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- Training Tool
- 2024
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Manual for promotion of ECD in MCH services
A training manual developed through human-centered design to promote early childhood development in maternal and child health services. Note: Draft version, to be updated after final MOH approval is obtained.
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- Children’s Song
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Emakua
Washing hands
A children’s song teaching about how and why it is important to wash hands.
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- Story book
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
O Zaaaá do Zagaia
A story book to help young children not be afraid of going to the doctor.
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- Activity Manual
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Parenting education
A facilitator manual consisting of 10 parenting education sessions for caregivers of children birth to 5 years.
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- Activity Manual
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Activity manual for community preschools
A manual consisting of 40 activity cards, each including a quiet and an active game, a story, and a discussion topic for circle time, for community preschools for children aged 3 to 5. Additional sections include guidance on a daily preschool routine, on health, hygiene and nutrition, and on how to set up a low-cost…
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- Flipchart
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Flipchart for social action institute worker
A flipchart with visuals, step-by-step activities, and key messages for group sessions covering topics of maternal and child feeding and early learning. It is based on the MOH’s Package of Nutritional Interventions (PIN) and targets caregivers of children under 2 years coming to receive child subsidy.
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- Counseling Cards
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Household visit counseling cards
A set of counseling cards providing community-based volunteers with household visit steps and visuals on health, nutrition, education, early childhood development, protection, housing and economic strengthening, and psychosocial support.
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- Training Tool
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Science of ECD course for decision-makers (1 day)
A slide deck for the 1-day Science of ECD course for political decision-makers adapted by PATH, Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Advancing Nutrition in Mozambique to reflect country context.
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- Guidelines
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Key ECD messages
A comprehensive list of ECD messages developed by PATH and approved by the ECD technical working group (TWG) and Health Promotion Department of the Ministry of Health.
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- Counseling Cards
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Household visit counseling cards
A set of counseling cards that orient ADEMO volunteers on key messages and practices to promote in a household visit around child health and hygiene, nutrition, and early learning.
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- Activity Manual
- 2024
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Ubuntu program
A manual providing step-by-step content for conducting group sessions for caregivers of children with developmental delays or disabilities. Adapted from the evidence-based global program Ubuntu.
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- SOP
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Perinatal depression
A protocol and counseling cards for management of perinatal depression, co-created with, and approved as a national tool by, the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Activity Manual
- 2022
- Kenya
- English
Parenting program for adolescent girls and young women
A facilitator manual providing step-by-step guidance for conducting 14 group sessions with adolescent girls and young women on issues of maternal mental health, co-parenting, child nutrition, and development.
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- Activity Manual
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Support group for pregnant women, mothers, and babies living in conflict-affected areas
A facilitator manual providing step-by-step guidance for conducting group sessions with pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 on issues of maternal mental health, co-parenting, child nutrition, and development.
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- Brief
- 2017
- Mozambique
- English
Improving health facility waiting areas through play
A brief summarizing the model and the early results of a playbox intervention in health facility waiting rooms.
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- Training Tool
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Training for healthcare workers
A manual providing step-by-step guidance for training facility health care workers on the use of the Kenya Mother Child Health Handbook to promote early childhood development in maternal and child health services, as well as on promoting ECD in Maternity wards. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Policy
- 2018
- Kenya
- English
Newborn, child and adolescent health (NCAH) policy
The first-ever integrated policy outlining Kenyan Ministry of Health’s unified approach to newborn, child, and adolescent health and development.
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- Guidelines
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Guidelines for healthy child at child at risk consultations
A technical guidance on the scope of two child health services—healthy child and child-at-risk consultations. This revised version includes steps and job aids for developmental monitoring and counseling developed with support from PATH.
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- Register
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Well-baby clinic register
A well-baby clinic register containing indicators on child development, namely, a developmental delay identified in a child for the first time.
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- Poster
- 2018
- Kenya
- English
Developmental milestones
A poster on developmental milestones referenced in the IMNCH guide, approved by the Siaya County Health Team.
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- Poster
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Early childhood development in antenatal care visits
A poster on ECD counseling in antenatal care, approved by Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Poster
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
ECD in maternity ward
A set of posters on ECD counseling in maternity wards, approved by Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Booklet
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Premature birth
A take-home booklet on premature birth, created with and approved by Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Assessment
- 2013
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Caregivers in Maputo province
First formative assessment conducted by PATH with caregivers of young children in southern Mozambique.
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- Brief
- 2015
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Mapping opportunities for ECD integration
A summary brief describing findings of formative assessments of health services conducted in Mozambique and Kenya.
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- Policy
- 2020
- Kenya
- English
Kenya community health policy 2020–2030
The first community health policy in Kenya specifically describing CHP tasks in promoting Nurturing Care for ECD, such as counseling on opportunities for early learning and identification and follow up of children with developmental delays and disabilities.
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- Flipchart
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Additional pages for CHW flipchart
Additional pages designed to complement the existing CHW Flipchart with relevant ECD and nutritional content. Approved by the Mozambique MOH CHW program.
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- Counseling Cards
- 2015
- Kenya
- English
Counselling cards on care for child development
Expanded Care for Child Development (CCD) Counselling Cards, adapted for Kenya and Mozambique based on formative assessment of health facilities. New topics such as provider-child communication, child nutrition, discipline and neglect, intimate partner violence and maternal mental health were added. The cards were made more visual and broken down by touchpoints and age groups, starting…
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- Counseling Cards
- 2014
- Kenya
- English
Counselling cards on care for child development
An original set Care for Child Development (CCD) Counselling Card, adapted for the first pilot by clinical and community providers in Kenya and Mozambique. Adaptations included: addition of developmental milestones, checking hearing and vision and steps for responsive feeding.
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- Activity Manual
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Orientation guide for implementing package of nutritional interventions (PIN) in the communities
An implementation guide detailing community-based growth monitoring and counselling activities and providing tools for delivery of Package of Nutritional Interventions. Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Guidelines
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Manual for nutritional treatment and rehabilitation. Volume 1: 0 till 14 years
This manual outlines steps and procedures for inpatient and outpatient admission and treatment of acute malnutrition, including for monitoring and stimulation of child development. Note: The manual is currently under review and updated version will be upload as soon as it is available.
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- Strategy
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Kenya strategy for maternal, infant and young child nutrition – 2023-2028
National strategy that advocates for ECD monitoring and counselling as part of growth monitoring and other services.
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- Training Tool
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Science of ECD course for decision-makers (day 1 of 3)
A slide deck for day 1 of 3-day Science of ECD course for decision-makers and managers, adapted by PATH, Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Advancing Nutrition in Mozambique to reflect country context.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Playbox session in health facility waiting room
A pilot training video to orient health providers and facility volunteers to conduct playbox sessions in health facility waiting room. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Story book
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
A capulana da mamã
A story book helping young children who lost a parent to deal with their grief in a constructive manner.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Use of radios to promote playful and responsive parenting
A brief summarizing piloted interventions to use community radios in promotion of parenting practices around play, communication, and child feeding, and their initial results.
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- Children’s Song
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Emakua
Let’s talk!
A song encouraging parents to talk to their young children as a way to help them learn and develop.
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- Flipchart
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Parenting education
A set of pictures to be used with each parenting session. The pictures were not joined in a flipchart but kept as separate sheets, to allow for greater engagement of the participants with the images.
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- Guidelines
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Technical guidelines for community preschools
Guidelines on recommended teaching and learning methodologies to be used in every preschool activity, on group management and positive discipline, on supporting children with disabilities, and on working with parents.
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- Training Tool
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Training for social action institute worker
A training manual to prepare social action institute workers to conduct educational group sessions with caregivers of children under 2 years coming to receive child subsidy.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Household visit mentoring and supervision tool
A mentoring tool verifying community-based volunteer competencies to conduct a household visit while addressing all relevant technical areas.
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- SOP
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Household visit steps
A job aid orienting ADEMO volunteers on what to do in every household visit and how to use counseling cards and other tools.
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- Flipchart
- 2023
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Visual cards for Ubuntu program
Job aids to accompany the manual for group sessions for caregivers of children with developmental delays or disabilities. Adapted from the evidence-based global program Ubuntu.
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- SOP
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Perinatal depression
A protocol and counseling cards for management of perinatal depression approved for use by the Amhara Regional Health Bureau in Ethiopia.
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- Training Tool
- 2022
- Kenya
- English
Parenting program for adolescent girls and young women
A training guide preparing DREAMS mentors and community health promoters to conduct a parenting program for adolescent girls and young women.
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- Training Tool
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Training facilitators of mother-baby support groups
A training manual preparing health extension workers to conduct a support group program for pregnant women and mothers with children under 2.
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- Assessment
- 2019
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Scaling up place-based approaches to early childhood development in Africa
A report containing two case studies from Kenya and Mozambique on PATH-supported work in ECD in the health sector.
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- Plan
- 2022
- Kenya
- English
Newborn and child health strategic plan – 2022 – 2026
A plan operationalizing the objectives of the NCAH Policy, including specific activities to promote access to high-quality ECD services.
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- Guidelines
- 2018
- Kenya
- English
Integrated management of newborn and child illnesses
This tool for health care workers has been expanded to add counseling on ECD during pregnancy and to include revised developmental milestones aligned with the Milestones poster developed by PATH.
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- Register
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Sick child consultation register
A sick child consultation register containing an indicator on child development, namely, a developmental delay identified in a child for the first time.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Developmental milestones
A poster on developmental milestones referenced in child health consultation guidelines, approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Poster
- 2023
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Early childhood development in antenatal care visits
A poster on ECD counseling in antenatal care, created with and approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Poster
- 2023
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
ECD in maternity ward
A set of posters supporting counseling on ECD and other topics in maternity wards, created with and approved by Mozambique Ministry of Health
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- Poster
- 2019
- Zambia
- English
Kangaroo mother care
A poster on KMC benefits, created with and approved by Zambia Ministry of Health.
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- Assessment
- 2019
- Mozambique
- English
Caregivers in Nampula province
First formative assessment conducted by PATH with caregivers of young children in northern Mozambique.
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- Assessment
- 2015
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Formative assessment of health services
Formative assessment of routine functioning of key maternal and child health facility services and recommendations for integrating ECD interventions.
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- Register
- 2019
- Kenya
- English
Community health promoter log book (MOH 514)
A primary register for community health promoters specifying an ECD indicator, namely, number of children referred with delayed milestones.
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- Training Tool
- 2016
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Training manual for community health workers, Volume III
A participant manual on community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses; includes developmental monitoring and counseling based on PATH-supported job aids.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Stimulate your child’s development
A poster of encouraging play and communication during daily family chores and routines. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Training Tool
- 2015
- Kenya
- English
Strengthening skills of HF staff in counselling on nutrition and stimulation
A manual providing step-by-step content for training facility health care workers on the use of the expanded CCD Counselling Cards. The training targeted each facility touchpoint and how developmental monitoring and counselling could be integrated there; data records, reporting and monitoring were also addressed. PATH.
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- Training Tool
- 2014
- Kenya
- English
Care for child development (Participant manual)
An original set Care for Child Development (CCD) Counselling Card, adapted for the first pilot by clinical and community providers in Kenya and Mozambique. Adaptations included: addition of developmental milestones, checking hearing and vision and steps for responsive feeding.
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- Training Tool
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Manual for training community health workers to deliver package of nutritional interventions (PIN)
A manual providing step-by-step content for training community health workers (APEs) on implementation of Package of Nutritional Interventions. Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Training Tool
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Emotional and psychomotor stimulation: Step 9 in nutritional rehabilitation of the child with acute malnutrition
This training presentation outlines key concepts and activities, and provides exercises for learning how to stimulate child development during inpatient treatment of malnutrition. It has been approved by the MOH Nutrition Department for nationwide trainings.
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- Strategy
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
National strategy for child feeding – 2019-2024 (2029)
National strategy that advocates for strengthening ECD in nutritional rehabilitation program and in community programs for orphans and vulnerable children.
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- Guidelines
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses guideline
This Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses Guideline has been revised in 2021 to include, among other, monitoring of child development and counseling on care for child development.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD during well-child visit – Scenario 1
A pilot training video to orient health providers to conduct developmental monitoring and counseling during well-child visit. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Training Tool
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Science of ECD course for decision-makers (day 2 of 3)
A slide deck for day 2 of 3-day Science of ECD course for decision-makers and managers, adapted by PATH, Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Advancing Nutrition in Mozambique to reflect country context.
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- Story book
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Vânia e coronavírus
A story book written to help young children make sense of COVID-19 and all the changes in daily behavior it has caused.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Talk to the baby in pregnancy
A radio skit encouraging fathers to start bonding with their babies during pregnancy.
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- Children’s Song
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Emakua
Good things to eat
A children’s song teaching children about healthy local foods.
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- Training Tool
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Parenting education
A training manual for a four-day training to prepare community volunteers to run parenting education sessions.
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- Guidelines
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Guidelines for establishing and running of community preschool
Guidelines on requirements for establishment and functioning of community preschools in Mozambique.
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- Training Tool
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Training community-based volunteers in ECD
A training manual to prepare community-based volunteers to monitor developmental milestones and counsel on child development during household visits.
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- Booklet
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Children with disabilities
A booklet for caregivers of children with disabilities, originally developed during COVID-19 and adapted to be relevant thereafter. The booklet reinforces hygiene, nutrition, and early learning practices at home, as well as the need to use health services and to take care of caregiver’s own health.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Adapting and piloting the Ubuntu parenting support program
A brief describing the adaptation of the global Ubuntu program for caregivers of children with disabilities and the assessment of its pilot conducted by ADEMO in Mozambique.
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- Booklet
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Maternal depression
A take-home booklet describing what maternal depression is and offering recommendations on supporting women with depression, created with and approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2022
- Kenya
- English
Observation checklist for AGYW parenting program
A mentoring tool verifying facilitator competencies to deliver parenting group sessions for adolescent girls and young women.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Observation checklist for mother-baby support group
A mentoring tool verifying facilitator competencies to deliver support group sessions for pregnant women and mothers of children under 2.
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- Strategy
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
National strategy for newborn and child health and development
First national health strategy in Ethiopia to include promotion of ECD among its objectives.
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- Register
- 2019
- Kenya
- English
Well-baby clinic register
A well-baby clinic register containing indicators on child development, namely, an assessment of developmental milestones conducted and presence of any childhood disabilities.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
Developmental milestones
A poster on developmental milestones referenced in the national ECD implementation guide, approved by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
Early childhood development in antenatal care visits
A poster on ECD counseling in antenatal care, created with and approved by Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
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- Guidelines
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Neonatology manual
A manual of the Mozambique Ministry of Health, which includes principles of family-centered and developmentally supportive care for small and sick newborns, after advocacy by PATH.
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- Assessment
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Maternal mental health
Formative assessment of caregivers receiving postnatal care and their mental health needs, to inform the design of maternal mental health counseling cards.
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- Assessment
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Physiotherapy data analysis
A slide deck presenting data from physiotherapy registers from two main hospitals of Maputo province.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2022
- Kenya
- English
Supportive supervision tool for community health promoters
A supportive supervision tool used by community health assistants which checks for the number of children with delayed milestones and counseling strategies used during household visits and verifies conduct of playbox sessions in the health facilities.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Counseling competencies of community health worker
Mentoring tool verifying community health worker (CHW) competencies to counsel in general, and on ECD and child nutrition specifically, during household visits.
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- Poster
- 2018
- Kenya
- English
Recommendations for care for child development
A poster of age-appropriate play and communication activities based on Care for Child Development counseling cards. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Counseling Cards
- 2015
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Community health worker counselling cards
A set of 2 double-sided cards adapted from the CCD counselling cards for the use by community health workers. Adaptations included: developmental monitoring; play in daily routines; and counselling on maternal and child nutrition. Approved by the Provincial Maputo Health Services.
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- Brief
- 2020
- Mozambique
- English
Harnessing global financing facility and World Bank funding to promote nurturing care
A brief summarizing the process and the outcomes of a collaboration between the World Bank, UNICEF, Mozambique Ministry of Health and PATH to integrate ECD content into a national Package of Nutritional Interventions.
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- Guidelines
- 2020
- Kenya
- English
National guideline for management of acute malnutrition
A national guideline reinforcing stimulation of child development as a step in management of acute malnutrition and recommending the use of PATH-developed Care for Child Development poster as a counselling tool.
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- Training Tool
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Science of ECD course for decision-makers (day 3 of 3)
A slide deck for day 3 of 3-day Science of ECD course for decision-makers and managers, adapted by PATH, Aga Khan Foundation and USAID Advancing Nutrition in Mozambique to reflect country context.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD during well-child visit – Scenario 2
A pilot training video to orient health providers to conduct developmental monitoring and counseling during well-child visit. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Talk to the child
A radio skit showing the importance of talking to young children even when they cannot yet talk back.
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- Children’s Song
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Emakua
Colors all around
A children’s song teaching colors by pointing out everyday objects around children.
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- Brief
- 2018
- Mozambique
- English
Evaluation of the parenting education program
A brief summarizing the results of a parenting education program piloted with community agricultural associations in rural southern Mozambique.
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- Activity Manual
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
Activity manual for playgroups in post-conflict settings
A manual consisting of 40 activity cards adapted from the Mozambique community preschool manual.
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- Training Tool
- 2017
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Training the trainers in ECD
A training manual to prepare government and community-based organization supervisors to conduct training and mentoring of community volunteers on ECD.
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- Data Collection Tool
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Developmental delays & disabilities screening tool
A tool based on Mozambique Ministry of Health developmental milestones chart and Washington Group/UNICEF Child Functioning module for 2–4-year-olds, used by ADEMO to screen and identify children with developmental delays or disabilities.
