TY - JOUR T1 - Using a mentorship model to localise the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK): from South Africa to Nigeria JF - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001079 VL - 3 IS - Suppl 5 SP - e001079 AU - Ajibola Awotiwon AU - Charlie Sword AU - Tracy Eastman AU - Christy Joy Ras AU - Prince Ana AU - Ruth Vania Cornick AU - Lara Fairall AU - Eric Bateman AU - Audry Dube AU - Robyn Curran AU - Inemesit Udoekwere AU - Unyime-Obong Essien AU - Okorie Assem AU - Theresa Sylvester Edu AU - Hajia Binta Ismail AU - Olalekan Olugbenga Olubajo AU - Joseph Ana Y1 - 2018/10/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/3/Suppl_5/e001079.abstract N2 - Nigeria, in its quest to strengthen its primary healthcare system, is faced with a number of challenges including a shortage of clinicians and skills. Methods are being sought to better equip primary healthcare clinicians for the clinical demands that they face. Using a mentorship model between developers in South Africa and Nigerian clinicians, the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) for adult patients, a health systems strengthening programme, has been localised and piloted in 51 primary healthcare facilities in three Nigerian states. Lessons learnt from this experience include the value of this remote model of localisation for rapid localisation, the importance of early, continuous stakeholder engagement, the need expressed by Nigeria’s primary healthcare clinicians for clinical guidance that is user friendly and up-to-date, a preference for the tablet version of the PACK Adult guide over hard copies and the added value of WhatsApp groups to complement the programme of face-to-face continuous learning. Introduction of the PACK programme in Nigeria prompted uptake of evidence-informed recommendations within primary healthcare services. ER -