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Strategy, policy, and
implementation support
for maternal-newborn, perinatal,
and midwifery systems.

We help create health systems that are equitable, sustainable, and designed for the people they serve.

Civitas helps governments, Indigenous organizations and leadership, health organizations, funders, and international partners strengthen the systems that shape care for women, babies, families, communities, and care providers.

We work across policy, programs, governance, funding, workforce, service design, and implementation to help clients move from complexity to clarity — and from strategy to meaningful, sustainable action.

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Our Work

Maternal-newborn and perinatal health systems are complex. They involve many partners, competing priorities, limited resources, and decisions that affect care at every level.

Civitas helps clients understand that complexity, identify practical pathways forward, and design strategies, programs, and models of care that are grounded in evidence, clinical realities, community priorities, and implementation.

Our work is focused on strengthening systems so they better support care providers, improve access and quality, respond to community needs, and create lasting impact.

Service Areas

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    Maternal-Newborn & Perinatal Strategy

    We support the development of maternal-newborn and perinatal health strategies that improve access, coordination, quality, equity, sustainability, and outcomes across the continuum of care.

    This may include provincial, regional, national, or organizational strategies; system reviews; needs assessments; strategic roadmaps; implementation plans; and recommendations for strengthening services, programs, and partnerships.

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    Midwifery Systems Development

    We help strengthen midwifery systems through policy, governance, workforce planning, funding, education, regulation, service integration, and implementation support.

    This work may include developing midwifery system strategies, supporting funding and policy asks, advising on models of care, strengthening integration with health systems, and supporting the growth of sustainable midwifery services.

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    Policy, Program & Funding Alignment

    We help clients translate evidence, clinical realities, and community priorities into policies, programs, and funding approaches that are practical, coherent, and implementable.

    This may include policy analysis, program design, funding strategy, briefing materials, business cases, environmental scans, jurisdictional reviews, and recommendations to support decision-making and investment.

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    Models of Care & Service Design

    We support the design and refinement of maternal-newborn, perinatal, reproductive, and midwifery models of care that are responsive to population needs and grounded in the realities of service delivery.

    This may include community-based care models, integrated team-based approaches, rural and remote service planning, care pathways, implementation considerations, and service redesign.

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    Workforce Planning & Implementation Support

    We help clients align workforce, education, regulation, funding, governance, and service delivery so strategies can move from concept to practice.

    This may include workforce planning, implementation roadmaps, readiness assessments, change management support, role and scope analysis, stakeholder engagement, and practical tools to support system change.

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    Indigenous Maternal-Newborn Health Partnerships

    We support respectful, community-led work with Indigenous organizations, leaders, care providers, and communities to strengthen maternal-newborn, perinatal, and midwifery systems.

    This work is grounded in relationship, cultural safety, self-determination, and the understanding that Indigenous communities are distinct and must lead the priorities and solutions intended to serve them.

    Civitas does not speak for Indigenous communities. We support planning, policy, program development, and implementation in ways that centre Indigenous leadership and community priorities.

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    International & Cross-Cultural Systems Support

    We support maternal-newborn, perinatal, and midwifery systems work across diverse cultural, linguistic, and institutional contexts.

    This may include strategy, policy, program development, service design, implementation support, and advisory work for NGOs, international organizations, funders, and partners working to strengthen maternal-newborn and midwifery systems globally.

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    Engagement, Facilitation & Strategic Alignment

    We support thoughtful engagement and facilitation processes that bring partners together across systems, sectors, disciplines, and communities.

    This may include stakeholder engagement, consultation design, meeting facilitation, strategic planning sessions, synthesis of partner input, consensus-building, and support for aligning diverse perspectives into clear priorities, decisions, and next steps.

OUR APPROACH

How We Help

  • We help clients map the current context, identify gaps, understand relationships, and clarify the policy, funding, workforce, governance, and service delivery factors shaping care.

  • We support partners to bring evidence, community priorities, clinical realities, and system goals into clearer alignment.

  • We develop strategies, policies, programs, models of care, and implementation plans that are tailored to context and realistic to sustain.

  • We help clients move from recommendations to action through planning, coordination, tools, stakeholder engagement, and ongoing advisory support.

  • We help clients reflect on what is working, identify what needs to change, and adapt strategies, programs, and implementation plans as systems evolve.

    This may include evaluation support, learning frameworks, progress reviews, synthesis of feedback, and practical recommendations to strengthen impact over time.

Types of Engagements

Focused advisory support, short-term projects, and longer-term strategy or
implementation partnerships.

Civitas supports clients at different stages of systems work — from early exploration and strategic planning to policy development, implementation, evaluation, and adaptation.

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Strategy & Systems Planning

  • Maternal-newborn and perinatal health strategies

  • Midwifery systems development plans

  • System reviews and needs assessments

  • Models of care and service redesign

  • Workforce planning

Policy, Funding & Decision Support

  • Policy, program and funding reviews

  • Funding strategies and business cases

  • Briefing materials and decision-support tools

  • Reports, recommendations and implementation plans

Engagement, Implementation & Learning

  • Stakeholder engagement and facilitation

  • Indigenous maternal-newborn health planning support

  • International and cross-cultural advisory work

  • Implementation roadmaps

  • Evaluation, learning, and adaptation support

OUR WORKING MODEL

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Connected expertise.

Meaningful impact.

Civitas is a founder-led practice. When additional expertise is needed, we draw on a trusted network of specialists.

This flexible model ensures you receive the right knowledge and experience-while maintaining continuity, accountability. and a consistent point of connection.

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • We offer a range of solutions designed to meet your needs—whether you're just getting started or scaling something bigger. Everything is tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

  • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.

  • We combine a thoughtful, human-centered approach with clear communication and reliable results. It’s not just what we do—it’s how we do it that sets us apart.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.

  • We offer flexible pricing based on project type and complexity. After an initial conversation, we’ll provide a transparent quote with no hidden costs.

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