Download Resource - Healthy Newborn Network

• Establishing slum-level health funds as a community risk pooling mechanism• Medical Colleges as mentors for health facilities in urban areas• Establish additional nursing and medical colleges• Creating a Centre of Excellence for Urban Health Research and InnovationsResearch recommendations• Conduct review of literature to identify urban healthcare models in India, and evidence oftheir effectiveness in improving accessibility, availability, afford ability and quality of MNHwith emphasis on essential newborn care. This would help in identifying best practices &evidence gaps, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of models.• Formative research at individual and community level since the other two levels (policy andorganization) would be covered while developing the urban policy:- At individual level: research on existing knowledge and household practices regarding ENC,its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics of population, people’s perceptionsabout pregnancy, newborn care, and health facilities/providers, out-of-pocket expendituremade during pregnancy.- At community level: presence of community networks/groups and their potential forsupporting ENC, identification of influential stakeholders and social support networkswithin the community (for health, education and economic problems), barriers to accessingservices/ENC from both demand and supply side.• Other potential areas of research (can be operational /translational/others)- Mechanisms to promote demand for institutional delivery and ENC (financial and nonfinancialincentives, social marketing strategy or IEC/BCC campaigns)- Use of eHealth and mHealth for improving quality of health services- Community based trial of Kangaroo Mother Care- Models for supportive supervision of front line health workersThe recommendations were submitted to the GoUP and accepted by them in principle with anagreement to take them forward within the state’s health system and work towards improvingnewborn care among the urban poor. However one aspect which remained unclear was the potentialrole private sector providers could play in delivering health services for the urban poor newborn. Thisneeds to be followed-up.Dr. Rajesh KhannaTechnical Advisor - NewbornSave the Children, India (Saving Newborn Lives)Email: r.khanna@savethechildren.inMob: 956071101114