Centers of Excellence
L10K is supporting the RHBs in each implementation region (four total) to develop a center of excellence in a selected zone within the region, which will serve as a "demonstration zone." A center of excellence includes a general hospital, a primary health care unit (PHCU), all health posts within the PHCU, and selected households within the communities where the health posts are located.
The centers of excellence are functional centers where pre-service and in-service practitioners can gain exposure to clinical situations and participate in hands-on learning in skills labs. The centers of excellence also serve as models for other zones in both community engagement and high-quality clinical care, and they function as innovation labs where innovative solutions are designed, tested, prototyped, iterated, and scaled using human-centered design.
Centers of excellence at the community level implement the second-generation national Health Extension Program (HEP) including PHCU linkages, women's development army competency training, HEP package demonstrations in health posts, school health initiatives, and innovative community engagement approaches.