Integrating Client Tracker Tool Into Fistula Management: Experience From the Fistula Care Plus Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2017 to 2019

2022-07-15 | Télécharger

BACKGROUND :

This study aimed to document the experience of integration and the contribution of the Client Tracker (CT) to female genital fistula (FGF) management and data quality in sites supported by the Fistula Care+ Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from 2017 to 2019.

This study shows that the CT can be integrated into the routine management of FGF in DRC and indicates that the CT can improve data quality and reporting, patient care, patient follow up, self-supervision, and communication among the staffs.

However, FGF integration into FGF management induces an additional workload that is difficult for some staff to handle, and staff level of training on and comfort with CT use differs within and among care teams.