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Guidelines for Improving Quality of STI Management in a Health District

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1st Author : Moys, Anne
Other Authors: Khumalo, Faith
Publisher: Reproductive Health Research Unit
Publication Date: 0/2004
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Publication Type: Guide/Guidelines
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Summary This booklet aims to provide guidelines that will assist managers, sexually transmitted infection (STI) programme coordinators and clinic supervisors to develop and implement strategies that will improve the quality of prevention and management of STIs in clients attending public health facilities.
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A number of resources are available for improving the management of STIs at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level. These include a training manual for the management of a person with an STI, national norms and standards for sexually transmitted diseases at PHC level and the District Quality of Care Assessment (DISCA) tool and booklets on its use, amongst others. (See Appendix 4) This booklet outlines the processes that district level staff can implement to improve the quality of STI care in their districts. It is based on the lessons of the National STI Initiative.

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