The purpose of the Integrated Community Health activity is to improve community engagement to strengthen the quality of Malaria, Maternal and Child Health (MCH), and Family Planning (FP) services to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity.
Key objectives are:
- Increase community
engagement through Informative, Preparatory and Decision-making participation processes - Ensure the continuum of services from health facilities to communities, in that services facilities provide complement community health services and vice versa in a coordinated fashion from preventive care to treatment for effectively and efficiently and addressing patient concerns.
- Provide community health workers the training, coaching and supportive supervision they need to reach the necessary qualification pre-service and in-service.