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Refresher Training of ADDO Dispensers in the Revised Diarrheal Disease Management Guidelines and Reproductive Health Products, Ruvuma, Tanzania, February 9-24, 2009

Management Sciences for Health’s SPS Program collaborated with the POUZN Project and TMARC to plan and implement refresher training sessions in the Ruvuma region in Tanzania. The sessions oriented 211 Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDO) dispensers, 16 Council Health Management Team members, and 9 cascade supervisors of health zones on the revised diarrheal disease management guidelines, which include zinc treatment, the appropriate use of selected reproductive health products, and the current monitoring and evaluation system for the ADDOs.  Follow on visits were made to ADDOs to review appropriate drug dispensing practices.