Network Publishes Clinical Tools and Programmatic Standards

Emmanuel Fofanah, a clinical officer at the PEN-Plus clinic in Koidu, Sierra Leone, examines eight-year-old Amza Musa, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was three. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)

The NCDI Poverty Network has published PEN-Plus Clinical Tools and Programmatic Standards, a document aimed at informing clinic and program planning, budgeting, and operations by providing a crisp definition of PEN-Plus clinical care, including the diagnostic, treatment, and patient support services available.  

“With clarity around these services,” said Dr. Emily Wroe, the Network’s senior director of programs, “clinics can extrapolate additional parts of the program, such as lists of essential medications and equipment, training needs, and healthcare-provider competencies.”

The Programs Team designed PEN-Plus Clinical Tools and Programmatic Standards as a reference both for planning a PEN-Plus program and for assessing and refining existing PEN-Plus clinics. This living document will change and adapt as PEN-Plus systems strengthen and clinics achieve higher levels of care and standards.

PEN-Plus Clinical Tools and Programmatic Standards is available as both a PDF download and a flipbook.