Table 1

Interventions implemented in facilities within the three countries implementing EMEN-QI

Targeted intervention	Priority interventions implemented in EMEN-QI	Country(ies)
Development of infrastructure to support the provision of quality care for mothers and newborns	1. Construction of new facilities and renovation of existing ones	TZ
	2. Upgrading of existing facilities to provide added functions, for example, theatres in health centres for Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC) services and/or increasing bed capacity	BD, TZ
	3. Construction of toilet and bathing facilities in health centres	GH
	4. Construction of mechanised boreholes for water supply	GH
	5. Establishment of special care newborn units in existing facilities	All countries
	6. Establishment of newborn stabilisation unit in existing facilities	BD
	7. Establishment of Kangaroo mother care (KMC) units	All countries
	8. Procurement of motorbikes to support outreach and postnatal home visits	GH
	9. Procurement of equipment, drugs and supplies	All countries
Establishment and institutionalisation of QI processes	10. Formation and improving functionality of QI teams	All countries
	11. Support for training and placement of human resources for health to facilitate QI	BD, TZ
	12. Training, mentorship and coaching support (on site)	All countries
	13. Introduction and strengthening maternal and newborn health (and breastfeeding) counselling	All countries
	14. Death review and response (maternal and perinatal)	All countries
	15. Periodic external supervision by (sub)national team	All countries
	16. Strengthening Health Management Information System to incorporate quality indicators as per EMEN and creation of Dashboards in the District Health Information System V.2	All countries
	17. Strengthening national level oversight	All countries
Implementation of QI interventions around the provision and experience of care	18. Infection prevention and control	All countries
	19. Water, sanitation and hygiene in health facilities	All countries
	20. Adaptation, adoption and use of QI protocols for caregiving	All countries
	21. Working-area organisation to facilitate care provision including the sort, set in order, shine, standardise, sustain	All countries
	22. Effective triaging in maternity care	All countries
	23. Ensuring privacy in caregiving	All countries
	24. Effective labour monitoring using partographs	All countries
	25. Postnatal care and counselling	All countries
	26. Newborn care: resuscitation, breastfeeding promotion, treatment of infections, warm chain (including KMC), sick newborn care	All countries
	27. Timely referral for appropriate care	All countries
	28.Community engagement for demand-side perspectives and experience of care, including breastfeeding counselling	GH, TZ

BD, Bangladesh; EMEN-QI, Every Mother Every Newborn Quality Improvement; GH, Ghana; TZ, Tanzania.