Assessing the quality of SMC delivery by village health teams in Uganda
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Authors: Musa Odongo, Anthony Nuwa, Madeleine Marasciulo-Rice, David Salandini Odong, Tonny Achuma, Anthony Dilla Kotol, Stephen Otim, Hans Lokale, Cerino Achar, Junior Achia, Hilda Abio, Stella Bakeera, Chrisestome Muhereza, Tonny Kyagulanyi, Maureen Nakirunda, Jane Nabakooza, Denis Rubahika, Ruth Nabwire, Jimmy Opigo
With sufficient training and stakeholder engagement, village health teams in Uganda can deliver high-quality SMC.
In 2021, the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in northeastern Uganda targeted over 88,000 children 3–59 months. Qualified health workers supervised trained semi-literate village health teams to deliver five cycles of SMC. We assessed the quality of implementation based on 10 components of a quality standards framework that Malaria Consortium developed for continuous performance improvement of its SMC programme.
This poster was presented at the 71st annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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