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Improving HIV Care for Key Populations in the Caribbean

Post categories: Caribbean Differentiated Care Gender/Women & Girls HIV Care and Treatment Human Resources for Health Key Populations
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Key, at-risk populations in the region include men who have sex with men (MSM), bisexual men, transgender women, and sex workers. In Jamaica, HIV prevalence among MSM was estimated at 32.8%,1 as compared to an estimated prevalence of 1.8% in the general adult population in 2017.1 Among transgender women, the HIV prevalence was estimated between 25.2%2 – 52.9%3 and among female sex workers, HIV prevalence is estimated at 2%.1 Reducing stigma and discrimination toward vulnerable groups in health care settings can have a positive impact on enrollment in care, retention in care and treatment, and viral suppression of HIV in communities most heavily burdened by HIV infection.

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Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative in the Caribbean

Post categories: Best Practices Caribbean Clinical Mentoring Differentiated Care eLearning/Distance Learning HIV Care and Treatment Key Populations Lydia Chwastiak Quality Improvement Transition & Sustainability
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Since 2013, I-TECH has led quality improvement (QI) collaboratives in the Caribbean region, enabling multidisciplinary teams at health facilities to work toward a common goal of improving care and treatment for HIV-positive patients.
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Field Epidemiology Training Program in Malawi

Post categories: Gabrielle O'Malley Human Resources for Health Malawi Surveillance
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The Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program (Frontline FETP) enhances the capacity of HIV and AIDS surveillance and strengthens health systems. The program contributes to a sustainable response to HIV by training health professionals in basic field epidemiology that can support responsiveness to HIV surveillance needs.  Continue reading “Field Epidemiology Training Program in Malawi”

Human Resources for Health in Mozambique

Post categories: Ann Downer Clinical Mentoring HIV and STI Prevention Human Resources for Health Mozambique
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I-TECH’s long engagement with clinician education in Mozambique includes support for improvements to the national undergraduate (“pre-service”) curriculum for laboratory technicians (Técnicos Medio de Laboratório) to make the content more current and reflect the health care priorities of the country, including advances in HIV diagnostics and treatment monitoring. The curriculum is now standardized so that students at all health training institutes (HTIs) are taught using the same material and methods. Continue reading “Human Resources for Health in Mozambique”

Case Finding and Retention in Care in Mozambique

Post categories: Clinical Mentoring Demand Creation HIV and STI Prevention Male Circumcision Matthew Golden Monitoring & Evaluation Mozambique Quality Improvement Scott Barnhart
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I-TECH works with the Mozambique Ministry of Health (MISAU) to expand a pilot project to provide an assisted partner services intervention. The project is aimed at encouraging patients newly diagnosed with HIV infection to disclose their status to their partners, and bring them to the clinic for testing. Continue reading “Case Finding and Retention in Care in Mozambique”

VMMC for HIV Prevention in Mozambique

Post categories: Male Circumcision Mozambique
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I-TECH assists the Mozambique Ministry of Health (MISAU) to improve the quality, safety and performance of the VMMC sites through external quality assurance visits and mentoring of site staff. I-TECH has helped to design and conduct an evaluation of demand creation activities that were designed to motivate men age 15-49 years to choose VMMC.

 

Quality Improvement (QI) of HIV Care and Treatment, and Expanded Clinical Mentoring in Mozambique

Post categories: Ann Downer Clinical Mentoring eLearning/Distance Learning HIV Care and Treatment Monitoring & Evaluation Mozambique Quality Improvement
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I-TECH provides assistance to MISAU in implementation of the national Quality Improvement for HIV Services (QIHS) Strategy, with the goal of improving HIV clinical care through the training of clinicians in QI cycles (Plan-Do-Study-Act) and mentoring to improve weak performance indicators. To expand the impact of its programming, ART Committees and distance learning have been used to reach health workers in more rural settings.

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Site-level Data Improvement and Use in Namibia

Post categories: Gabrielle O'Malley Monitoring & Evaluation Namibia Quality Improvement
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I-TECH continues to focus efforts on the improvement of data quality and use of data to improve clinical decision making. I-TECH works at the site level to build awareness and buy-in for data quality and use among site-level management and health care workers.

On-site I-TECH Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers and Program Assistants monitor completeness and accuracy of service delivery documentation from the point of patient encounter to the point of final data capture in Ministry of Health and Social Services electronic databases. M&E Officers promote the use of data by clinicians and facility management for systems improvement and performance enhancement.