Re-Engineering Primary Health Care: A Formative Process Evaluation of rPHC Implementation in King Sabata Dalindyebo sub-District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

In 2010, the Department of Health of South Africa launched a “Re-engineering Primary Health Care” (rPHC) initiative, aiming to shift the focus of primary health care to a health-promoting community-based model. At the heart of the program are ward-based primary health care outreach teams, comprised of generalist community health workers (CHWs) supervised by facility-based nurses. With the support of the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDOH), ICAP at Columbia University conducted a formative process evaluation to describe the implementation of ward-based rPHC activities in one sub-district... Mehr ...