Role of the CDI Focal Person
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CDI Module 9: Role of the CDI Focal
Person
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The Johns Hopkins University
A Training Program on CommunityDirected Intervention (CDI) to Improve
Access to Essential Health Services
Module 9 Objectives
By the end of this module, learners will:
Define who is a community-directed intervention
(CDI) focal person
Describe the roles of the CDI focal person
Explain how the health facility as a whole
supports the CDI focal person and CDI activities
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Why Do We Need a CDI Focal Person?
CDI happens when communities take charge of
distributing health commodities themselves with
guidance from the health service
A CDI focal person with supervisory responsibility
must be present at the supervising health facility to
guide the activities of the community-directed
distributors (CDDs)/community-oriented resource
persons (CORPs)
The focal person must be trained in CDI activities
and willing to work with community members and
spend time in the community
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Who Is a CDI Focal Person?
Several different cadres of
staff work in a health center
Any of them can be CDI focal
persons
The key criterion is that the
person is interested and
willing to reach out and work
with the community
CDI focal persons are
usually identified at the
facility during CDI orientation
package training
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Key Duties
Mobilize the first and second community meetings that
help establish CDI
Help communities decide CDD selection criteria and make their
choices
Supervise CDI preparation in the village (e.g., census)
Train CDDs chosen by the community
Supervise CDDs in the village and at monthly meetings
Coordinate commodities
Order enough and ensure villages collect them
Monitor and evaluate by collecting and collating CDD
records with health center records
Coordinate with local partners (e.g., community- and
faith-based organizations)
Continually promote community involvement
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Mobilizing the Community
The CDI focal person (she
or he):
Carries out community
mobilization
Holds a first community
meeting with village
leaders to seek interest
and schedule the
second larger meeting
Then facilitates the
second community
meeting during which
the community makes a
commitment to CDI
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Supervising Preparation
The CDI focal person:
Guides the
community to conduct
its census
Helps the community
decide on CDD
criteria
Shares information on
upcoming training
dates
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Training CDDs
The CDI focal person:
Conducts
CDD/CORPs training
using adult education
and participatory
approaches
Organizes refresher
training as needed
Provides updates
during supervision
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Supervising CDDs
The CDI focal person:
Provides supportive
supervision to the
CDDs/CORPs in the
village using the
supervisory checklist
Participates in
monthly meetings
with the
CDDs/CORPs
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Coordinating Supplies
CDI supplies depend on the package of services to be
provided through integrated community case
management (iCCM)
The CDI focal person:
Uses the village censuses to calculate and order
adequate supplies
Supplies materials to the CDDs/CORPs and ensures
that such materials are in stock at all times
Helps CDDs/CORPs maintain and audit their stocks
Ensures that commodities are:
In stock at the facility at all times
Available when CDDs come to collect these supplies
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Coordinating Partners
Partners and stakeholders for community
management of malaria (CMM) include:
Community-based organizations (CBOs)
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) and other civil
society organizations (CSOs)/nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) or agencies operating at the
community level
Local partners have important roles to play in
Health education of villagers
Supporting the efforts of CDDs
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Monitoring and Evaluating
The CDI focal person:
Receives and audits the
CDDs’/CORPs’ reports
Keeps the CDDs’/CORPs’
records at the facility level
and summarizes the
facility’s report for
submission to the local
government area (LGA)
Provides feedback to the
community on the
performance of the CDDs
and the data collected from
them
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Continual Community Mobilization
Regular community meetings are needed
Together with CDDs/CORPs, the focal person
helps bring community members together to:
Seek their views on progress and problems
Help the community solve problems
Reinforce the community’s continued commitment to
the CDI process and support for their CDDs
Identify additional services that can be added to CDI
Help the community replace any CDDs who may
have moved or dropped out
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Role of the Health Facility
All health center staff must support the CDI process
The focal person accomplishes this by working with:
The pharmacy to ensure adequate supplies of
appropriate commodities
The records department to ensure CDD reports are
integrated with health center data
Antenatal care (ANC) and child health staff to ensure
that community referrals are welcomed
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Summary Questions
Someone please tell us:
Who is the CDI focal person?
What are the roles of the CDI focal person
based at the frontline health facility?
How can the health facility support the CDI focal
person?
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