Indian states for RMNCHN indicators. Ananya was launched by the Government of Bihar (GoB) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) with strong political will and commitment to health sector performance improvement. The GoB and BMGF set ambitious goals focused on reducing maternal, neonatal, infant and under-five child mortality and childhood malnutrition. BMGF made grants to multiple organisations for supply and demand-side interventions and attempted to unify these activities under a common theory of change These activities were facilitated through regular partner convenings including the GoB
Biology · Environmental health · Family medicine · MEDLINE · Primary care · Primary health care · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
From projects to systems
Assessing progress on the coverage of interventions in the first 1000 days in India
Improving the precision of maternal, newborn, and child health impact through geospatial analysis of the association of contextual and programmatic factors with health trends in Bihar, India
Best practices in global health evaluation
Best practices in global health evaluation
Impact of the Ananya program on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition in Bihar, India
Using a mobile nurse mentoring and training program to address a health workforce capacity crisis in Bihar, India
Statewide implementation of a quality improvement initiative for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutritionin Bihar, India
Improving primary health care delivery in Bihar, India
Use of mobile technology by frontline health workers to promote reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition
Trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition indicators during five years of piloting and scaling-up of Ananya interventions in Bihar, India
Health impact of self-help groups scaled-up statewide in Bihar, India
Impact of mHealth interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition at scale
Evaluation of a large-scale reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition program in Bihar, India, through an equity lens
Health layering of self-help groups
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |