Russian-American Cooperation Strengthens Capacity in Tanzanian Medical Laboratories, Improves HIV Diagnostics
Kathryn Utan
Throughout Africa and many other developing regions of the world, inefficient, poorly equipped or maintained, and inadequately staffed medical laboratories represent a major barrier to the
provision of high quality healthcare services. The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) reports that most laboratories on that continent lack the institutional, material, and human resource capacity required to achieve WHO accreditation and operate as an effective component of healthcare systems in these nations.
Read about how AIHA's USAID-supported Strategic Health Partnership Initiative enabled four Russian experts to train and mentor lab workers in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, Tanzania, in the attached article.
This innovative initiative has already placed nine Russian lab experts in long-term mentorships in Botswana, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, with another nine slated for deployment to Africa by spring 2010. To learn more about the project, please visit us on the Web at: http://www.aiha.com/en/WhatWeDo/HIV-AIDS_RussiaSHPI.asp.
Kathryn M. Utan
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