Funded by: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Project Duration: 2010–present

Geographic Focus: Benin: Atlantique and Zou/Collines Departments

Partners: CHS (prime partner) and Centre d'Expertise et d'Ingenierie Durable

Overview

The Partnership for the Community Management of Child Health (Prise-C) is improving the delivery of proven, low-cost child health interventions in three health zones in two Beninese departments ( Zou/Collines and Atlantique). The project is strengthening the health system workforce and community health systems by developing, testing, and implementing innovative strategies. A key project component is to conduct an operations research study testing the effectiveness of cell phone technologies to facilitate communication between community health workers and their supervisors to improve performance, engagement, and patient outcomes.

Key Activities

• Promote healthy communities by liaising with community leaders to develop action plans that not only guide community-based activities but also enable measuring progress
• Promote the renewal of memberships in community-based health insurance schemes (mutuelles) to lower the cost of health care
• Enhance the knowledge and skills of health provider teams through training and supportive supervision
• Provide supervision and on-the-job tutoring/coaching of community health workers to improve community-based management of childhood illness and healthy behaviors
• Improve processes and tools to reinforce the referral and counter-referral system
• Develop, test, and implement cell phone technologies for communication between community health workers and their supervisors

For more information:

For more information, please contact Sara Riese at sriese@urc-chs.com.