The importance of establishing supportive supervision feedback audit system in Gurage Zone health department
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200990Keywords:
Feedback audit, M and E, Supportive supervisionAbstract
Supportive supervision is one of the most important tasks in health systems management. A baseline assessment conducted by the primary health care transformation initiative had shown that the Gurage Zone health department had been conducting regular supportive supervision every quarter for the last five years in Gurage Zone. The study proposed establishing a feedback auditing system as an intervention to routinely assess the progress of previous visit actions included in the written feedback. The finding showed the culture of working on previous supportive supervision action items by woreda (district) health offices were significantly improved.
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