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Community Case Management (CCM) Essentials:
A Guide for Program Managers DRAFT CHAPTERS FOR FIELD-TESTING AND REVIEW |
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Community Case Management (CCM) Essentials provides guidance to PVO/NGO and MOH program managers
for the design, implementation, and monitoring of community case management through non-governmental,
public sector, or combined approaches. CCM Essentials is a collaborative effort led by a
Steering Committee composed of CORE Group, Save the Children, and BASICS.
Additional resources including program planning tools, job aids, and training materials can be accessed through the CCM Toolkit. The "Resource" links below will also take you to the Toolkit page. Field-testing partners are encouraged to submit materials to share with other public health professionals who seek to expand access to treatment in their program areas through CCM strategies. Collaboration and sharing across agencies is a critical step toward increasing the quality and sophistication of CCM programming among CORE Group member organizations and partners around the world.
Field-Testing Two levels of testing are possible:
Testing and review by field programs and field-based experts is a crucial step in the guide’s development. Feedback from CCM program managers, M&E staff, technical backstops, and other PVO and program staff will ensure that the guide provides a practical roadmap for CCM program design, implementation, and evaluation. If you or your organization would like to provide input on any of the draft chapters, please email CORE with the following information: PVO name, program location, contact person's name and email, and the specific chapter(s) your team plans to review.
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Next Steps
Introductory Material
Draft Chapters, Resources, and Questions for Field Testing Partners
Chapter 1. Introduction: What is CCM and why should it be considered?
Chapter 2. Scientific Basis for CCM: What is the Evidence?
Chapter 3. Conducting a Situational Analysis
Chapter 4. Creating an Enabling Environment within the Health System
Chapter 5. Selecting Guidelines for Diagnosis, Classification, and Treatment Decisions (outline only)
Chapter 6. Management of Medicines and Supplies
Chapter 7. Supporting Caregiver Behaviors
Chapter 8. Community-Based Referral Systems for CCM Programs
Chapter 9. Establishing Community-Based Providers
Chapter 10. Training Community Health Workers
Chapter 11. Supportive Supervision through Quality Assurance (PDF)
Chapter 12. Community Management of Community-based Treatment Programs
Chapter 13. Monitoring and Evaluation
Chapter 14. Scaling Up CCM Efforts - Key Questions
Chapter 15. Sustainability of CCM efforts
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Over the past decade, 18 CORE member organizations have worked with Ministries of Health,
USAID, and community-based partners to implement CCM programs in more than 27 countries (see map).
Many of these efforts represent long-term investments in developing community-level systems for
health service delivery. CCM Essentials draws its insights from CORE member
organizations’ experiences, as well as those of Ministries of Health and USAID contracting agencies.
While written primarily to inform program design and management efforts of district-level NGOs
and MOH managers, the guide situates these activities in national efforts to expand access to
high quality treatment for life-threatening childhood illnesses.