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Improving Quality of Reproductive Health Care in Senegal through Formative Supervision: Results from Four Districts

By Siri Suh, Philippe Moreira, and Moussa Ly

In Senegal, traditional supervision often focuses more on collection of service statistics than on evaluation of service quality. This approach yields limited information on quality of care and does little to improve providers' competence. In response to this challenge, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has implemented a program of formative supervision. This multifaceted, problem-solving approach collects data on quality of care, improves technical competence, and engages the community in improving reproductive health care.