The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook in Mongolia: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook in Mongolia to increase antenatal clinic attendance, and to enhance health-seeking behaviors and other health outcomes.

Methods: A cluster randomized trial was conducted using the translated MCH handbook in Bulgan, Mongolia to assess its effectiveness in promoting antenatal care attendance. Pregnant women were recruited from 18 randomly allocated districts using shuffled, sealed envelopes.

The quick and easy Mongolian Rapid Baby Scale shows good concurrent validity and sensitivity.

Aim: In developing countries, around 200 million children with poor development cannot excel academically. Detecting children with developmental delay is fundamental in targeting early interventions. As the lack of a convenient screening tool in Mongolia remains a significant barrier, we aimed to produce an easy-to-administer developmental screening tool in Mongolia and to validate it against an internationally recognised instrument, the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Third Edition (Bayley-III).

Rapid assessment of injection practices in Mongolia.

Background: Anecdotal reports suggest that unsafe injections may transmit blood-borne pathogens in Mongolia.

Methods: The Ministry of Health of Mongolia collected information on injection practices, their determinants, and their consequences through interviews and observations of a small convenience sample of prescribers, injection providers, and members of the general population.

Results: The 65 members of the general population reported receiving an average of 13 injections per year.