On-going Monitoring & Follow Up

                  What is the supportive  supervision ?

• Focus on problem solving, encouragement and learning 
• validate and improve data collection process
• Identify problems and difficulties
• Assist district /village health worker in implementing solutions
• Focus on follow up, actions items, etc...

• Purpose of Supportive Supervision

Monitoring----------assess implementation of recommendations

Training -----------teach/focus on competency development/group approach

Mentoring---------coach/focus on moral/competency development/individual approach

                What does Supportive Supervision Consist of?

Supportive supervision should be considered as capacity building, not as evaluation and giving sanctions

1. Assessment of practices (through observations, discussions, records and outputs review). 
2. A participatory discussion of observations, highlighting both positive and negative findings. 
3. A discussion on a small number of weaker areas that everyone agrees they can improve. 
4. A discussion of the strategy and steps for implementation, including what each level of the system staff must perform. 
5. A written record of the joint agreements on changes (improvements) that all are committed to, to be followed-up afterwards.