FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
on General Quality of Care Improvement

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Birungi, Harriet. "Adapting focused antenatal care: Lessons from three African countries," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 11. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

"Kenya: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 78. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Mwangi, Annie and Charlotte Warren. "Taking critical services to the home: Scaling-up home-based maternal and postnatal care, including family planning, through community midwifery in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB)

2007
"South Africa: Improve facility management to increase nurse retention," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 63. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2006
Birungi, Harriet, Philomena Nyarko, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Daniel Arhinful, Sylvia Deganus, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Gladys Brew. "Acceptability and feasibility of introducing the WHO focused antenatal care package in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 460 KB)

Birungi, Harriet, Philomena Nyarko, Ian Askew, Ayo Ajayi, Gifty Addico, Edward Addai, and Caroline Jehu-Appiah. "Priority setting for reproductive health at the district level in the context of health sector reforms in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 441 KB)

Birungi, Harriet and W. Onyango-Ouma. "Acceptability and sustainability of the WHO focused antenatal care package in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 557 KB)

Foreit, James R. “Systematic screening: A strategy for determining and meeting clients’ reproductive health needs,” FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 6. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 348 KB)

"Ghana: Combine learning approaches to improve maternal care," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 57. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Osei, Ivy, Bertha Garshong, Gertrude Owusu Banahene, John Gyapong, Placide Tapsoba, Ian Askew, Clement Ahiadeke, Richard Killian, Edward Bonku, Perle Combary, and William Sampson. “Improving the Ghanaian Safe Motherhood Programme: Evaluating the effectiveness of alternative training models and other performance improvement factors on the quality of maternal care and client outcomes,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

2005
Chege, Jane N., Ian Askew, Nzwakie Mosery, Mbali Ndube-Nxumalo, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Janet Dalton, Ester Snyman, Wilem Sturm, and Preshny Moodley. "Feasibility of introducing a comprehensive package of antenatal care services in rural public clinics in South Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 217 KB)

Ghana Health Service and Navrongo Health Research Centre. "Transferring Ghana's system of evidence-based health program development: Program for an initial exchange with Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 385 KB)

Penn-Kekana, Loveday, Duane Blaauw, Khin San Tint, Desiree Monareng, and Jane Chege. "Nursing staff dynamics and implications for maternal health provision in public health facilities in the context of HIV/AIDS," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 478 KB)

Sanogo, Diouratié, Mady Cisse, Adama Ndoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Ousmane Faye, and Balla Mbacké Mboup. "Testing a community-based distribution approach to reproductive health service delivery in Senegal (a study of community agents in Kébémer), FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)  (Executive Summary in English; report in French.)

Sanogo, Diouratié, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Awa Seck, Colonel Adama Ndoye, Laty Ndoye, Cheikh Bamba Diop, Balla Mbaké Mboup, and Omar Sarr. "Using systematic screening to increase integration of reproductive health services delivery in Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 99 KB)

2003
Okullo, Joel, Quinto Okello, Harriet Birungi, Ian D. Askew, Barbara Janowitz, Carmen Cuthbertson, and Florence Ebanyat. "Improving quality of care for family planning services in Uganda," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 980 KB)

2002
"Benin: Target men to increase use of health services," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 18. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 268 KB)

"Philippines and Senegal: Services improve quality of care but fail to increase FP continuation," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 30. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 143 KB)

2000
Ngom, Pierre, Salmoe Wawire, Timothée Gandaho, Pierre Klissou, Toussaint Adjimon, Mbaye Sèye, Emile Akouanou, and Laurie Winter. "Intra-household decision-making on health and resource allocation in Bourgou, Benin," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 448 KB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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