The IMPROVE Study in Lesotho
Overview
The IMPROVE intervention in Lesotho integrated enhanced PHDP-focused counseling, skills-building training, and job aids; multidisciplinary integrated management teams; and increased early community-based counseling and support, in order to explore the following:
EFFECTIVENESS: Did participant outcomes and health seeking behaviors improve among participants in IMPROVE sites vs. control sites?
PATIENT SATISFACTION: Were participants in IMPROVE sites more satisfied with services than participants in the control sites?
HEALTH CARE WORKER ATTITUDES: What did health workers at facility and community levels think of the IMPROVE model?
COSTING: What were the added costs associated with implementation of the IMPROVE intervention?
Read more in the issue brief.
Lesotho
Maternal & Child Health