Funder
Gates Foundation
Partner
Impact Catalyst, Government of Nigeria
Project Goals
Optimized performance, quality, and impact of human resource for health (HRH) to improve primary health care (PHC) services delivery and outcomes.
Overview
The Task-Shifting/Sharing to Strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) Services in Kaduna and Kano initiative seeks to improve health workforce distribution and service quality in rural and underserved areas.
Conducted in collaboration with state governments, the initiative takes a holistic strategy to supporting current health systems and personnel, providing high-quality, sustainable, and gender-responsive healthcare for all. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) and Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEWs) to deliver integrated Primary Health Care (PHC) services, improve service access and quality, and provide evidence for scalability and policy changes to strengthen Nigeria’s health workforce.
Project Activities
- Stakeholder Engagement Workshops
- Work Planning workshops
- Development of a TSTS Framework
- Development of a Clinical Mentoring Training Plan
- Development of an M & E Plan
- Strengthening/Development of a network-of-care
