Microplanning to guide implementation of preventive chemotherapy to control and eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
Open WHO 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.
Course information
Overview: Microplanning is an approach that originates at the local level. It is a cyclical process that is used to define the activities, resources, timing, and location of implementation and monitoring of preventive chemotherapy administration. The aim of this course is to train supervisors at the lowest level and all individuals who are responsible for oversight of preventive chemotherapy against NTD on how to conduct microplanning, the process, the steps and the tools used.
Course duration: Approximately 1.5 hours.
Certificates: A Certificate of Achievement is available to participants who score at least 80% of the total points available in the final assessment. Participants who receive a Certificate of Achievement can also download an Open Badge for this course. Click here to learn how.
What you'll learn:
- 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
Who this course is for:
- Individuals who are responsible for oversight of preventive chemotherapy against NTD in planning at the lowest level.
- Individuals who plans to facilitate in-person microplanning workshop.
- Supervisors.