Primary Health Care

„Development Oriented Primary Health Gare service on a pilot basis in Adjara region and providing recommendations to the Government on feasibility and appropriateness of its extension country-wide“ was funded by UNICEF.

The pilot project suggests integrating child development screening services into primary care efficiently and at a low cost, while ensuring thorough the coordination of care. The continuum of developmental care throughout the lifecycle can only be ensured by establishing robust linkages between the health and social systems. Having this in mind, UNICEF has supported the development of 2 electronic platforms:

• The 0-6 child growth and development monitoring electronic module (collecting child development related predefined variables in real-time that is entered in the tablets by PHC doctors and nurses and then forwarded to the database), and
• An electronic management information system for social services (reflecting all business processes related to social services for families, mothers and children).

107 PHC groups (one physician and one nurse) have been trained for early childhood development and IT teqnical skills. The syllabus and curriculum for training and Essential Document Binder were created during the project period.