Family planning management training : case study evaluation in Senegal

Details of the protocol"s development, supporting documentation, and the results of a pilot test - an assessment of FPMT"s assistance to the AID-supported Family Health and Population Project in Senegal - are reported here. Findings suggest that FPMT assistance was successful in three areas: (1) supervision (FPMT developed functioning supervisory protocols for clinical and IEC personnel); (2) management systems support (a central warehouse inventory management system was developed and implemented, as were systems for estimating contraceptive needs, tracking client service information, and accounting/budgeting); and (3) participation in the Francophone Regional Advisory Committee (regional relationships with other FP directors were strengthened, and the resolve of the Senegalese director to play a key role in developing a national FP policy was fortified). FPMT"s experience in Senegal underlines the importance of open, frequent communications with clients and, on a broader level, the need for FPMT to communicate more effectively to both clients and Missions the comprehensive and ongoing nature of its management development approach.