Project NIGRAAN: Addressing Structural Gaps in Supervisory System of Pakistan`s Lady Health Worker Program to Achieve MDG 4

4 June 2015
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Project NIGRAAN is a two-year (September 2013 – August 2015) implementation research project being conducted in district Badin in Sindh province of Pakistan. It is sponsored by the Implementation Research Platform, within the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research.

The project aims to provide the opportunity for improving structured supportive supervision of lady health workers (LHWs) by lady health supervisors (LHS) in order to reduce deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhoea in children under 5.