THE HEALTH SUBCENTER AS AN EFFECTIVE PLATFORM FOR COORDINATED CAPACITY BUILDING AND SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION OF FRONTLINE WORKERS
Given the range of frontline staff and their complementary aims, the health subcenter represents an optimal geographical and demographic unit for health and nutrition programs to target specific outcomes through nutrition-specific interventions. It is a natural platform for convergence among staff of both the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare.
Since 2011, CARE India, through its Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI), has been facilitating such convergence in Bihar. This Implementation Note summarizes the experience of CARE’s efforts to maximize both the effectiveness of frontline workers in promoting specific health and nutrition practices, and the coverage of essential preventive services at the family level. Specifically, it summarizes the experience of instituting monthly meetings among frontline workers at subcenters in Bihar.