Category | Factor |
Infrastructure | • Proximity of family planning and immunization services to each other and clarity of pathways between service sites |
• Privacy for clients (at immunization stations in particular) | |
Management, staffing, and coordination | • Availability of vaccinators and family planning providers on the same day |
• Frequent communication between vaccinators and family planning providers | |
Training and supportive supervision | • Regular supportive supervision |
• On-the-job training for new staff | |
Supplies | • Reliable commodity supply (vaccines and contraceptives) |
Behavior change communication | • Job aids or reminder materials to reinforce key steps of the referral process |
• Good-quality counseling |
Abbreviation: EPI, Expanded Programme on Immunization.
↵a With clients, service providers, supervisors, and partner organizations.