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quality of care. Firstly, qualitative work was
conducted to explore the determinants and
influences upon maternal and neonatal
health (MNH) provider motivation at primary
care level in rural Burkina Faso, Ghana and
Tanzania. Secondly, a scale has been deve-
loped to assess MNH provider motivation,
willingness to perform and work behaviour.
Baseline data has been collected in all three
countries. As the main QUALMAT interven-
tions are introduced the scale will be used
at intervals to monitor for possible change.
www.qualmat.net
Development and implementation of a com-
prehensive integrated quality management
system for reproductive health services,
Kenya (2011-2013), evaplan GmbH
evaplan GmbH and the Institut für Ange-
wandte Qualitätsförderung und Forschung
im Gesundheitswesen (AQUA Institute) are
implementing this project as an established
consortium in collaboration with a local part-
ner, the Institute of Health Policy Manage-
ment & Research (IHPMR) in Nairobi. eva-
plan has the lead and carries overall respon-
sibility. The aim is to improve the quality of
services in the area of reproductive health,
including gender-based violence (GBV) by
means of an integrated quality management
system.
The AQUA Institute has already developed
a scientifically proven quality management
(QM) instrument called the European Practi-
ce Assessment which rests on the visotool
®
software. It allows for benchmarking, can
Supporting quality improvement in health systems in Bangladesh (Photo S. Sax)
Training on the computer-assisted clinical decision support system of QUALMAT