These data were collected in the course of a needs assessment conducted by the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) to inform programmatic and training priorities for improving support for parents who lose a child to stillbirth, as well as those who have had or lost a child who was born prematurely.
Results are presented by the three programmatic components of training, dissemination of program tools and messages, and supervision.
The Nurse Roadmap was described to primarily function as overarching guidelines for nursing sector bodies to divide and delineate programmatic initiatives in training and care delivery.
A programmatic approach to training and assessment based on system thinking is required for a sustained improvement of team performance and patient safety [ 21, 27].
These programmatic adjustments and training concerns are not unlike those needed to maximize other types of donor-funded or development bank technical assistance initiatives.
The survey consisted of a 44-item questionnaire that addressed 6 core programmatic areas: policy, training, medication distribution and logistics, national reporting of key maternal health indicators, programming, and challenges to and opportunities for scale up.
In family planning as in other health sectors, the government pays for personnel and infrastructure while donor funding covers the vast majority of programmatic expenses, including training, commodities, behavior change communication, and related activities.
Between January and March 2012, national program teams in 37 countries completed a 44-item survey, consisting mostly of dichotomous yes/no responses and addressing 6 core programmatic areas: policy, training, medication distribution and logistics, national reporting of key indicators, programming, and challenges to and opportunities for scale up.
As a major programmatic component, FLW training on IYCF was carried out with concentrated effort and resources, as reflected in its strong adherence to the cascading schema of the program design with high exposure at every FLW level and positive trends in quality and participant responsiveness.
Each group presented multifaceted solution routes from its discussion, including new policies, adoption of current policies, stakeholder engagement and collaboration, training, and programmatic and implementation changes.
