In Côte d’Ivoire, ART established clients attending health facilities can access ART refills through patient support groups (called adherence clubs), run by community counsellors and social assistants at the facilities. This is a healthcare worker-managed group model, which can be facility or community based. In Côte d’Ivoire, the facility fast track model (facility-based individual model) is also approved in policy.
By June 2018, 49% of the country’s facilities were implementing one of these two models, reaching 30,518 (74%) of eligible clients.
Eligibility
Established on ART according to national criteria for Côte d’Ivoire
Building Blocks
ART refills
What
ART refill
Group counselling
Peer support
When
3 monthly
Where
Health facility
Who
Community counsellor and/or social assistant
Clinical consultation
What
Clinical assessment
Laboratory investigations
Rescripting
When
6 monthly
Where
Health facility
Who
Doctor
Further reading
Interested in Prioritizing differentiated ART delivery for clinically stable clients in West and Central Africa? Read more here (English) or here (French)
Access our policy brief for differentiated ART delivery for clinically stable client in West and Central Africa here (English) or here (French).
Learn more about another West and Central African DSD intervention: “Community-based points of
ART distribution (PODI) in the DRC” here.
Learn more about another West and Central African DSD intervention: “Community pharmacies for ART refills in Nigeria” here.
