Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Details for Mechanism ID: 10603
Country/Region: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Main Partner: American Society for Clinical Pathology
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $200,000

This is a continuing activity. The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) has been providing technical assistance to the Ethiopia Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) and the national lab system since 2005 with the primary goal of strengthening national public health laboratory services. ASCP support has been crucial for expansion of lab monitoring services (such as CD4) to support ART services in Ethiopia. The ASCP program will continue to focus on laboratory strengthening, specifically in the areas of improving pre-service training within local universities, supporting laboratory accreditation efforts, and addressing laboratory human resource in-service training needs through the development of continuing medical education and certification. ASCP's continuing medical education activities target specific laboratory professionals not reached by other USG activities.All of ASCPs technical assistance promotes and enables long-term sustainability of the Ethiopias laboratory services as it relates to HIV/AIDS service delivery and supports the GOE efforts to strengthen the laboratory system nation-wide. In addition, ASCP supports the goals of the GOE's National Strategic Plan (SPMII) and is aligned with the goals of the GOE and USG HIV/AIDS Partnership Framework and Global Health Initiative. ASCP has in place a system to monitor and report on program performance.

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $200,000

In prior years, ASCP supported national efforts to standardize pre-service training curriculum for medical laboratory education. ASCP provided technical assistance for the development of a clinician handbook and prepared the national reference laboratory for international accreditation. ASCP rolled out the Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation (SLMTA) training and conducted three rounds of SLMTA workshops. Under COP2012, ASCP curriculum experts will continue to work with the Ethiopian medical laboratory schools to provide technical support and coaching to laboratory school instructors in the practical teaching of hematology and chemistry courses. USG CME programs have previously been targeted towards physicians. The ASCP program specifically addresses the needs of and targets laboratory-related professionals (e.g. instructors, laboratory techs). In collaboration with the Ethiopian Medical Laboratory Association, ASCP will develop a continuing medical education (CME) certification program for laboratory school instructors and professionals which is not included in any current CME activities. ASCP curriculum experts will assist with the actual teaching of classes and in developing new lectures based on school-specific needs or continuing education training needs. ASCP will provide reference books, atlases and manuals for the pre- service laboratory training activities and support the development of the modules for chemistry, hematology and CD4 training that will be used for continuing education of laboratory workers. The updated curriculum in modular form will be used for nation-wide training. Lastly, ASCP will support the implementation of the national WHO/AFRO accreditation scheme initiative by providing a series of task-based SLMTA training with follow up post training to assess performance improvement. ASCP will assist in conducting post SLMTA assessment of laboratories and evaluating the overall WHO/AFRO accreditation effort.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $90,000
Human Resources for Health $90,000