Health Sector Development Program
Country: Bhutan
PRIMEX fielded an international Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Expert, who performed the following tasks: (i) with the Health Promotion Division (HPD) and the Faculty of Nursing and Public Health of the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (and UNICEF, if relevant), adapted the in-service curriculum for interpersonal counselling (IPC) so that it is suitable for in-service training; (ii) with HPD, adapted any training material that will be needed for in-service training; (iii) with HPD, developed a costed plan for rolling out the training across the eight districts, including short refresher training and exchange programs for trained health workers, to ensure cross-learning; (iv) with HPD, developed plans for monitoring the delivery of the training plan and ensuring timely delivery; (v) with HPD, developed methods for measuring training effectiveness, including capturing changes in IPC skills; (vi) provided support to HPD in the implementation of the IPC training, including training site visits, where feasible; (vii) reviewed proposals from civil society organizations (CSOs) to work with communities and ensure that appropriate and up-to-date methods will be used; and (viii) worked with the CSOs to develop methods for measuring the effectiveness of activities in the communities.