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Remote training for contraceptive service delivery – WISH COVID-19 Learning Brief #1

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected the capacity of organisations to train health providers, jeopardising their ability to maintain SRH (sexual and reproductive health) services for women and girls. Due to risk of infection, movement restrictions and the diversion of medical personnel and resources away from essential services, traditional in-person trainings and assessments are no longer feasible. In response, a training ‘revolution’ has taken place as organisations adapt to find ways of maintaining health workers’ skills and knowledge from afar.

18/08/2020

Restrictions and lockdowns imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly affected organisations’ ability to conduct training and quality assurance work, which is essential for high-quality SRH (sexual and reproductive health) service delivery under the FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) WISH (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) programme. In response, WISH implementing partners and the wider SRH community are having to adopt remote and adapted training and assessment methods in order to continue delivering SRH services to women and girls during this period. This Learning Brief summarises learning on approaches to remote training to train health workers in developing countries. Written by WISH4Results, the Third Party Monitoring team for the FCDO WISH Programme, the publication includes the experience of WISH partners in adapting their training models in response to COVID-19.

Formation à distance pour la prestation de services de contraception (En Français)

Les restrictions et les confinements imposés en réponse à la pandémie COVID-19 ont considérablement affecté la capacité des organisations à mener à bien leur travail de formation et d’assurance qualité, qui est essentiel à la prestation de services de santé sexuelle et reproductive (SSR) de haute qualité dans le cadre du programme WISH (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) du Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). En réponse, les partenaires de mise en oeuvre du programme WISH et la communauté de la santé sexuelle et reproductive au sens large doivent adopter des méthodes de formation et d’évaluation à distance et adaptées afin de continuer à fournir des services de santé sexuelle et reproductive aux femmes et aux filles pendant cette période. Cette fiche d’apprentissage résume l’apprentissage sur les approches de la formation à distance pour former les travailleurs de la santé dans les pays en développement. Rédigée par WISH4Results, l’équipe de contrôle des tiers pour le programme WISH (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) du FCDO, la publication inclut l’expérience des partenaires de WISH dans l’adaptation de leurs modèles de formation en réponse à COVID-19.