12. 12Management Sciences for Health
Lessons Learned
Achieve results in places
with limited internet
access
Facilitation is key
Follow-up and support:
critical and challenging
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Questions?
Thank you!
For more information, please contact:
Karen Sherk Chio, kchio@msh.org
14. 14Management Sciences for Health
For more information, please contact:
Karen Sherk Chio, kchio@msh.org
Editor's Notes
Outline of presentation
Explain suite of 6 programs: USAID funding, getting funding from Ford, OECS
Our curricula are tailored to specific programmatic topics such as family planning and reproductive health, contraceptive security, HIV and human resources. While participating teams acquire and strengthen their m & l competencies, they are simultaneously addressing and resolving key challenges facing their everyday work.
All Virtual programs: 47
Countries: 68
Participants: 3505
Teams: 452
Total VLDPs: 33
Countries: 59
Participants: 2710
Teams: 351
Objective: to strengthen the leadership capacity of teams of health professionals to identify and address real organizational challenges and achieve improved
organizational and health outcomes
Explain 7 modules, combo of individual and teamwork
One team that participated from Zambia worked to address the challenge of integrating MC into VCT. At follow-up, the team had integrated MC into VCT sites and had performed 300+ MCs.
One team that participated from El Salvador and worked to address the challenge of securing funding for RH in 640 rural districts. At follow-up, the team had secured $1000/district for a total of $640,000.
One team that participated from Belarus worked on the challenge of improving treatment of MDR TB. At follow-up, the team increased the # of patients receiving this treatment by 21%.
Virtual is a vehicle for scaling-up proven approaches to achieve results even in places with limited internet access
