An Assessment of Clinical Mentorship for Quality Improvement: The African Health Professions Regional Collaborative for Nurses and Midwives.

The African Regional Collaborative for nurses and midwives funded quality improvement projects in five countries to enhance clinical mentorship programs supporting HIV service delivery for women, infants, and children. Each country team implemented specific interventions focused on the application of nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral therapy guidelines and competencies. A site-level tool, the nursing practice framework, measured structural maturation in clinical mentorship programs across five stages at eight facilities.