Completed | December 2017

Enhancing Client-centered Service Delivery by Facility and Community Providers in Lindi and Tabora, Tanzania – The UMOJA Study

Overview

Country:

Tanzania

Subject Matter:

Human Resources for Health; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health; PMTCT and HIV-free Survival

This USAID-funded study assessed the effectiveness of a community health worker-health provider case management and quality improvement intervention model on retention in MNCH/PMTCT services among patients overall, and among a subset of at-risk women/baby pairs in Tanzania. Mixed methods were used to compare clinical outcomes among the model and the standard of care and to assess the health worker satisfaction and workload with the different approaches.

Data Collection Period: November 2015 – March 2018

Findings presented at the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, December 2019: “Engaging community health workers to improve health outcomes and retention in care among pregnant women in Tabora, Tanzania”

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