Programme material

This brief highlights the contribution of the E4A-MamaYe programme in Nigeria towards improving maternal and newborn health outcomes. It highlights outcomes on accountability in the health sector by holding those in power responsible for their commitments to women‘s and girls‘ health. The programme worked with stakeholders to make complex health data accessible and actionable. With the vision that everyone can be an advocate with the power of data, read how E4A-MamaYe has evolved across several phases.

This summary provides a concise analysis of progress made toward enhancing maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in Nigeria, in line with the goals and milestones set by ENAP and EPMM. It offers a snapshot of the current multi-stakeholder landscape for MNH advocacy and accountability, highlighting the vital contributions of civil society, parents, and communities in developing plans, policies, and budgets, monitoring progress, and spurring action.

In January 2022, E4A-MamaYe began working with the Kaduna State government and Population and Reproductive Health Initiative (PRHI) to design and implement a sustainable and scalable community Maternal, Perinatal, Death Surveillance & Response (c-MPDSR) model in Soba Local Government Area in Kaduna State. This report presents findings and analysis from an evaluation of the project.

The Niger State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Child Health develops scorecards to track implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the State. They also produce an evidence brief which highlights performance of service delivery indicators against financial indicators and develop call to actions for policy makers. See both the scorecard and evidence brief below for download.

The Lagos State Government uses a scorecard as an advocacy tool to track progress in specific family planning (FP) indicators. See below the 2021 FP scorecard available for download.

Women and girls make their communities thrive when they have access to good quality health services. The E4A-MamaYe project has been working to improve maternal and newborn survival in sub-Saharan Africa since 2012. We have learned that building local partnerships that connect health advocates with the media, government and health professionals gives them the power to hold decision makers to account for improving women's and children's health.

Since 2013, E4A-MamaYe has supported selected states in Nigeria to establish State Led Accountability Mechanisms (SLAMs). These mechanisms are multi-stakeholder coalitions comprised of government, health professional associations, media, civil society and traditional institutions.

The MPDSR scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death indicators in all the secondary health facilities in Lagos state from July to December 2018

The MPDSR scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death indicators in all the secondary health facilities in Lagos state from January to March 2019

The Lagos State Ministry of Health Commenced the MPDSR programme in 2016. From then on, the need to document activities, achievements and lessons learned led to the production of this report.

The scorecard tracks maternal and perinatal deaths in secondary health facilities of the state to determine the cause with the aim of strengthening the response system

The scorecard is a true reflection of Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Bauchi state from July to December 2018

CSOs play strategic role in the implementation of the RMNCAH+N investment case. E4A-MamaYe took the lead in bringing together key CSOs' members to identify roles and actions needed in domesticating the RMNCAH+N investment case in Nigeria.

The MPDSR scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death indicators in all the secondary health facilities in Lagos state from October to December 2017

This scorecard is a true reflection of the Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Bauchi state from January to June, 2018

E4A-MamaYe have supported Gombe State Government to Produce their very first Stockout of Essential Life-saving Commodities Scorecard in Secondary Health Facilities in the state from January to June 2018.

E4A-MamaYe have supported Gombe State Government to Produce their very first Stockout of Essential Life-saving Commodities Scorecard in Primary health facilities in the state from January to June 2018.

This scorecard is a true reflection of the Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Gombe state from January to June, 2018

This scorecard is a reflection of Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Lagos state from January to June, 2018

View the Lagos State January-June 2018 MNCH Scorecard Reference Sheet here

View this scorecard to find out how Lagos state is faring in stockouts of essential life-saving commodities in Secondary Health Facilities, Jan-Jun 2018

View these scorecards to find out how Lagos state is faring in stockouts of essential life-saving commodities in Primary health facilities, Jan-Jun 2018

This Infograph show in details the 2016 Health Budget trend analysis of Budget Performance against Pattern of Releases within the budget fiscal year.

The infograph reflects on the 9 years trend analysis of Health Budget Allocations in Nigerian, this shows the percentage annual health budgets in the last 9 years against the 15% target agreed upon by the African heads of states.

The MPDSR scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death indicators in all the secondary health facilities in Lagos state from January to June 2018

View the Lagos State Family Planning Scorecard Reference Sheet here

This Family Planning scorecard reflects the efforts of the Lagos state Ministry of Health to monitor and improve Family Planning services in Lagos state from January to June, 2018.

The MPDSR scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death indicators in all the secondary health facilities in Gombe state from January to June 2018

This is the Lagos State Health Budget allocation- performance and expenditure trend analysis, the analysis depicts the percentage annual health budget allocations for 5 years against the 15% target projected and a 3 years budgeted fund release performance.

E4A-MamaYe builds the capacity for communities, health-workers and planners to demand and plan for quality and people-centered services around pregnancy and childbirth.

This scorecard was produced by the Bauchi State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Health (BaSAM) in December 2017, with support from MamaYe-Evidence for Action.

The MPDSR scorecard tracks maternal and perinatal deaths in secondary health facilities in the state to determine the root causes with the aim of strengthening the system

The scorecard is a reflection of Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Gombe state from July to December, 2017. The Data used is an extraction from DHIS2

The scorecard is a true reflection of Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Bauchi state from July to December, 2017

This scorecard was produced by the Lagos State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Health (SLAMS) in February, 2018 with support from MamaYe - Evidence for Action.

The scorecard indicators show that there has been a significant reduction in stockout of essential life-saving commodities in PHCs in the state from July to December 2017.

This scorecard is a reflection of Maternal and Newborn Health indices in Lagos state from July to December, 2017.

This scorecard was produced by the Gombe State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Health (GOSAM), December, 2017, with support from MamaYe-Evidence for Action.

View the Bauchi State July - December 2017 MNCH Reference Sheet here

View the Gombe State July - December MNCH Reference sheet here

Read and download this case study from our collection of illustrative case studies, about Malawi's MamaYe clubs that have succeeded in driving social change through peer-to-peer mobilisation.

Read and download this case study (no.11) from our illustrated case study book, on Nigeria’s maternal and newborn health (MNH) champions that have succeeded in driving social change.

The Federal government expenditure budget for 2018 is N8.6trillion. A total expenditure of N340.456bn is proposed for the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in 2018. This is a nominal increase of 10 percent above the 2017 Budget and overall 4% of the 2018 proposed budget.

This report presents findings from a review of civil society's engagement with the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Nigeria, commissioned by MamaYe-Evidence for Action in October 2017.

This scorecard was produced by the Lagos State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (LASAM), in October, 2017, with support from MamaYe-Evidence for Action.

View this scorecard to find out how Lagos is faring in maternal and newborn health.

Find out what the unmet need for family planning is and the proportion of facilities that are out of stock of contraceptives in Nigeria.

Find out how Nigeria is faring on key maternal, newborn and child health indicators.

Download the reference sheet here

View this scorecard to find out how Bauchi is faring in maternal and newborn health.

View these scorecards to find out how Lagos is faring in stock outs of essential life-saving commodities in health facilities.

The Health Budget scorecard evaluates key budget performance indicators in terms of transparency and timeliness of budget releases, citizens/CSOs participation and resource allocation to the health sector.

This Health Budget scorecard evaluates key budget performance indicators in terms of transparency and timeliness of budget releases, citizens/CSOs participation and resource allocation.

View the Bauchi State 2017 Health Budget Reference Sheet here

View the Gombe State 2017 Health Budget Scorecard Reference Sheet here

The Lagos state Health Budget scorecard evaluates key budget performance indicators such as transparency and timeliness of budget releases, citizens/CSOs participation in budget development process and adequate resource allocation to the health sector.

View the Lagos State 2017 Health Budget Reference Sheet here

This MamaYe factsheet highlights progress achieved in maternal and newborn health in Nigeria and areas that need continued efforts.

View this scorecard to find out how Gombe is faring in maternal and newborn health

Learn about preterm birth and take action!

Find out how many babies are born too soon and how many die from preterm birth complications. Most of these deaths are preventable!

Watch this video on the dissemination of a series of scorecards on healthcare management in Lagos state.

This scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death review (MPDR) indicators in hospitals in Bauchi State.

View this scorecard to see how Lagos state was performing in processes around planning the health budget in the year 2015.

The scorecard evaluates key budget indicators in the areas of transparency, participation, resource allocation, and budget release.

This scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death review (MPDR) indicators in hospitals in Ondo State.

This scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death review (MPDR) indicators in hospitals in Bauchi State. The scorecard uses facility data from January-March 2016.

This scorecard tracks key maternal and perinatal death review (MPDR) indicators in hospitals in Bauchi State. The scorecard uses facility data from July-December 2015.

Facilitating the creation of a state-level evidence-based accountability mechanism in Jigawa state.

In this video, the Speaker expresses the determination of the State Assembly to ensure 15 per cent budgetary allocation to the health sector.

Here is a short movie produced in Nigeria by the Evidence for Action team on emergency obstetric and newborn care.

This paper outlines NIAM, an independent group that monitors the implementation progress of Nigeria’s national roadmap to advance women’s and children’s health. The authors recommend that engagement between government and civil society – as illustrated by NIAM – should be used more to achieve national goals.

Family planning scorecards

Family planning scorecards

This study examines the determinants, barriers and enablers for use of skilled birth attendants in Northern Nigeria.

This paper documents the introduction of the Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) in Nigeria, which hires unemployed, recently graduated, or retired midwives from across the country.

This report provides an overview of midwifery services in 58 countries including Nigeria.