Annual Program Report 2004 - American International Health Alliance

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WHERE WE WORK 2004 Eurasia Caucasus: 1 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Graduation of 10 partnerships Dissemination conference for Armenian partnerships marking end of a decade of collaboration Two Armenian hospitals receive “Journey to Excellence” award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in recognition of improvements in quality of nursing care Initiation of 2 new partnerships in Georgia and 1 in Azerbaijan Opening of primary healthcare clinic in Narimanov District in Baku, Azerbaijan Opening of emergency pediatric center at Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia Opening of Learning Resource Centers in Ganja, Azerbaijan, and in Gori and Guria District, Georgia Certification of 19 trainers from the Mtshkheta Family Medicine and Regional Training Center in Georgia Georgian textbook on health management education published; health management education toolkit in Russian prepared Central and Eastern Europe: 2 Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Romania ■ Dissemination conference on health management at conclusion of the Tirana, Albania/Bucharest, Romania partnership (the first AIHA partnership not involving a US partner) ■ Opening of the “Town Health Center,” a model primary healthcare clinic in Lezha, Albania ■ Opening of women’s health information and resource center, 2 satellite centers, 8 health information kiosks in Gyo ″ r, Hungary ■ Enhancement of family medicine antenatal care skills in Kosovo ■ International Training Centre at the State Centre of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases of Latvia officially designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis ■ Roundtable on HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination and publication of handbook in Croatia ■ Romanian Society for Breast Imaging formed and radiology quality assurance initiated at 5 pilot sites Central Asia: 3 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Launch of 2 new regional partnerships: on medical education and for nursing education and leadership Manual on Family Nursing finalized and the draft requirements for nursing registration approved by the Central Asia Nursing Council Review of accreditation process for medical schools in collaboration with the Central Asia Council of Rectors Initiation of health management course for undergraduate medical students in Uzbekistan Expanded support to Family Medicine Training Center in Turkmenistan for primary healthcare Funding of 10 projects designed by nurses to promote early detection and awareness of breast cancer Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV training provided for professionals from 3 replication sites in Kazakhstan: Pavlodar, Temirtau, Karaganda Visits of 15 Uzbek delegates through the Community Leadership Development Program to learn about community-based healthcare delivery, rural health, and tuberculosis treatment and prevention services in the United States First alumni meeting of the Uzbek Community Leadership Development Program delegation held in Tashkent, with delegates reporting on progress of their projects Moldova 4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Renovation of the National TB Reference Laboratory and 2 regional TB laboratories Approval of revised laboratory guidelines and environmental mitigation and infection control plan Enhancement of TB diagnosis and treatment skills of 350 primary care physicians and nurses Baseline survey of public’s knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding TB Distribution of TB information to practitioners and journalists Development of public awareness campaigns Integrated platform for TB and HIV/AIDs surveillance system agreed to with Ministry of Health and UNAIDS 4 American International Health Alliance
Latvia 2 Russia 5 Kazakhstan 3 Kyrgyzstan 3 Hungary 2 Ukraine 6 Moldova 4 Romania Croatia 2 2 Kosovo 2 Georgia 1 Albania 2 Armenia 1 Uzbekistan 3 Azerbaijan 1 Turkmenistan 3 Tajikistan 3 Eritrea 7 Russia 5 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Graduation of 4 primary healthcare partnerships with subsequent replication of 2 successful programs at other sites Launch of 4 comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, treatment and support partnerships Launch of family planning/reproductive health partnerships in Moscow Oblast/Dubna and Volgograd Two Russian hospitals receive “Journey to Excellence” award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in recognition of improvements in quality of nursing care Visits of 57 Russian delegates through the Community Leadership Development Program to learn about HIV/AIDS services in the United States Youth AIDS prevention and health promotion programs initiated by networks of alumni from Community Leadership Development Program Model Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV program established in Samara and Togliatti Training in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV for more than 40 policymakers and administrators from 5 oblasts (regions) of Russia Ukraine 6 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Graduation of 6 primary healthcare partnerships, concluding with a regional conference on sustainability Odessa program on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV recognized as model in region; Training Center established to facilitate regional scale-up and recognized as center of excellence Inauguration of Regional Knowledge Hub for the Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Eurasia; training implemented for Ukrainian care teams responsible for providing antiretroviral therapy in the country All-Ukrainian conference on standardized patient approach to medical education Teen counseling center opened at University Primary Healthcare Center in Kharkiv Nursing conference for 500 primary healthcare nurses sponsored by Kharkiv Primary Healthcare Center Opening of 2 dental clinics at University Family Medicine Training Center in Uzhgorod Translation into Ukrainian and distribution of manual on neonatal resuscitation Africa Award of new 5-year cooperative agreement by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration to establish an HIV/AIDS Twinning Center to serve 15 focus countries (including 12 in Africa: Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, plus Guyana, Haiti and Vietnam); initial consultations with US government country teams in focus countries on HIV/AIDS plans and twinning opportunities Eritrea 7 ■ Award of new USAID Health Professions Education Partnership Program in Eritrea (began in 2005) Annual Program Report 2004 5
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