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As part of our rigorous process, Metrics for Management writes and publicly shares a variety of technical reports, journal articles, and mass media communications. Please find a list of publications, articles, literature reviews, feature stories, and more in our four areas of work below.
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 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – February 2024 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | February 29, 2024 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – January 2024 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | January 29, 2024 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | M4M Mexfam MII Case Study (English) | Researchers assess the feasibility and utility of an automated feedback system on quality of information provided to family planning counseling clients in clinical settings in Mexico City. | Efficiency, Family planning quality, Impact, Quality | Stories | January 25, 2024 | mexico | stories | efficiency impact quality | efficiency family-planning-quality impact quality |
 | M4M Mexfam MII Estudio De Caso (Spanish) | El equipo de investigación evalúa la viabilidad y utilidad de un sistema de retroalimentación automatizado sobre la calidad de la información proporcionada a los clientes de asesoría en planificación familiar en entornos clínicos en la Ciudad de México. | Efficiency, Family planning quality, Impact, Quality | Stories | January 25, 2024 | mexico | stories | efficiency impact quality | efficiency family-planning-quality impact quality |
 | Celebrating Achievements: 2023 End-of-Year Review | As we approach the end of 2023, I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible journey we’ve had and the significant milestones we’ve achieved together. This year has been a testament to our collective dedication to improve health around the globe. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | December 15, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Developing and validating an abortion care quality metric for facility and out-of-facility settings | Despite progress in assuring provision of safe abortion, substantial disparities remain in quality of abortion care around the world. However, no consistent, valid, reliable method exists to routinely measure quality in abortion care across facility and out-of-facility settings, impeding learning and improvement. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | December 6, 2023 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – November 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | November 27, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Addressing Provider Bias for Better Youth Healthcare | Metrics for Management and EngenderHealth work to improve health systems and services so individuals can choose and access the healthcare they need. | Abortion Service Quality, Efficiency, Family planning quality, Impact, Quality | Stories | November 14, 2023 | stories | impact quality | abortion-service-quality efficiency family-planning-quality impact quality | |
 | Quality of care from the perspective of people obtaining abortion: a qualitative study in four countries | This qualitative study aimed to identify person-centred domains that would contribute to the definition and measurement of abortion quality of care based on the perceptions, experiences and priorities of people seeking abortion. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles | November 10, 2023 | articles | efficiency equity impact quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Using the Abortion Care Quality Tool (ACQTool) to understand and compare abortion care quality | Researchers use a newly developed tool to compare the quality in facility-managed and pharmacy-sourced self-managed medication abortions in Bangladesh | Abortion Service Quality, Efficiency, Family planning quality, Impact, Quality | Stories | November 10, 2023 | stories | efficiency impact quality | abortion-service-quality efficiency family-planning-quality impact quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – October 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | October 5, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – September 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | September 22, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Press Release: USAID Adopts M4M’s Innovative PCMC Scale for Improved Maternal Health Care | M4M is excited to announce a significant advancement in measuring maternal care quality. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has integrated the 13-question person-centered maternity care (PCMC) scale into the Demographic and Health Surveys Program Service Provision Assessment (SPA). | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality | News | September 20, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – August 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | August 22, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | MY SRH: Infographic | Measuring Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Infographic | Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services | Briefs & Reports | August 18, 2023 | briefs-reports | quality | adolescent-friendly-reproductive-health-services | |
 | Transforming How We Measure and Improve the Quality of SRH Services for Youth | Adolescence and youth are undoubtedly critical periods for sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Young people encounter distinct challenges and vulnerabilities associated with sexuality, identity, and relationships which can significantly impact their long-term health and well-being. | Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services | Articles, Briefs & Reports | August 11, 2023 | articles briefs-reports | quality | adolescent-friendly-reproductive-health-services | |
 | The key to powerful data | Healthcare around the world needs accurate, timely, and reliable data to guide decision-making. Without proper data and analysis, healthcare providers cannot identify areas that require intervention, nor measure impact, nor improve programs or monitor progress towards healthcare goals and patient outcomes. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Stories | August 10, 2023 | stories | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – July 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | July 11, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | MY SRH: Measuring Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services | Current measures of adolescent friendly reproductive health services do not measure the parts of health care that are most important to young people. Metrics for Management (M4M) and a diverse, globally representative group of youth leaders are changing that. | Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services | Articles, Briefs & Reports | July 6, 2023 | articles briefs-reports | quality | adolescent-friendly-reproductive-health-services | |
 | Press Release: M4M receives grant for adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) work | Metrics for Management (M4M) is pleased to announce that they have received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supporting the Measuring Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (MY SRH) initiative. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality | News | June 21, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – June 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | June 20, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | M4M and Partners Work with The Rotary Foundation for a Malaria-Free Zambia | Metrics for Management is thrilled to announce that Dr. Nirali Chakraborty has been promoted to the new role of Chief Strategy Officer. Nirali has been a key member of the M4M team, serving as the Director of Research and Technical Assistance since 2016. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality | News | May 18, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – May 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | May 10, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Press Release: M4M congratulates Nirali Chakraborty in her new role as Chief Strategy Officer | Metrics for Management is thrilled to announce that Dr. Nirali Chakraborty has been promoted to the new role of Chief Strategy Officer. Nirali has been a key member of the M4M team, serving as the Director of Research and Technical Assistance since 2016. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality | News | May 3, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality | |
 | ACQTool Overview | ACQTool Overview | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | ACQTool How does it work | ACQTool How does it work | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Gwatkin winner Nigeria FMOH | Gwatkin winner Nigeria FMOH | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Gwatkin winner Sightsavers | Gwatkin winner Sightsavers | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Gwatkin winner USHA | Gwatkin winner USHA | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | A2IE Website | A2IE Website | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | A2IE Benefits | A2IE Benefits | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
| A2IE Overview | A2IE Overview | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | EquityTool Overview | EquityTool Overview | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | M4M Board Members | M4M Board Members | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | April 26, 2023 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – April 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | April 12, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Web Release: Further Measuring Quality of Abortion Care | Population Services International's (PSI) Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) and partners recently launched a tool for providing a global standard approach to practical and accurate measurement of sexual and reproductive (SRH) self-care interventions called the Sexual and Reproductive Health Self-Care Measurement Tool (SRH Self-Care Measurement Tool). | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality | News | April 7, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality | |
 | How a wealth measurement tool is improving global health | Among the global health community, a common challenge is determining whether programs are reaching target communities, frequently those in poorer households. This information allows program managers to adjust and improve service delivery. | Socioeconomic equity | News, Stories | March 8, 2023 | bangladesh benin cote-divoire | news stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – March 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | March 7, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Asset to Income Estimator (A2IE) is now updated. | Ending poverty is hard. Understanding it shouldn’t be. The Asset to Income Estimator (A2IE) is now updated to provide users with the most up-to-date purchasing power parity (PPP) data, based on updates to the World Bank’s Poverty and Inequality Platform. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | March 4, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – February 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | February 14, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – January 2023 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | January 12, 2023 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – December 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | December 7, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Hotlines | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Hotlines | Equity | Training Materials | November 10, 2022 | training-materials | quality | equity | |
 | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Pharmacies | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Pharmacies | Equity | Training Materials | November 2, 2022 | training-materials | quality | equity | |
 | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Facilities | Webinar | ACQTool Webinar Facilities | Equity | Training Materials | October 26, 2022 | training-materials | quality | equity | |
 | Webinar | 2022 Gwatkin Award Winners Webinar | Webinar | 2022 Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize Winners | Equity | Training Materials | November 8, 2022 | training-materials | equity | equity | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – October 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | October 12, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | EquityTool wealth assessment helps ensure no one is left behind | The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health conducts treatment coverage surveys of neglected tropical diseases and uses the EquityTool to ensure programming reaches the most vulnerable | Equity | Stories | September 27, 2022 | stories | efficiency equity impact quality | equity | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – September 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | September 20, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | EquityTool wealth assessment: finding a practical solution for ensuring services reach those with the greatest need | Sightsavers researchers compare EquityTool with other asset-based wealth assessment tools to identify a practical solution for field-based vision care project targeting. | Equity | Stories | September 15, 2022 | stories | efficiency equity impact quality | equity | |
 | Nigerian Federal Ministry – 2022 Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize | Metrics for Management is pleased to highlight and support the valuable contribution of this research to development knowledge in low- and middle-income countries through the Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize. | Equity Measurement Prize | News | September 15, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | USAID – 2022 Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize | Metrics for Management is pleased to highlight and support the valuable contribution of this research to development knowledge in low- and middle-income countries through the Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize. | Equity Measurement Prize | News | September 15, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | Sightsavers – 2022 Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize | Metrics for Management is pleased to highlight and support the valuable contribution of this research to development knowledge in low- and middle-income countries through the Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize. | Equity Measurement Prize | News | September 15, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | Toward a Standard Measure of Abortion Service Quality-A Stakeholder First Approach | Measurement of the quality of abortion services is essential to service improvement. Currently, its measurement is not standardized, and some of the tools which exist are very long, and may deter use. | Equity, Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | July 1, 2022 | articles briefs-reports | efficiency equity impact quality | equity quality | |
 | EquityTool wealth assessment improves targeting and outreach | The USAID Uganda Sanitation for Health Activity uses EquityTool wealth assessment to understand project beneficiary profiles, and effectively target outreach and build pro low-income earner solutions to increase private water connection uptake. | Equity | Stories | September 5, 2022 | stories | efficiency equity impact quality | equity | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – August 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | August 31, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – July 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | July 28, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Definitions, measurement and indicator selection for quality of care in abortion | Little consensus exists about how to measure quality of care in abortion. Our purpose is to (a) provide common language for healthcare quality definitions, frameworks and measurement; (b) synthesize literature about quality measurement in abortion; and (c) present criteria for quality metric development. Quality includes effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | July 26, 2019 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Understanding the Abortion Experiences of Young People to Inform Quality Care in Argentina, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Nigeria | Young people face social and structural barriers when accessing abortions. High-quality, sexual and reproductive healthcare is needed; however, literature on youth-informed abortion services is limited. This study assesses accounts of youth who obtained an abortion in Argentina, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Nigeria and provides recommendations to improve person-centered aspects.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 24, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Perspectives on interpersonal care among people who obtain abortions through clinical and accompaniment models in Argentina | Little is known about how people who have abortions describe high-quality interpersonal care in Argentina. This qualitative study aimed to understand preferences and priorities in their interactions with providers.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | May 2, 2022 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | “I just have to hope that this abortion should go well”: Perceptions, fears, and experiences of abortion clients in Nigeria | This qualitative study aimed to examine how abortion clients in Nigeria perceive abortion and explore the role their beliefs and fears play in their care-seeking experiences and interactions with providers. Abortion is severely legally restricted in Nigeria but remains common. We conducted in-depth interviews with 25 people who obtained abortion services through three distinct.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | February 7, 2022 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – June 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | June 23, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Exploring and Monitoring Privacy, Confidentiality, and Provider Bias | Purpose: Poor privacy and confidentiality practices and provider bias are believed to compromise adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health service quality. | Confidentiality, Exploring and Monitoring Privacy | Articles, Briefs & Reports | May 27, 2022 | articles briefs-reports | quality | confidentiality exploring-and-monitoring-privacy | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – May 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | May 2, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | AFRHS Outreach | For the co-design and piloting of a multi-country study to measure privacy, confidentiality, and provider bias for youth srh services | Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 19, 2022 | articles briefs-reports | quality | adolescent-friendly-reproductive-health-services | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – April 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | April 12, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – February 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | February 11, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – January 2022 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | January 11, 2022 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – December 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | December 11, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | EquityTool helps assess real-time analysis of crowdsourced data by wealth quintiles | EquityTool helps assess real-time analysis of crowdsourced data by wealth quintiles. UNICEF Bangladesh increases the useability of U-Report crowdsourced data by creating a representative sample for equity analysis of crowdsourced surveys | Equity | Stories | December 15, 2021 | stories | equity | equity | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – November 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | November 11, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – October 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | October 21, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Definitions, measurement and indicator selection for quality of care in abortion | There is little consensus about how to measure quality of care for abortino services. Yet, standardized and validated quality metrics would move our field forward and contribute to quality improvement activities and, ultimately, to improved health outcomes for women and families. Partners in the Abortion Service Quality Initiative are collaborating to develop the first-ever global.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | November 30, 2019 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – September 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | September 30, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Real-time wealth assessment to ensure results‑based financing systems reach the poor | EquityTool wealth assessment allows for simple, cost-effective equity monitoring and real-time adaptation of project and program activities. | Equity | Stories | September 5, 2021 | stories | equity | equity | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – August 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | August 31, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Stanford – 2021 Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize Winner | Metrics for Management is pleased to announce that the Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize for 2021 has been awarded to Stanford’s Environmental Arsenic Exposure and the Human Gut Microbiome Project. | Equity Measurement Prize | News | August 30, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | 2021 UNICEF / LIXIL – Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize Winner | Metrics for Management is pleased to announce that the Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize for 2021 has been awarded to the UNICEF / LIXIL Partnership Monitoring System. | Equity Measurement Prize | News | August 30, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ): Measuring abortion services | ASQ brief on measuring abortion service quality. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | June 16, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ): Abortion metrics matter | ASQ brief on why metrics matter. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | June 16, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Put Your Data To Use | Put your DATA to use. Global health needs rigorous, evidence based, standardised and goal driven metrics. | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Videos | July 11, 2021 | videos | efficiency equity impact quality | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – July 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | July 5, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – June 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | June 15, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | EquityTool helps identify those most in need | Routine monitoring of equity in sanitation delivery project in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire demonstrates the EquityTool’s versatility and adaptability, including seamless integration with DHIS2. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | May 31, 2021 | benin cote-divoire | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Webinar | Improving equity in health by improving measurement of wealth: Tools and practical application in Nepal | This webinar shares the EquityTool, a tool developed to quickly assess the relative wealth of a surveyed group. The EquityTool uses previously collected nationally representative data (e.g. DHS). This webinar will showcase tools and practical application in Nepal. | Equity, Socioeconomic equity | Training Materials | June 10, 2021 | nepal | training-materials | equity | equity socioeconomic-equity |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – May 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | May 21, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – April 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | News | April 16, 2021 | news | efficiency equity impact quality | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Person-Centered Maternity Care | Overview of Person-Centered Maternity Tool. | Maternal Health Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 19, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | quality | maternal-health-quality | |
 | Asset to Income Estimator | Overview of the Asset to Income Estimator. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 19, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | efficiency equity impact quality | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | EquityTool | Overview of the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 19, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Method Information Index | Overview of the Method Information Index. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 19, 2021 | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality | |
 | Standard Survey Data: Insights Into Private Sector Utilization | This study sets out to summarize the importance of private provision of inpatient and outpatient care within health systems of 65 countries in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. We expand on and update prior studies which have used similar data, and create regional summaries. | Health impact | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 12, 2021 | africa asia europe latin-america | articles briefs-reports | impact | health-impact |
 | Measuring Service Quality and Assessing Its Relationship to Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Prospective Cohort Study in Pakistan and Uganda | The International Rescue Committee (IRC) used the EquityTool to understand existing in-country methods to identify the poor. The IRC will use EquityTool results to inform future iterations of their cash transfer program, ensuring the best use of their resources and the continued effectiveness of their crisis response. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | June 30, 2020 | pakistan uganda | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | METHOD INFORMATION INDEX | The quality of family planning counseling is important to support women to use, and continue using, contraception, when desired. Providing women with a choice of contraceptive methods and with high-quality counseling are critical elements of rights-based family planning. | Family planning quality | Training Materials | May 1, 2020 | training-materials | quality | family-planning-quality | |
 | PERSON CENTERED MATERNITY CARE | Together with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Los Angeles we have developed a 13-item scale to assess PCMC. | Maternal Health Quality | Training Materials | May 1, 2020 | training-materials | quality | maternal-health-quality | |
 | Measures of family planning service quality associated with contraceptive discontinuation: an analysis of Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) project data from urban Kenya | Many program implementers have difficulty collecting and analyzing data on program beneficiaries’ wealth because a large number of survey questions are required to construct the standard. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 1, 2020 | kenya | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | EquityTool Newsletter – Oct 2019 | EquityTool Newsletter from October 2019, featuring: New compatibility with DHIS2 versions 2.28 through 2.32, New EquityTool in Jordan and Mali, and a recap of EquityTool at #WD2019 | Socioeconomic equity | News | October 28, 2019 | jordan mali | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter – October 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from October 2019, featuring: update from the first year of our Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative; EquityTool compatibility with DHIS2 and a new EquityTool in Jordan; fresh faces and a new President for the M4M Board of Directors. | Abortion Service Quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | October 28, 2019 | argentina bangladesh ethiopia jordan nigeria | news | equity quality | abortion-service-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter – July 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from April 2019, featuring: exciting news and a call for opinions for the India EquityTool; ICT4D and Women Deliver conferences; job announcement; recent publications; updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | July 17, 2019 | ghana india kenya | news | equity quality | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Toward the development of a short multi- country person- centered maternity care scale | Article in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics by Afulani, P. A., Feeser, K., Sudhinaraset, M., Aborigo, R., Montagu, D. and Chakraborty, N. using data from Ghana, Kenya, and India to develop a shortened, valid and reliable scale applicable across multiple settings for routine monitoring of person‐centered maternity care (PCMC). | Maternal Health Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | May 9, 2019 | ghana india kenya | articles briefs-reports | quality | maternal-health-quality |
 | EquityTool Newsletter – April 2019 | EquityTool Newsletter from April 2019, featuring: call for user input on India state-specific EquityTools; new tools in Sudan, Philipines, India; upcoming ICT4D conference; EquityTool in print | Socioeconomic equity | News | April 10, 2019 | india philippines sudan | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter – April 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from April 2019, featuring: exciting news and a call for opinions for the India EquityTool; ICT4D and Women Deliver conferences; job announcement; recent publications; updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | April 4, 2019 | india philippines sudan | news | equity quality | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M at Women Deliver 2019 | Visit M4M's demo table at Women Deliver 2019 in Vancouver to learn more about the EquityTool and our contributions to women's and girls' global health. | Abortion Service Quality, Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Events | June 3, 2019 | canada | events | equity impact quality | abortion-service-quality family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Association Between the Quality of Contraceptive Counseling and Method Continuation: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study in Social Franchise Clinics in Pakistan and Uganda | Global Health Science and Practice article by Nirali M. Chakraborty, Karen Chang, Benjamin Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Waqas Hameed, Amanda Kalamar, Xaher Gul, Lynn Atuyambe and Dominic Montagu, showing that higher Method Information Index (MII) scores in Pakistan and Uganda was associated with continued use of family planning over 12 months. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 8, 2019 | pakistan uganda | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | Email News Blast – Feb 2019 Articles | Metrics for Management email newsblast from February 2019 announcing three new publications on equity and quality measurement. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | February 5, 2019 | bangladesh kenya pakistan uganda | news | equity quality | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Maternal & Neonatal Healthcare Quality Measurement: Real and Desired | Report by Chang, Hossain, Sarker, Montagu, and Chakraborty, in collaboration with BRAC in Bangladesh (JPGSPH). Starting with the 352 indicators within WHO Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities, this report proposes a prioritization of indicators based on evidence of correlation to outcomes and on service-level assessments of utility and viability. | Maternal Health Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | December 14, 2018 | bangladesh | articles briefs-reports | quality | maternal-health-quality |
 | Evaluating Quality of Contraceptive Counseling: An analysis of the Method Information Index | A Studies in Family Planning journal article by Chang, Mukanu, Bellows, Hameed, Kalamar, Grépin, Gul, and Chakraborty, assessing consistency between Method Information Index (MII) responses and the contraceptive method received in a prospective study in Uganda and Pakistan. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | January 19, 2019 | pakistan uganda | articles briefs-reports | equity quality | family-planning-quality |
 | Who Serves the Poor? An Equity Analysis of Public and Private Providers of Family Planning and Child Health Services in Kenya | A Frontiers in Public Health journal article by Chakraborty, Montagu, Wanderi and Oduor, which uses the EquityTool to analyze differences in the wealth status of clients of family planning and child health services in Kenya by health sector. Collaboration with PSI and PS Kenya. | Family planning quality, Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | January 8, 2019 | kenya | articles briefs-reports | equity quality | family-planning-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | EquityTool Newsletter – October 2018 | EquityTool Newsletter from October 2018, featuring: a summary of our presentation on measuring equity and EquityTool demonstration booth at MERLTech 2018, information on EquityTool support available through Metrics for Management consulting, and tool updates in Myanmar, Argentina, Somaliland, and Guinea-Bissau. | Socioeconomic equity | News | October 15, 2018 | argentina guinea-bissau myanmar somaliland | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter Oct 2018 | Metrics for Management newsletter from October 2018, featuring: ICFP, MERLTech and HSR conferences; Metric Bootcamp; and updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | October 17, 2018 | news | equity quality | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Engaging the Private Sector in UHC | Article on UHC and the private sector, co-authored by Dr. Catherine Goodman of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK and M4M CEO Dr. Dominic Montagu in his capacity as a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. | Articles, Briefs & Reports | August 6, 2016 | articles briefs-reports | ||||
 | M4M at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2018 | Metrics for Management is thrilled to be presenting a full line-up of our latest family planning quality and maternal health quality research at the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda, November 12-15. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality | Events | November 12, 2018 | rwanda | events | equity quality | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality |
 | M4M at Health Systems Research 2018 Global Symposium | M4M Director of Research and Technical Assistance Dr. Nirali Chakraborty will be presenting a poster: "Engaging the private sector to standardize quality measurement: A case study in family planning" at the 2018 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Oct. 8-12 in Liverpool, England. | Family planning quality | Events | October 8, 2018 | united-kingdom | events | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | Email blast: EquityTool collaboration with Living Goods and Medic Mobile | An email blast detailing coverage of a recent collaboration between Living Goods and Medic Mobile on an mHealth app integrating the EquityTool, supported by Metrics for Management, which provided East African Community Health Workers with digital tools to better measure and provide crucial health services. | Socioeconomic equity | News | August 16, 2018 | kenya uganda | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Ensuring Equitable Service Delivery | Blog post by Living Goods Director of Analytics Brad Presner detailing an EquityTool collaboration with Medic Mobile and Metrics for Management. | Socioeconomic equity | News, Stories | August 15, 2018 | kenya uganda | news stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Operationalizing an Equity Lens in Community Health | Blog post by Medic Mobile's Alix Emden detailing an EquityTool collaboration with Living Goods and Metrics for Management. | Socioeconomic equity | News, Stories | August 15, 2018 | kenya uganda | news stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Publication of book: Quality Measurement in Family Planning: Past, Present, Future | News alert announcing the publication of the book: Quality Measurement in Family Planning: Past, Present, Future. | Family planning quality | News | November 9, 2017 | news | quality | family-planning-quality | |
 | M4M Side Session and Presentations at PAA 2018 Conference | Join us at our side session at the Population Association of America's annual conference: "Measuring Quality in Family Planning: state of the field and new opportunities". If you're attending the conference, look out for a presentation on the Method Information Index (MII) by Dr. Karen Chang, and a poster on identifying adopters of family planning by Karla Feeser. | Family planning quality | Events | April 26, 2018 | pakistan uganda | events | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | Metrics for Management Newsletter – July 2018 | Metrics for Management newsletter from July 2018, featuring: launch of the Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative; introduction to M4M, LLC; consulting case study with Project Concern International (PCI); board member Malabika Sarker's award; links to our BNJ Sexual and Reproductive Health editorial and International Journal of Equity in Health article; and updates from the EquityTool. | Abortion Service Quality, Family planning quality, Socioeconomic equity | News | July 19, 2018 | bangladesh guatemala india malawi peru tanzania united-states | news | equity quality | abortion-service-quality family-planning-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | EquityTool Newsletter – July 2018 | EquityTool Newsletter from July 2018, featuring: a case study with Water Mission in Peru and Tanzania, information on EquityTool support available through Metrics for Management consulting, and tool updates in Armenia, Guinea, Madagascar, Uganda, Argentina, and Guinea-Bissau. | Socioeconomic equity | News | July 12, 2018 | argentina armenia guinea guinea-bissau madagascar peru tanzania uganda | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Ipas E-Newsletter on Safe Abortion Celebrates M4M ASQ Initiative | In this special Ipas email blast, Chief Scientific & Technical Officer Kathryn Andersen celebrates the importance of the Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ), implemented in coordination with Metrics for Management and Ibis Reproductive Health. | Abortion Service Quality | News | July 26, 2018 | news | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | M4M Booth and Presentation at MERLTech 2018 | M4M will be attending the MERLTech 2018 Conference September 6-7 in Washington, D.C. Join us to discuss Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning in Development, both at our conference booth, and during our joint presentation with Medic Mobile on equity measurement using the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | Events | September 6, 2018 | events | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | EquityTool Case Study: Effectively identifying and serving the most vulnerable crisis victims with the International Rescue Committee | The International Rescue Committee (IRC) used the EquityTool to understand existing in-country methods to identify the poor. The IRC will use EquityTool results to inform future iterations of their cash transfer program, ensuring the best use of their resources and the continued effectiveness of their crisis response. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | April 12, 2017 | pakistan | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | EquityTool Case Study: Improving heath and livelihoods for women and families in Cambodia with Helen Keller International | Helen Keller International (HKI) used the EquityTool to improve the health status of women and children around the world. The EquityTool has allowed HKI to collect and understand wealth data in a new way, enabling more critical reflection on their service model. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | April 7, 2017 | cambodia | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | EquityTool Case Study: Strengthening the Indian health sector and advocating for needs of niche clients with HLFPPT | Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT) used the EquityTool to understand target population and advocate for the importance of their role to strengthen national health service delivery. HLFPPT has leveraged EquityTool evidence to bolster crowdsource donations funding childbirth services for more than 75 women who could not otherwise afford care. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | July 13, 2017 | india | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | News Release: Launch of ASQ Initiative to Strengthen and Standardize Abortion Service Quality Measurement | Metrics for Management, Ibis Reproductive Health, and Ipas have joined forces to launch the Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative. Launched in April 2018, this three-year project will develop, validate, disseminate, and champion the widespread adoption of a common measure of abortion service quality for use in and out of facilities. | Abortion Service Quality | News | July 18, 2018 | aregentina bangladesh ethiopia nigeria | news | quality | abortion-service-quality |
 | EquityTool Case Study: Improving reach and sustainability of vision services with Sightsavers | For Sightsavers’ work in India and Bangladesh, the EquityTool revealed the potential for introducing cost recovery mechanisms to improve program sustainability. In Malawi, they learned that 70% of their clients fell in the wealthiest three quintiles, and are now working to adjust their outreach to better reach those in-need. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | July 11, 2017 | bangladesh india malawi | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Introducing M4M, LLC | INGO Metrics for Management's sister company, Metrics 4 Management, LLC, was founded in 2018. | News | July 14, 2018 | news | ||||
 | Symposium: Who should care for women? Reflections on the private sector’s role in reproductive and maternal health | M4M Director of Research Dr. Nirali Chakraborty will speak at this London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Symposium on May 21, 2018. | Events | May 5, 2018 | kenya uganda | events | impact quality | ||
 | Quality measurement in family planning: past, present, future | Papers from the Bellagio meeting on Family Planning Quality in October 2015. Collection edited by Hopkins Leisher, collated and managed by Sprockett, Longfield, Montagu. A book in three parts: 1) The importance of quality to family planning; 2) Experiences with measuring qualiy to date; 3) Key considerations for making progress in quality measurement. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | January 5, 2016 | benin bolivia burkina-faso cambodia cameoon colombia dominican-republic egpyt el-salvador ethiopia ghana guatemala haiti honduras india indonesia kenya lao-pdr madagascar malawi mali mozambique myanmar namibia nepal nicaragua niger nigeria pakistan philippines rwanda senegal south-africa tanzania uganda vienam zambia zimbabwe | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality |
 | Simpler measurement for reaching the poor | An excerpt of PSI Pulse Issue 4, March 2016, that spotlights the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | News | April 13, 2016 | news | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Behind the equity app: how researchers were able to balance scientific rigor with ease-of-use | A blog post by Kim Longfield and Dana Sievers for PSI Impact, contrasting PSI's past approach to quity measurement in franchise clinics against the streamlined protocol of the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | June 16, 2016 | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |||
 | The EquityTool: Changing poverty measurement and service delivery | A blog post by Andrea Sprockett for the Joint Learning Network, that outlines the importance of equity measurement in development measurement and service delivery, and introduces readers to the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | March 21, 2016 | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Identifying Adopters of Family Planning in Client Exit Interviews: Does Recall Period Matter? | Article by Feeser, Chakraborty, Koladycz, Marriott, and Armstrong, representing Metrics for Management and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). In the interests of standardizing the assessment of family planning continuing users or adopters, this article analyzes how applying a timeframe to questions on prior contraceptive use affected client response, and thus, client profile. | Additionality, Family planning quality, Health impact | Articles, Briefs & Reports | August 23, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | impact | additionality family-planning-quality health-impact | |
 | Data required to calculate family planning additionality | Two different types of data are required in order to estimate a program’s contribution to increased contraceptive prevalence at a national level. This estimate, known as additional users of family planning, is conducted using MSI’s Impact 2 Calculator. This guide outlines the two sources of data required, and two methods of data collection, and provides recommended best practices. | Additionality, Health impact | Training Materials | April 12, 2017 | training-materials | impact | additionality health-impact | |
 | Additionality terminology | Metrics Working Group summary document of additionality terminology to use and to avoid, including in contexts of commonly-collected routine service statistics data, family planning client characteristics, and population-level data. | Additionality | Articles, Briefs & Reports, Training Materials | February 16, 2017 | articles briefs-reports training-materials | impact | additionality | |
 | Guide and model questionnaire for assessing client profile to calculate additionality | Excel-formatted sample questionnaire and guidance for using the questionnaire to assess client profile for family planning additionality calculations. | Additionality, Family planning quality, Health impact | Training Materials | August 17, 2017 | training-materials | impact | additionality family-planning-quality health-impact | |
 | Additionality talking points | Metrics Working Group summary document of key features of the additionality metric, including explanations of the FP2020 goal, Marie Stopes International (MSI)'s Impact 2 calculator, client-use profile calculations, required service provision data, and other key points. | Additionality | Articles, Briefs & Reports, Training Materials | February 16, 2017 | articles briefs-reports training-materials | impact | additionality | |
 | Interpreting and understanding additional users as reported by family planning programs | A guide for those who are receiving reports on programmatic contributions to the FP2020 goals and pledges using Marie Stopes International (MSI)'s Impact 2 calculator. | Additionality, Health impact | Training Materials | April 7, 2017 | training-materials | impact | additionality health-impact | |
 | Patient flow management and metrics in public hospitals in Mexico | A scoping exercise conducted by Aceso Global, report written by Jerry La Forgia and Kiran Correa. This report presents the findings of a scoping exercise or rapid assessment of patient flow management practices and metrics in low-resource hospital settings based on a sample of public hospitals in Mexico. | Patient Flow Analysis | Articles, Briefs & Reports | January 1, 2016 | mexico | articles briefs-reports | efficiency | patient-flow-analysis |
 | Quality of care and abortion: beyond safety | Joint editorial from BMJ Journal – Sexual & Reproductive Health, stating that governments, advocates, providers, policymakers and other stakeholders who want to fully support women’s rights to access abortion across the globe must address quality of care, in addition to efforts to change abortion laws, train providers and expand service provision. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | May 5, 2018 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Book: Advancing measurement of abortion quality | Report and next steps from Wilton Park abortion service quality stakeholder meeting. The purpose of the discussion was to seek support for the idea that common measures of abortion service quality are useful, and to reach agreement on the quality dimensions and outcomes of interest to prioritise in the development of a standardised suite of metrics. | Abortion Service Quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | May 19, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | quality | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Review of quality assessment tools for family planning programmes in low- and middle-income countries | A Health Policy and Planning literature review by Andrea Sprockett to identify and assess 20 widely used public domain quality assessment tools with existing or potential application in clinic-based family planning programmes. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 16, 2016 | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality | |
 | Use of family planning and child health services in the private sector: an equity analysis of 12 DHS surveys | An International Journal for Equity in Health article by Chakraborty and Sprockett conducting weighted descriptive analyses on current users of modern FP and on the youngest household child under age 5 to understand and compare country-specific care seeking patterns in use of public or private facilities based on urban/rural residence and wealth quintile. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 4, 2018 | bangladesh cambodia democratic-republic-of-congo dominican-republic ghana haiti kenya liberia mali nigeria senegal zambia | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Health Impact: Improving population health | An overview of the health impact metric. | Health impact | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 16, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | impact | health-impact | |
 | Quality: Assuring quality in family planning service delivery | An overview of the family planning quality metric. | Family planning quality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 1, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | quality | family-planning-quality | |
 | Cost Effectiveness: Achieving impact at an equal or lower cost than other sources of care | An overview of the cost effectiveness metric. | Cost effectiveness | Articles, Briefs & Reports | June 3, 2016 | articles briefs-reports | efficiency | cost-effectiveness | |
 | Sustainability: Continued and sustained growth in health impact over time | An overview of the sustainability metric. | Sustainability | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 1, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | efficiency | sustainability | |
 | Additionality: Capturing additional users in health markets | An overview of the additionality metric. | Additionality | Articles, Briefs & Reports | October 6, 2016 | articles briefs-reports | impact | additionality | |
 | Equity: Enabling the poor to access services | A overview of the equity metric. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | March 1, 2017 | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Assessing provision and equity in low and middle income country health markets | Final report co-written by Chakraborty, Wanderi, Oduor and Montagu for Population Services International (PSI) and USAID. Report details a cross-sectional survey of urban health facilities in Kenya stratified by health facility type, focusing on four separate sectors: public, faith-based, private (non-franchised) and private (social-franchised), and using the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | October 1, 2016 | kenya | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | The Relationship between wealth and use of health services in the private sector | Literature review and secondary data analysis focusing on family planning and common childhood illness across different public and private sector facility types and by wealth, written for Population Services International (PSI) and USAID. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | September 1, 2016 | bangladesh cambodia democratic-republic-of-congo dominican-republic ghana haiti kenya liberia mali nigeria senegal zambia | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Simplified Asset Indices to Measure Wealth and Equity in Health Programs: A Reliability and Validity Analysis Using Survey Data From 16 Countries | A Global Health Science and Practice Journal article by Chakraborty, Fry, Behl, and Longfield on the creation of country-specific measures of household wealth with as few as 6 questions that are highly reliable and valid in both urban and rural contexts. | Socioeconomic equity | Articles, Briefs & Reports | April 1, 2016 | bangladesh benin cambodia cameroon ethiopia malawi mozambique nepal nigeria pakistan philippines rwanda senegal tanzania uganda zimbabwe | articles briefs-reports | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Living Goods & Medic Mobile Case Study – Abridged | EquityTool Case Study (abbreviated version): A collaboration between Living Goods and Medic Mobile on a Smart Health mobile app integrating the EquityTool provided Living Goods Community Health Workers with digital tools to better measure and provide crucial health services. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | July 9, 2018 | kenya uganda | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | Living Goods & Medic Mobile Case Study – Full Length | EquityTool case study (full length version): A collaboration between Living Goods and Medic Mobile on a Smart Health mobile app integrating the EquityTool provided Living Goods Community Health Workers with digital tools to better measure and provide crucial health services. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | July 9, 2018 | kenya uganda | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | EquityTool Case Study: Ensuring equitable access to clean water with Water Mission | Water Mission incorporated EquityTool questions into their existing evaluations of two projects: a household water treatment program in Peru, and a solar-powered prepaid water system project in Tanzania. In both cases, the EquityTool allowed Water Mission to better understand their client profile and program efficacy and affordability. | Socioeconomic equity | Stories | June 9, 2018 | honduras peru tanzania | stories | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Consulting Case Study: Creating a global measure of lives transformed with PCI | Working together with Project Concern International (PCI), M4M created modules for the organization that were aligned with global measurement best practices. The standardized components are applicable to all programs where PCI provides services, enabling easy comparisons across projects, as well as over time within a single project. | Custom Metric | Stories | July 9, 2018 | guatemala india malawi united-states | stories | impact | custom-metric |
 | Video introduction to the EquityTool | A short video introduction to the EquityTool. | Socioeconomic equity | Training Materials, Videos | December 13, 2015 | training-materials videos | equity | socioeconomic-equity |
