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This module explores the roles and division of labor among district core CDI team members, including program coordinators, facilitators, and other relevant personnel. It also covers the components and development process of a work plan.
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Roles of District Community-Directed Intervention (CDI) Team Members Module 13 Version 2
Learning objectives • By the end of this module, learners will be able to: • Describe district core CDI team members and their roles • Explain the division of labor among various core CDI team members • Define a program coordinator and a facilitator—who they are and what they do • Describe components of a work plan and its development process
Subnational core CDI teams train district teams • District teams may include people involved in: • Malaria control • Onchocerciasis (river blindness) control • Maternal and child health • Reproductive health • Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) • Procurement, logistics, supplies • Health education and mobilization • Other health interventions • Subnational teams will step down or cascade the training of CDI training facilitators to district-level teams
Involve all district members previously trained on CDI • The district CDI team is not limited to health divisions, but may include people with relevant skills from finance, agriculture, education, and community development, to name a few • If someone attends training, follow up to ensure theycontinue to work with the CDI team
Program coordination tasks • Maintain communication among all team members • Lead work plan development • Lead monthly review of work plan among team members • Provide overall facilitation and supervision for CDI activities • Liaise with: • Government agencies (such as a local government service commission) and facilitators to ensure that trained facility staff are not frequently—and without restriction—transferred away from the local area where they were originally intended to work • Other district-level teams promoting community and household key practices to ensure cohesion and leveraging of resources
BCC and mobilization tasks • Obtain stocks of relevant BCC materials from the ministry of health and partners • Disseminate materials to facilities and community health workers (CHWs) and orient them to proper use • Conduct community meetings to: • Introduce CDI • Share minimum criteria for CHW selection • Obtain community member support for the CHW • Conduct CDI information sessions with CSOs and community leaders • Recruit local CSOs to assist with education and advocacy efforts
Suggest other BCC and mobilization tasks Village drama Meeting the village head
Procurement, logistics, and supplies tasks • Forecast and order adequate medicines and supplies to meet CDI needs • Work with primary health care (PHC) facilities to refine their forecasting, including their estimation of community needs • Help PHC facilities set up adequate and safe storage for all CDI medicines and supplies • Guide PHC facilities in the logistics management and information system, including the needs for the CHWs they supervise
Procurement, logistics, and supplies tasks, cont. • Work with CDI focal persons to provide supportive supervision and ensure that CHWs store medicines properly and appropriately
Suggest additional procurement, logistics, and supplies tasks
Facilitation tasks • Develop a training plan for PHC facility staff and facilitate training • Develop, with the PHC facility CDI focal person, a training plan for CHWs • Review CDI curricula to ensure local relevance and adaptation, as needed • Arrange training venues and adequate logistics • Keep records of all training activities and learners • Facilitate/supervise CHW training by PHC facility staff • Participate in supportive supervision
Tasks for M&E and documentation • Ensure that district recording and reporting forms capture all CDI activities and services • Orient PHC facility staff and CHWs to the correct use of forms and the need for accurate and timely reporting • Supervise data collection at the community and PHC facility levels, and ensure that data are forwarded to the next level • Ensure that CHW data are included in PHC facility summary forms • Document all CDI activities (using reports, photos, etc.), including success stories and challenges
First district CDI team task: Develop a work plan Conduct this planning exercise as a practical component of the training
Summary activity • Who should be members of the district CDI team? • What are the different roles for team members to perform? • For each role mentioned, what are examples of tasks for the people in those roles? • What are the components of our district work plans?
Thank you! Any questions or comments?