MOMENTUM Presents
MOMENTUM Presents
USAID MOMENTUM
MOMENTUM Presents, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), highlights experiences and strategies to accelerate improvements in maternal, newborn, and child health services, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health care. In the first series of the podcast, guests share how their countries have expanded existing health platforms and quality improvement efforts to maintain safe, effective, and essential health services for women and children in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode 2, Innovating in a Pandemic: Gender and youth equity amid COVID-19
Patricia Bah of Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation and Marian Pleasant Kargbo, Sierra Leone's Family Planning 2030 Youth Focal Person, discuss what it takes to reach adolescents and youth with critical health services despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb 10, 2022
28 min
Episode 1, Innovating in a Pandemic: Improving water, sanitation, and hygiene services and infection prevention control in health facilities
Dr. Surendra Sharma, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership’s State Team Leader in India,  shares how he and his team worked with public and private health providers to safely deliver care across eight districts and three states in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to this episode for more details about innovative approaches to improving water, sanitation, and hygiene and infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
May 3, 2021
23 min