Health systems effects of successive emergency health and nutrition projects: an embedded retrospective case study analysis in Sudan and Pakistan.

Despite increasing attention to the concept of a humanitarian-development nexus in recent years, limited research is available to improve health systems strengthening practice within humanitarian programmes. We used an exploratory, systematic, embedded, multiple case study design to discern systems effects of successive Save the Children chronic emergency health and nutrition projects implemented in Sudan and Pakistan between 2011 and 2018. We used textual analysis to code 63 documents focused on eight themes using NVivo 11.

Barriers and enablers for practicing kangaroo mother care (KMC) in rural Sindh, Pakistan.

Background: More than 2.5 million newborns die each year, accounting for 47% of children dying worldwide before their age of five years. Complications of preterm birth are the leading cause of death among newborns.