Description
ENDORSE EDCTP-CSA-Ebola-337
Short name: ENDORSE EDCTP-CSA-Ebola-337
Title: ENhancing individual and institutional infectious Disease Outbreaks ResponSe capacities of healthcare professionals to mitigate infectious Emergencies in the Northern Uganda region
Geographical Scope: Sub – Saharan Africa
Participating Countries: Uganda
Duration: 2 years
Role: Leader (UNIMI)
Consortium: St Mary’s Hospital Lacor, L. Sacco Hospital, Kimmage Development Studies Centre
Contracting Authority: The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this project is to build and strengthen individual and institutional preparedness to respond to infectious disease outbreaks resulting in health emergency at the regional and district level in Northern Uganda Region.
ACTIVITIES
To attain the specific objective, the project will assess existing capacities and training needs in order to develop a need-based and tailored training model to train healthcare professionals (laboratory and other healthcare personnel such as physicians and nurses) from district level hospitals in the target region. In particular, the project will design and develop a Train-the-Trainer (TtT) training program to train at least two professionals (one from the laboratories and one from the infectious diseases unit) per identified hospital. These two professionals will be trained not only to enhance their capacities and skills in responding to infectious diseases outbreaks, but also to build or enhance their capacities and skills to further transfer their knowledge in their workplace. In summary, they will be trained to become trainers during the following phase of the project. Training will be evaluated to assess the results and qualify the participants to become trainers. At a later stage, qualified trainers will be supported by the project to deliver training courses in their organization to at least 10 trainees per identified hospital. Training results will be evaluated to assess the overall impact of the educational activities implemented within the framework of the project. Finally, dissemination of the results produced within the framework of the project to a wide audience in order to ensure sustainability, will be ensured at both the local level in the districts of the region and at national level thanks to the final national conference.