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- Training Tool
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Perinatal depression
A training guide providing step-by-step content for training health facility workers on screening and counseling in case of perinatal depression during antenatal and postnatal care.
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- Brief
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Group-based mental health and parenting support for adolescent girls and young women who are mothers
A brief summarizing the design and evaluation results of a parenting program for adolescent girls and young women in Kenya.
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- Brief
- 2023
- Ethiopia
- English
Promoting responsive caregiving, early learning, and maternal mental health through primary health care
A brief summarizing the interventions and their results in promoting child development in Addis Ababa health facilities and in post-conflict settings in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia.
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- Article
- 2021
- Mozambique
- English
A pilot to promote early childhood development within health systems in Mozambique: A qualitative evaluation
An article on a qualitative evaluation of PATH-supported programming in northern Mozambique. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
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- Plan
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- English
National health sector strategic plan for early childhood development in Ethiopia. 2020/21-2024/25
A detailed health sector workplan to ensure implementation of national ECD policy framework and to respond to Sustainable Development Goal 4.2.
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Immunization register
A routine immunization register containing an indicator on child development, namely, whether a child has no delay, suspected delay, or developmental delay.
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- SOP
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- English
Steps for monitoring child development in child consultations
Steps for monitoring child development developed by PATH that informed the content of Ethiopia Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses Guideline (2021).
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Antenatal care register
An antenatal care register containing an indicator on counseling on child development.
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- Poster
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
When to transfer a newborn
A set of posters supporting detection and transfer of newborns with risk factors, created with and approved by Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Training Tool
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Kangaroo mother care
A trainer manual of the Mozambique Ministry of Health on Kangaroo Mother Care, which includes principles of family-centered and developmentally supportive care as a part of KMC, after advocacy by PATH.
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- Assessment
- 2021
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Children with disabilities
Formative assessment of caregivers of children with disabilities in northern Mozambique, to inform the design of a community-based rehabilitation program.
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- Brief
- 2019
- Mozambique
- English
Assessment of the use of PATH’s ECD materials
A brief summarizing health provider use of PATH-developed ECD materials for screening and counselling in southern Mozambique.
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- Article
- 2017
- Kenya
- English
App-supported promotion of child growth and development
An article on the pilot of the Information for Action app to promote early childhood development through the community health platform in Kenya.
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- Brief
- 2017
- Mozambique
- English
Evaluation of the feasibility and value of integrating nutrition and child development into the national community health worker program
A brief describing an evaluation, conducted with CHWs in 2016, to assess the integration of ECD and nutrition content into the CHW service delivery package and its initial results
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- Training Tool
- 2020
- Kenya
- English
Promoting Care for Child Development in health facilities
A manual providing step-by-step content for training facility health care workers on the use of the posters to promote early childhood development in maternal and child health services, as well as on supervising CHVs delivering playbox sessions in the waiting rooms. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Counseling Cards
- 2017
- Kenya
- English
Community health volunteer counselling cards
A set of seven cards adapted from the CCD counselling cards for the use by community health volunteers. Adaptations included: steps for integrating developmental services into household visits and for conducting playbox sessions in the waiting rooms; developmental monitoring; and counselling on maternal and child nutrition. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Article
- 2019
- Mozambique
- English
A playbox intervention in health facility waiting rooms in Mozambique
An article summarizing the results of a qualitative assessment of the early model of playbox intervention in Mozambique.
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- Assessment
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Evaluation of the parenting education program
A report detailing the results of a parenting education program piloted with community agricultural associations in rural southern Mozambique..
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Play with a child
A radio skit explaining the importance of playing with young children during household routines.
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- Children’s Song
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Emakua
My body
A children’s song teaching children body parts in a fun manner.
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- Training Tool
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Training guide for community playgroup facilitators
A step-by-step three-day training guide preparing volunteers to set up and run community playgroups.
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- Assessment
- 2019
- Mozambique
- English
COVida end of project report
A report summarizing ECD interventions, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned by PATH during three years of supporting community-based organizations as a part of the USAID COVida project.
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- Brief
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Advocacy for ECD investments
A short visual brief orienting decision-makers to the science of child development and to how different sectors can support ECD.
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- Data Collection Tool
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Individual child form
A form used by ADEMO to enroll children with developmental delays or disabilities into a community-based rehabilitation program. It collects data on family socioeconomic situations and risk factors for delays or disabilities, and documents the actions of the volunteer and the progress of the child.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
Perinatal depression and child development mentoring guide
A mentoring tool verifying health care worker competencies to deliver maternal mental health and ECD services across key maternal and child health touchpoints in a health facility.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2023
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Early childhood development mentoring tool for healthcare workers
A mentoring tool verifying health care worker competencies to deliver ECD services across key maternal and child health touchpoints in a health facility. Approved by Nampula Province Health Services.
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- Plan
- 2020
- Kenya
- English
Nurturing care for early childhood development strategic plan 2020-2024 – county government of Siaya
A county-level strategic plan outlining sectoral interventions in support of nurturing care, including training and mentoring of health providers.
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Growth monitoring and nutrition register
A GMP and nutrition screening register containing an indicator on child development, namely, whether a child has no delay, suspected delay, or developmental delay, as well as an indicator on counseling on care for child development.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Promoting early childhood development during antenatal care
A brief summarizing a co-created solution to improve the effectiveness of ECD counseling in antenatal care in Kenya and Mozambique, and its initial results.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
ECD in PNC
A poster on newborn screening and ECD counseling in postnatal care, created with and approved by Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
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- Assessment
- 2021
- Mozambique
- English
Qualitative evaluation of the “Nurturing Care for ECD” pilot initiative in Monapo district
A report on an external evaluation of PATH-supported programming in northern Mozambique, summarizing qualitative evidence on provider and caregiver experiences with the program. Harvard School of Public Health.
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- Assessment
- 2019
- Mozambique
- English
Assessment of the use of PATH’s ECD materials
A report describing health provider use of PATH-developed ECD materials for screening and counselling in southern Mozambique.
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- Brief
- 2019
- Kenya
- English
mNurturing Care
A brief describing the pilot with Medic Mobile to test the acceptability and feasibility of a developmental monitoring and counseling app with CHPs in Kenya.
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- Training Tool
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Training manual for community health promoters
A training manual providing step-by-step guidance for training community health promoters on the use of the Kenya Mother Child Health Handbook to support early childhood development in household visits, as well as on conducting playbox sessions in facility waiting rooms. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Training Tool
- 2017
- Kenya
- English
Promoting responsive care and early learning at home and in the facility waiting room
A manual providing step-by-step content for training community health volunteers (CHVs) on the use of the CHV Counselling cards during household visits and playbox sessions in health facility waiting rooms. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Training Tool
- 2023
- Mozambique
- English
Nurturing care for ECD: the science
A presentation on the science behind the Nurturing Care for ECD movement developed for advocacy activities in Kenya.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD during antenatal visit
A pilot training video to orient health providers to conduct ECD counseling during antenatal visit. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Child with a disability
A radio skit addressing myths about childhood disability and the importance of early detection and rehabilitation.
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- Brief
- 2023
- Ethiopia
- English
Promoting responsive caregiving, early learning, and maternal mental health through primary health care
A brief summarizing the interventions and their results in promoting child development in Addis Ababa health facilities and in post-conflict settings in the northern Amhara region of Addis Ababa health facilities and in post-conflict settings in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Building local capacity to provide children with disabilities with community-based rehabilitation
A brief describing a partnership between a Mozambican Association of people with disabilities, ADEMO, and PATH, in the Monapo district of Nampula province, to design and deliver a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) program for children under 5 with developmental delays and disabilities.
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- Guidelines
- 2023
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Guidelines for maternal and neonatal care during post-partum and postnatal period
National guidelines that include, among others, a protocol for management of maternal depression during postnatal care, piloted with PATH support.
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- Assessment
- 2021
- Kenya
- English
Evaluation of feasibility and effectiveness of a health-facility based ECD intervention in Siaya County, Kenya
A report on an external evaluation of PATH-supported programming in Siaya county, summarizing quantitative and qualitative evidence on program feasibility and impact. The African Population and Health Research Center.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Care for child development
A poster of age-appropriate play and communication activities based on Care for Child Development counseling cards. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Early childhood development mentoring tool for healthcare workers
A mentoring tool verifying health care worker competencies to deliver ECD services across key maternal and child health touchpoints in a health facility. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Policy
- 2021
- Kenya
- English
Cabinet paper on nurturing care for ECD in Siaya county
A county legislative document adopting Nurturing Care for ECD as a government program, mandating its mainstreaming into sectoral plans and allocating a budget.
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Integrated management of newborn and childhood illness register (from 0-2 months)
An IMNCI (0-2 months) register containing indicator on child development, namely, whether a child has a risk factor or a parental concern about development and whether a child is reaching current milestones; as well as an indicator on counseling on care for child development.
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Postnatal care register
A postnatal care register containing an indicator on counseling on child development.
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- Assessment
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
What do caregivers do and believe about child development?
Insights into beliefs and practices of caregivers of children under 2 in northern Mozambique generated through human-centered design.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Human centered design for early childhood development
A brief summarizing steps and lessons learned when applying human-centered design to optimizing ECD counselling in health services.
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- SOP
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
SOP for ECD
A standard operating procedure (SOP) for monitoring and counseling on child development in household visits and health consultations based on the Kenya Mother Child Health Handbook. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Guidelines
- 2022
- Ethiopia
- English
National antenatal care guideline
National guideline that recommends assessment of maternal mental health and counseling on stimulation for early childhood development as a part or routine antenatal visits.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Foods that help children grow
A radio skit educating caregivers about local protein-rich foods and their importance for the body and the brain.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Improving identification, referrals, and treatment of children with disabilities
A brief describing approaches used and results achieved in strengthening community-based identification, referral, and treatment of children under 5 with disabilities.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Integration of perinatal depression screening and counseling into primary health care
A brief summarizing the design of a perinatal depression management protocol in antenatal and postnatal care services and its piloting results.
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- Brief
- 2023
- Ethiopia
- English
Promoting responsive caregiving, early learning and maternal mental health through primary health care in Ethiopia
A brief summarizing the interventions and their results in promoting child development in Addis Ababa health facilities and in post-conflict settings in northern Amhara region of Ethiopia.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- Amharic
Care for child development
A poster of age-appropriate play and communication activities based on Care for Child Development counseling cards. Approved by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
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- Plan
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
County integrated development plan 2023-2027 – Siaya county
A county-level five-year development plan listing Nurturing Care for ECD as one of the county programs and setting targets and estimated costs of activities.
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- Register
- 2021
- Ethiopia
- English
Integrated management of newborn and childhood illness register (2 to 59 months)
An IMNCI (2 to 59 months) register containing indicator on child development, namely, whether a child has a risk factor or a parental concern about development and whether a child is reaching current or earlier milestones; as well as an indicator on counseling on care for child development.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Promoting early childhood development in maternity wards
A brief summarizing a co-created solution to introduce ECD counseling in maternity wards in Kenya and Mozambique, and its initial results.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Assessing quality of interpersonal communication in primary health services in Mozambique
A brief summarizing caregiver experiences when interacting with providers in maternity wards and child health services
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- Assessment
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Applying human centered design to understand caregivers and providers
A report summarizing key insights from caregivers and providers collected during human-centered design to improve ECD interventions in Kenya.
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- Mentoring & Supervision
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Early childhood development mentoring tool for community health promoters
A mentoring tool verifying community health promoter competencies to deliver ECD services during household visits when using the SOP for ECD. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD before discharge from maternity ward
A pilot training video to orient health providers to conduct ECD counseling before discharge in maternity ward. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Healthy snacks for children
A radio skit explaining the difference between healthy and unhealthy local snacks.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Strengthening an organization of people with disabilities
A brief describing strategies employed by PATH to strengthen a local organization of people with disabilities in northern Mozambique to provide support to children under 5.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Human centered design for early childhood development
A brief summarizing steps and lessons learned when applying human-centered design to optimizing ECD counselling in health services.
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- Poster
- 2018
- Kenya
- English
Promoting early childhood development
A poster of general recommendations for responsive care, play, and communication. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Brief
- 2016
- Mozambique
- English
Clinical mentoring on early childhood development in Mozambique
A brief summarizing the impact of clinical mentoring on provider interpersonal communication skills, developmental and nutritional monitoring, and counseling.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- English
Assessing quality of interpersonal communication in primary health services in Kenya
A brief summarizing caregiver experiences when interacting with providers in antenatal care and child health services.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Facilitators and barriers to ECD service delivery: Perceptions of providers and facility directors
A brief describing health provider-perceived facilitators and barriers to their work un general and to provision of ECD services in particular.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD just after the birth
Instructional video on counseling on ECD just after the birth.
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- Assessment
- 2024
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Changes in physiotherapy admissions 2017-2024
A slide deck summary and analysis of baseline and endline data on new child cases in physiotherapy registers in Monapo district, Nampula, Mozambique.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Going to antenatal clinic
A radio skit encouraging pregnant women and their partners to do antenatal visits.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- English
Using the mother child health handbook
A brief summarizing a co-created solution to increase the use of the MCHH by facility and community health workers for developmental monitoring and counseling in Kenya, and its initial results.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- English
Comparing community and facility health providers’ delivery of ECD services
A brief detailing the results of the recent pilots of human-centered design solutions with regard to performance of community and facility health providers in delivery of ECD services.
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- Instructional video
- 2024
- Mozambique
- English
Counseling on ECD 1 hour after birth
Instructional video on counseling on ECD 1 hour after birth.
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- Radio Skit
- 2022
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Coming back for postnatal visits
A radio skit addressing the importance of postnatal visits in the first month after delivery.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Promoting play sessions in health facility waiting rooms
A brief summarizing a co-created solution to improve the effectiveness of play sessions in health facility waiting rooms in Kenya and Mozambique, and its initial results.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Complementary feeding
A poster age-appropriate and responsive complementary feeding, as well as healthy and unhealthy snacks for young children. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Public Video
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Emakua
- ·
- Portuguese
How to communicate and help children learn
A video promoting child-friendly communication and play with young children.
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- Brief
- 2024
- Kenya
- ·
- Mozambique
- English
Promoting child development in routine child health visits
A brief summarizing a co-created solution to improve the effectiveness of ECD counseling in child health visits in Kenya and Mozambique, and its initial results.
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- Poster
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
What is well-baby clinic?
A poster illustrating typical activities of a well-baby clinic to increase demand for services and to promote ECD as part of well-baby clinic. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
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- Public Video
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Emakua
- ·
- Portuguese
Homemade toys
A video encouraging caregivers, including fathers, to make toys for their children.
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- Home Record
- 2020
- Zambia
- English
Maternal and child health handbook
A home health record where developmental milestones and recommendations for play and communication have been added based on PATH inputs. Approved by the Zambia Ministry of Health.
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- Public Video
- 2018
- Mozambique
- Emakua
- ·
- Portuguese
Developmental delays
A video encouraging caregivers to watch out for signs of developmental delays in their young children and to act accordingly.
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- Home Record
- 2020
- Kenya
- English
Mother and child health handbook
A home health record where certain developmental milestones and recommendations for play and communication have been added based on PATH inputs. Approved by the Kenya Ministry of Health.
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- Public Video
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Helping children learn at home
A video providing caregivers with ideas of playful activities using household items with their children during COVID-19.
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- Public Video
- 2020
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Helping children feel safe and loved
A video providing caregivers with ideas of how to make their children feel safe and loved while staying at home during COVID-19.
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- Activity Manual
- 2019
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Homemade playthings catalogue
An illustrated catalogue depicting age-appropriate homemade play materials, including how to produce them, how to use them for different play activities, and what development areas they stimulate.
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- Activity Manual
- 2017
- Kenya
- English
Homemade playthings catalogue
An illustrated catalogue depicting age-appropriate homemade play materials, including how to produce them, how to use them for different play activities, and what development areas they stimulate.
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- SOP
- 2020
- Ethiopia
- English
Playbox session guide
A guide outlining steps and materials for conducting playbox sessions in health facility waiting rooms and pediatric wards. Approved by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
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- Flipchart
- 2023
- Kenya
- English
Playbox session flipchart
A flipchart outlining steps, materials, and age-appropriate activities for conducting playbox sessions in health facility waiting rooms and pediatric wards. Approved by the Siaya County Health Management Team.
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- Flipchart
- 2024
- Mozambique
- Portuguese
Playbox session flipchart
A flipchart outlining steps, materials, and age-appropriate activities for conducting playbox sessions in health facility waiting rooms and pediatric wards. Approved by the Mozambique Ministry of Health.
