To build capacity and provide field support for maternal-infant health (MIH) efforts by enhancing training and technical assistance resources that support organizations such as perinatal quality collaboratives (PQCs) to improve quality care.
To strengthen the Hear Her campaign by providing technical assistance to more community-based organizations (CBO) serving disproportionately impacted populations. Funding will be provided to up to 12 CBOs to adapt and implement the Hear Her campaign. Technical assistance will be provided to support these funded CBO partnerships to implement the campaign through educational and communication strategies tailored to their local communities.
To supplement CDC’s efforts to improve respectful maternal care at a system-level by supporting Perinatal Quality Collaboratives to leverage Hear Her resources as part of quality improvement initiatives with hospitals throughout their state.
To extend and augment an evaluation of the Hear Her campaign. This project will triangulate important insights related to the performance and effects of key campaign materials.
To establish, expand and support strategic partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes. This project focuses on engaging community-based organizations and subject matter experts to reduce maternal mortality while also fostering relationships with tribal-serving organizations.
To support state and local health departments in implementing Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), streamlining data collection and providing actionable insights to inform public health strategies.
To support Tribal Serving Organizations in adapting and implementing Healthy Native Babies materials, providing culturally informed training and expanding community engagement to reduce sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths.
To create centers of excellence and expand emergency obstetric and neonatal care capacity in regions of Tanzania. The CDC Foundation will implement activities to evaluate maternal and perinatal outcomes and health facility improvements in Tanzania, and provide scientific expertise and technical assistance to partners in Tanzania, Malawi and Nigeria.
To create a long-term network of high-quality sites to collect robust and standardized primary data with the overarching objective of tracking the preventable causes of childhood death globally.
To provide data analysis and technical assistance support for up to 39 state health departments in using the early hearing detection data they collect.
To identify, enhance, promote and expand access to substance use disorder resources through training and technical assistance opportunities. The program also aims to identify, develop and promote evaluation training and technical assistance resources that support perinatal quality collaboratives.
To improve maternal and infant health outcomes, the CDC Foundation will support healthcare providers in using an updated decision-making tool and building capacity for data-informed decisions.
To help assess and respond to emerging issues in maternal and infant health. This partnership will enhance and expand existing maternal and infant health initiatives and address urgent needs as they arise.
To continue to support the development and dissemination of Hear Her campaign materials that are culturally tailored to American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The CDC Foundation will support the distribution of campaign materials through culturally appropriate channels and strategies.
To help CDC increase understanding of the effectiveness of using maternal tenofovir containing combination drug during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HBV in co-infected mothers.
To identify, develop and promote respectful maternity care resources (i.e., webinars, learning cohorts, community of practice) and provide training and technical assistance to perinatal quality collaboratives for addressing respectful maternity care.
To provide obstetricians and gynecologists with fellowship training opportunities in infectious diseases and sexually transmitted diseases in women and in pregnancy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To support Perinatal Quality Collaboratives by providing technical assistance and resources to assess performance, identify best practices and optimize quality improvement initiatives.
