Our Work

The leadership team of MHI have decided to shut down the organisation in March 2024 in the belief that MHI’s work is not the most effective use of the resources at its disposal.

The report below describes MHI’s work in detail alongside our decision to shut down.

The Maternal Health Initiative (MHI) delivered a pilot project from July 2023 to January 2024 across six hospitals in the Northern Region of Ghana. This work was conducted in partnership with Norsaac and the Ghana Health Service.

MHI would like to share the results of its internal assessment of this project based on an analysis of the baseline and endline data collected through the pilot.

The Maternal Health Initiative (MHI) works in northern Ghana delivering a light-touch programme of training integrating contraceptive counselling into routine care to increase informed choice and uptake of family planning methods.

We deliver this work in partnership with two local NGOs and the Ghana Health Service, launching through the 2022 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme.

A review of the Maternal Health Initiative’s postpartum family planning counselling Proof of Concept project, conducted in partnership with Savana Signatures and the Ghana Health Service.

An introduction to the concept of birth spacing, highlighting the important role promoting this plays in the impact of our work. Written by Samuel Harvey on behalf of MHI.

This post was written as MHI was being founded in August 2022 as part of our research into the potential impact of family planning work and the best opportunities in this area of work. It provides an overview of our reasoning for pursuing work in family planning, and postpartum family planning specifically.

This was submitted to Open Philanthropy’s Cause Exploration Prize and originally published on the EA Forum.