•Kedar Sawleshwarkar, MBBS, MD*†; Mahtab Singh, MBBS, MBA‡; Ramesh Bajaj, MBBS, MD*; Saumya Sawleshwarkar, MBBS, MSc*; Chintamani Dande, MBBS, DCH* A Quality Improvement Initiative to Control a Gram-negative Sepsis Outbreak in a Resource limited Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Using Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety and a Modified Donabedian Framework                https://journals.lww.com/pqs/fulltext/2026/01000/a_quality_improvement_initiative_to_control_a.5.aspx

• Prabha Kumari, Mahtab Singh, Shailja Sinha, Rajeev Ranjan, Parul Sharma, Camelia Maitra, Shalini Bansal Observation of a quality improvement initiative to contextually adapt and use Robson classification in real time to collect data around CS delivery and to develop strategies to reduce CS rate (20 October, 2023) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10603507/

• Prabha Kumari, Mahtab Singh, Shailja Sinha, Rajeev Ranjan, Prachi Arora, Sunita Rani, Aparna Aggarwal, Kanika Aggarwal, Shefali Gupta Preidentification of high-risk pregnancies to improve triaging at the time of admission and management of complications in labour room: a quality improvement initiative (17 June, 2022) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35714981/

• Kedar Sawleshwarkar, Mahtab Singh, Ramesh Bajaj, Sanjog Loya, Rakesh Chikhlondhe, Sunita Bhave Implementing use of sucrose analgesia (non-pharmacological management of neonatal pain) in a standalone private facilit  y level 3 neonatal care unit using point of care quality improvement methodology (15 June, 2022) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35705258/

• Praveen Kumar Sharma ,1 Sebanti Ghosh,1 Vikrant Prabhakar ,2 Mahtab Singh,1 Thomas Forissier,1 Rajendra Prasad,1 Anjali Datta,1 Benazir Patil,1 Kiran Pandey,3 Neena Gupta,3 Seema Nigam4 Improving quality of antenatal care services in a high case load tertiary care teaching hospital (Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College) in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 11May 2022 https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/11/Suppl_1/e001446.full

• Mahtab Singh1, Avyact Agrawal2, Deepti Sisodia2, Pardeep Kumar Kasar3, Arvinder Kaur4, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-6884

• Vikram Datta5,6, Ravi Shankar Savanna7, Manish Singh8, Nigel Livesley9 Supplementing hand washing with proper use of alcoholic hand rub in a special neonatal care unit in a large academic public health institute at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India 10 November, 2021 https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/10/4/e001131

• Vikram Datta, Sushil Srivastava, Rahul Garde, Rajesh Mehta, Nigel Livesley,Kedar Sawleshwarkar, Harish Pemde, SuprabhaPatnaik, Ankur Sooden, Mahtab Singh, SusySarah John, Jeena Pradeep, Anupa Vig, Achala Kumar, Vivek Singh, Vandana Bhatia, Bishan Singh Garg, Dinesh Baswal Development of a framework of intervention strategies for point of care quality improvement at different levels of healthcare delivery system in India: initial lessons (3 August, 2021)

• Shuchi Jain, Pramod Kumar, Manish Jain, Megha Bathla, Shiv Joshi, Sushil Srivastava, Mahtab Singh, Ajit Sudke, Vikram Datta, Poonam Shivkumar Increasing adherence to plotting e-partograph: a quality improvement project in a rural maternity hospital in India (3 August, 2021)

• Sushil Srivastava,1 Vikram Datta,2 Rahul Garde,3 Mahtab Singh,3 Ankur Sooden ,3 Harish Pemde,4 Manish Jain,5 Poonam Shivkumar,6 Akash Bang,5 Prabha Kumari,7 Sonia Makhija,8 Tarun Ravi,9 Sumita Mehta,10 Bishan Singh Garg,11 Rajesh Mehta12 Development of a hub and spoke model for quality improvement in rural and urban healthcare settings in India: a pilot study August 6, 2020. (BMJ Open Quality)

• Vikram Datta Arvind Saili, Ankur Sooden, Mahtab Singh, Sonali Vaid, Nigel Livesley. Action Brief: Reducing neonatal hypothermia and mortality in India Global Learning Laboratory for quality universal health coverage-23rd August 2018

• Vikram datta, Sushil Srivastva, Mahtab Singh Indian Pediatrics September 2018 vol 55: Special Issue on “Better Healthcare Through Quality Improvement” Formation of Quality of Care Network in India: Challenges and Way Forward – Vikram Datta, Sushil Srivastava and Mahtab Singh 824 http://indianpediatrics.net/sept2018/current.htm

• Vikram datta, Arvind Saili, Srishti Goel, Ankur Sooden, Mahtab Singh, Sonali Vaid, Nigel Livesley “Reducing hypothermia in newborns admitted to a neonatal care unit in a large academic hospital in New Delhi, India”, BMJ Quality Improvement Report http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/6/2/e000183

• Dr Suman, Mahtab Singh and Dr D C Jain “Determinants of utilization of MCH services in rural area of Uttar Pradesh”, Indian journal of Maternal and Child health. Vol. 12 Oct- Dec, 2012(4): 1-6

Case studies

• Praveen Venkatgiri, Vidheya Venkatesh, Priya Subramani Rao, Mahtab Singh, and Nigel Livesley “Reducing the radiological exposure of neonates and cost of care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a private hospital in Bangalore, India” https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/reducing-radiological-exposure-neonates-and-cost-care-india

• Venkatesh HA, Ravi Swami, Mahtab Singh, and Nigel Livesley “Reducing cost and improving quality of care for high-risk babies in Karnataka, India” https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/reducing-cost-and-improving-quality-care-high-risk-babies-karnataka-india

• Mahtab Singh, Nigel Levisley “Setting up a self-sustaining Quality Improvement Network in India” a case study. https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/self-sustaining-quality-improvement-network-india

• Dr Anisha Singh, Mahtab Singh ‘Use of partogram for identification of complication and early intervention to save mother and baby’ in Uttrakhand district Pauri.https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/improving-assessment-and-monitoring-women-labour-district-women%E2%80%99s-hospital-pauri

Training material:

• Sensitization to Coaching for Quality Improvement – Online module https://bit.ly/nqocn-coaching4qi

• Coaching for Quality Improvement ‘Coaching Guide” https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/310421/POCQI-CoachingGuide-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

• Mahtab Singh, Rashmi Singh, Praveen Sharma, Nigel livesley “Improving Quality in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Health Care Providers” https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/improving-quality-healthcare-practical-guide-health-care-providers

Packages (Reference material):

• Mahtab Singh & others coordinated the production of final existence of state change packages & four thematic change packages for scale up purposes.
https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/changes-improved-newborn-health-services-india
https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/changes-improved-maternal-health-services-during-postnatal-period-india
https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/changes-improved-maternal-health-services-during-intranatal-period-india
https://www.usaidassist.org/resources/changes-improved-maternal-health-services-during-antenatal-period-india