Global Health
Technical and Policy Resources
Department of Global Health Publications
Save the Children's Global Health programs seeks to facilitate and promote sustained improvements in health status, with special attention given to the needs of women and children, and especially poor and marginalized populations. As such, we seek to share and communicate about our research and program activities. Key publications are listed alphabetically below by technical area, and are available to download.
Adolescent Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health(ASRH) in Sierra Leone Program Brief 2022
- Connect Project Fact Sheet 2021
- Finding a Voice: Improving reproductive health understanding, attitudes & practices in Nepali youth 2021
- Using Developmental Science to Inform the Design and Implementation of Programs with Very Young Adolescents: Implications for sexual and reproductive health 2021
- Growing Up GREAT! Implementation Guide 2020
- Global Health - Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Fact Sheet 2019
- Choices, Voices, Promises Brief: Empowering Very Young Adolescents to form Pro-Social Gender Norms 2015 (PDF 1.1 MB)
- VOICES Nepal Testimonial Videos 2015 (Youtube Channel)
- VOICES Guide: Using testimonials to influence parents' support for very young adolescents' gender equality in Nepal 2013 (PDF 1.9 MB)
- Gender Roles, Equality and Transformation (GREAT) Toolkit
- Promises Manual: Influencing Parents' Behaviors to Increase Gender Equality for Children 2011 (PDF 3.0 MB)
- Partnership Defined Quality for Youth (PDQ-Y) 2008 (PDF 1.97 MB)
Child Health
- Progress on Childhood Pneumonia 2017-2021 2021
- Global Health - Child Health Fact Sheet 2019
- Pregnancy Intervals after Stillbirth, Neonatal Death and Spontaneous Abortion and the Risk of an Adverse Outcome in the Next Pregnancy in Rural Bangladesh 2019
- Barriers and Enablers for Practicing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in Rural Sindh, Pakistan 2019
- Development and Initial Validation of a Frontline Health Worker mHealth Assessment Platform (MEDSINC®) for Children 2–60 Months of Age 2019
- Community Case Management (CCM) in Humanitarian Settings: Guidelines for Humanitarian Workers 2019
- Integrated Community Case Management: Planning for Sustainability in Five African Countries 2019
- Achievements and Challenges of Implementation in a Mature iCCM Programme: Malawi Case Study 2019
- Home Visits by Community Health Workers for Pregnant Mothers and Newborns: Coverage Plateau in Malawi 2019
- A Systematic Review of Tools to Measure Respiratory Rate in Order to Identify Childhood Pneumonia 2018
- An Integrated Diagnostic Device for Neonatal Sepsis and Childhood Pneumonia 2018
- Ensuring Chlorhexidine for Newborn Cord Care in Rural Communities in Pakistan 2018
Cross-Cutting Publications
Community System Strengthening/SBCC
- Global Health - Our Commitment to Communities 2019 (PDF 3.4 MB)
- MCSP Community Health Contributions Series 2019
- Taking Community Mobilization to Scale: The Evolving Approach to Community Mobilization over a Decade of USAID-Funded Programming by Save the Children in Bangladesh 2018
- Strengthening Community Capacity Field Guide 2010 (PDF 1.8 MB)
- How to Mobilize Communities for Improved Maternal and Newborn Health 2009 (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Taking Community Empowerment to Scale: Lessons from Three Successful Experiences 2007 (PDF 723 KB)
- Partnership Defined Quality: A toolbook for community and health provider collaboration for quality improvement-English 2005 (PDF 2.0 MB)
General
- 2022 Global Health and Nutrition Brochure 2022 (PDF 2.6 MB)
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Essential Supply List for Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Facilities 2021
- WASH and Livelihoods: PRO-WASH
- WASH & Nutrition: Fact Sheet 2019 (PDF 309 KB)
- Monitoring Environmental Health in Maternal and Newborn Health Programs In Health Care Facilities 2019
- Tools for Improving Quality of Care for Mothers and Newborns: A Review and Gap Analysis of Critical Environmental Conditions 2019
- WASH & Nutrition: The Clean Household Approach 2015 (PDF 143 KB)
- WASH in Healthcare: The Clean Clinic Approach
- Supporting Quality of Care Improvements for through WASH: Implementation Experiences in Four Countries
Emergency Health and Nutrition
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings: 2020 Edition 2021
- Home Visits: Practical Guidelines for Conducting Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Home Visits in the Context of COVID-19 2021
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Hub (IYCFE Hub) 2021
- Integrated Response Framework for Isolation and Quarantine as Non‑Pharmaceutical Interventions Against COVID-19 2021
- Support Group Sessions: Practical Guidelines for Conducting Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Support Group Sessions in the Context of COVID-19 2021
- MAMI Care Pathway Package, version 3 2021
- Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF-E) in Action Videos 2020
- Global Health - Emergency Health and Nutrition Fact Sheet 2019
- Community Case Management (CCM) in Humanitarian Settings: Guidelines for Humanitarian Workers 2019
- Community Case Management in Emergencies: Global Literature Review 2019
- READY Fact Sheet 2019
- Meeting the Demand of Women Affected by Ongoing Crisis: Increasing Contraceptive Prevalence in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019
- Postabortion Care in Humanitarian Emergencies: Improving Treatment and Reducing Recurrence 2019
- When Political Solutions for Acute Conflict in Yemen Seem Distant, Demand for Reproductive Health Services is Immediate: A Programme Model for Resilient Family Planning and Post-Abortion Care Services 2019
- Essential Newborn Care Practice at Four Primary Health Facilities in Conflict Affected Areas of Bossaso, Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study 2019
- Roadmap to Accelerate Progress for Every Newborn in Humanitarian Settings 2020-2025 2019
- Surviving Day One: Caring for Mothers and Newborns in Humanitarian Emergencies on the Day of Childbirth 2019
- Innovative Pathways to Build Providers' Skills in Humanitarian Settings 2019
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies 2018
- Global Humanitarian WASH Guidance 2019-2021 2019
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit 2017
HIV and AIDS
- Global Health - HIV, AIDS and TB Fact Sheet 2018
- Zambia Systems for Better Health’s HIV Linkages Activity Final Report
- Bangladesh Global Fund Program Brief
- Myanmar Global Fund 2018-2020 Program Overview
- Myanmar MyRights Mobile App Overview
- Step Up, Speak Out: The Multi-Country South Asia Field Guide on Policy Advocacy for MSM and Transgender Communities in South Asia
- South Asia Legal and Policy Environment Brief
- Multi-Country South Asia Global Fund Success Stories
Maternal and Reproductive Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health(ASRH) in Sierra Leone Program Brief 2022
- MOMENTUM, A Global Partnership for Health and Resilience 2021
- The Mobile Community Health Unit: A platform for integrated health service provision for nomadic & semi-nomadic communities in Northeast Kenya 2021
- USAID’s MaMoni Maternal and Newborn Care Strengthening Project: Project brief 2021
- USAID Services de Santé à Grand Impact (SSGI) Project 2020
- USAID Kulawa 2020
- Health - Maternal and Reproductive Health Fact Sheet 2019
- EDEAN “Let’s Come Together and Strengthen Child Spacing” 2018
- Standard Days Method Integration in Nepal’s Family Planning Program 2018
- Pragati: “Fertility Awareness for Quality of Life” Project Overview 2018
- Utilizing Roving Auxiliary Nurse Midwives to Reach Hard-to-Reach Communities 2018
- WALAN: Wake ki Lago Nywal “To Be Proud with Family Planning” Project Overview
- Scaling up Hospital to Household Continuum of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health in Vietnam - Program Summary 2012 (PDF 240 KB)
Newborn Health
- Healthy Newborn Network 2021
- Newborns and COVID-19: A discussion with practitioners 2021
- New Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth Estimates: Know what they are and how to use them 2020
- Every Newborn Progress Report 2019
- Global Health - Newborn Legacy 2019
- Global Health - Newborn Health Fact Sheet 2019
- Nurturing Care for Small and Sick Newborns 2019
- Survive and Thrive: Transforming Care for Every Small and Sick Newborn 2018
- Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Field Guide 2018
- Stillbirths 2016: Ending Preventable Stillbirths 2016
Nutrition
- USAID Nurture Final Report 2021
- Nutrition at Save the Children 2021
- Global Health - Nutrition Legacy 2019
- Global Health - Nutrition Fact Sheet 2019
- Growth through Nutrition: Activity Overview
- Cambodia NOURISH Project Brief
- Lishe Endevelu - Sustainable Nutrition Overview 2019
- USAID Advancing Nutrition Overview 2019
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