This toolkit was designed to support countries to integrate and operationalize key themes of empowerment and community engagement in maternal and newborn health programmes at the district level. It is also serves as a resource to support countries in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health. In addition to strengthening links between communities, local authorities, health services and other actors, the process outlined in the five modules will also contribute to strengthening links between the district, provincial and national levels of the health system.
The Toolkit is intended to be reviewed and adapted within each country to suit the national and local context. The conceptual framework for working with individuals, families and communities for maternal and newborn health and the evidence base for the different interventions discussed in this guide can be found in the publications outlined below.
