The vehicle and 16 motorbikes are made available to support monitoring and supportive supervision".
In order to maintain high-quality services, monitoring and supportive supervision should be integrated into existing systems, without overburdening health workers with additional work.
A key characteristic of supportive supervision is that support should extend beyond face-to-face meetings.
This evidence supports the need for systematic supportive supervision.
It consequently led to the development of interventions such as skills training, supportive supervision and feedback processes, and sharing success stories through existing communication channels to promote the use of information.
Dedicated transportation and communication infrastructure, improvements in pre-service and in-service training, and supportive supervision are needed to maximize the effective use of existing human resources and infrastructure, thus increasing access to and the provision of timely, high quality emergency obstetric care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
These included: the "existence of a clear format for providing supportive supervision", "providers' recognition of the importance of supportive supervision", "the availability of resources to conduct supportive supervision", and "immunization managers' knowledge of how to conduct supportive supervision".
The Community led Total Behavior Change for Improved sanitation and hygiene which combines existing strategies within a more holistic approach needs to be scaled up with appropriate supportive supervision.
As the following quotes reveal, existing schemes for supervision are sometimes perceived as unhelpful and distant, rather than personal and supportive: "Supervision is not very useful.
Insight into the contribution of humanized support and professional ethos to implementation of supportive supervision for MLHWs was gained from the operation of supervision in one health post.
This partnership emphasized use of existing infrastructure, training of community-based workers, home visits to promote behavior change, complete geographical coverage during pregnancy and postnatal period, creating support for community-based workers by recruiting community volunteers and strengthening supportive supervision.
