Speaking at the CCIH 2015 Annual Conference, Maggie Ehrenfried, DPT, Development Officer, LifeNet International, discusses LifeNet's strategy to comine education, monitoring and evaluation, management training and strategic incentive structuring for health workers to improve patient care in Burundi.

1. Bridging the Gap between Education and
Practice in East African Health Care Systems
Development
LifeNet International
Maggie Ehrenfried PT, DPT

2. LifeNet International exists to transform
African health centers to provide quality,
sustainable health care.

3. LifeNet developed its concept
and proved its model in Burundi
Life expectancy = 53 years
14% of children die before age 5
Maternal mortality 5th worst
400 doctors for 8.5 million
BURUNDI

4. Most Continuing Education
Bujumbura

5. LN franchises existing health centers and improves
quality and sustainability through:
•Medical Training
•Management Training
•Growth Financing
•Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Access
Strategy: Leveraging impact through a
Conversion Franchise Model

6. Demonstrated Impact: doubling quality
of care for 10% of the population
94% average improvement in
quality of care since beginning
partnership
Less than $1 USD per patient
annually
60 health centers
and hospitals
1,000,000
patient visits/year
90 medication
deliveries/year
3,762 nurses & 40
clinic managers

7. Quality Improvement Innovation
Monthly visit:
• medical and management training
• medicine delivery
End of module quality evaluation
• Pass module at 80%, advance and
• receive star,
• Receive specialist training,
• Receive credit for medicine
inventory or equipment

8. Building Health Systems

9. Challenges

10. Overcoming Challenges

11. “Guherekeza”

12. Growth Goals: Vision 2025
12
10
countries
20MM
patient visits*
1,000
clinics
12
* annual
* annual

13. Babies Breathe ➜ Babies Live

14. Transforming African Healthcare
www.LNinternational.org