Polio Eradication Toolkit

Supervision Checklists

Regular supervision of community volunteers and community-level workers helps to ensure high-quality polio eradication programs. Supervision allows program staff to collect data on quality, to assess reasons for lapses, anticipate future problems, and put solutions in place. It also reinforces CVs’ training, boosts their confidence, and increases their morale.

Community Mobilizer Supervision Checklists for Inter Round Activities
Year: 2006 and revised every year
Organization: CGPP/India
Country: India
Languages: English

BMC or any higher-level project staff uses this set of checklists monthly to supervise CMCs. The four checklists review: the CMC register and home visits and SIAs; interpersonal communication; group meetings; and routine immunization. Supervisors collect data through review of the register for appropriateness and completeness, observation of the CMCs in the community, and home visits to interview mothers on their interactions with CMCs and to verify immunization status. The tool helps the BMC to assess the quality of the CMCs’ work and identify ways to support CMCs, address weaknesses, and reinforce strengths.