Supportive supervision
The majority (82 %) of providers reported that they had
not received any supportive supervision visits (i.e. routine supervisory visits by States’ Ministry of Health officials during which service providers are mentored and
provided with technical assistance to improve on their
work) on prevention and treatment of PE/E in the
12 months preceding the survey. Of the 14 providers
that received supportive supervision, the visits were
made at least quarterly for 10 service providers and less
frequently (6 monthly) for another four. Among those
who received it, supportive supervision was much more
frequently performed in general hospital settings (45 %)
than at other health facility types (10 %) (p< 0.0001)