Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 13395
Country/Region: Ghana
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

To support the implementation of the laboratory management framework for accreditation, it is important to improve pre-service training curricula in laboratory diagnosis and monitoring of diseases with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS. USG Ghana's partnership Framework (PF), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), will work with the TBD local medical technology school or academic institution to review the curricula and incorporate HIV standard of care tests, new technology, quality assurance and laboratory management in order to ensure that trainees from the schools are well-equipped to work in the national laboratory network upon graduation.

Funding for Laboratory Infrastructure (HLAB): $0

The To Be Determined (TBD) CDC International Lab Coalition partner will be granted funding to provide technical laboratory assistance through pre-service training curriculum development. The TBD partner will work with key stakeholders including university faculty and the medical technology school to conduct a pre-service gap analysis and develop a consensual work plan for the revision of curricula to aid in teaching laboratory focused methods and courses. The TBD partner will ensure inclusion of information on new technologies, instrumentation and procedures, and provide training to faculty on quality assurance and new technologies in the clinical laboratory. The TBD partner will also develop supplemental materials, exercises, enhanced exams, timetables and activities; and will also organize pre-service training designed to provide the faculty with newly developed curriculum and exercises. The TBD partner trainers will employ participatory methods for interactive learning and promotion of teamwork in the training of trainers workshop for 25 key faculty members and directors of schools of medical technology.

The TBD partner will facilitate twinning of local academic institutions with another educational institution supported by the TBD partner to provide information sharing related to faculty interactive teaching techniques. It will provide mentorship and technical assistance to the school trainers for the reviewed curriculum by pairing with faculty from U.S. universities.

The twinning partnership will build the capacity of the country's regional laboratories to provide quality HIV/AIDS diagnostic services to patients. Through this mentorship program, laboratory personnel and students will increase their knowledge, practical skills and confidence to provide quality up-to-date HIV/AIDS diagnostic services. This will result in a larger pool of competent laboratory technicians to sustain the country's laboratory services.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $0
Human Resources for Health $0