Microplanning to guide implementation of preventive chemotherapy to control and eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
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About this course
Effective administration of preventive chemotherapy relies largely on operational planning which addresses the need for programmes to reach all eligible people and maximize community demand for the intervention. Local, bottom-up planning (“microplanning”) fosters effective implementation and monitoring of public health programmes. Originally, public health implementers developed microplanning for use in vaccination campaigns, but various programmes, including those for control and elimination of NTDs, now use it. This course aim to help the NTD programme in the training of supervisors and all individuals who are responsible for oversight of preventive chemotherapy against NTD in planning at the lowest level.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Explain what is microplanning
- Prepare an operational map
- Estimate target populations
- Define approaches to reach target populations
- Plan the activities
- Calculate resources and define logistics
- Monitor coverage and take actions
