Catholic Relief Services conducted a rapid livelihoods assessment in the West Bank city of Nablus to better understand the challenges that urban dwellers face and to develop potential interventions.
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This case study – the third in a series – documents transition of the AIDSRelief antiretroviral treatment program to the Churches Health Association of Zambia. It is hoped that the case studies will assist other implementers as they embark on the road to transition.
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After communities create water systems, local WASH committees are responsible for maintaining the improvements. Six years after a water system was installed in the Ethiopian village of Hafa-Ela, community members have ensured that safe water is available for residents.
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Shelter is crucial to emergency preparedness and response initiatives. Catholic Relief Services presented the following posters at the 2012 CRS Emergency Preparedness and Response Symposium:
This handbook documents Catholic Relief Service’s experience in planning and implementing its urban transitional shelter response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The publication highlights challenges, successes and key aspects that could be useful in future responses to urban disasters.
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Highlights from the State of the Art (SOTA) Meeting on Nutrition Assessment, Counseling and Support (NACS)
Getting the Knack of NACS was a two-day event on Nutrition Assessment, Counseling and Support (NACS) in the context of HIV, held on February 22-23, 2012, in Washington, DC. The conference report includes a summary of the evidence to-date, achievements and challenges, and strategies for expansion of NACS.
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The Site Capacity Assessment tool developed by AIDSRelief lists a set of indicators related to capacity in twelve program components that are critical to delivering quality care and treatment in a consistent and sustainable way. An initial SCA was conducted in February 2010 at St. Luke Hospital in Ethiopia. This paper documents results and lessons learned.
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As part of Continuous Quality Improvement, AIDSRelief Ethiopia identified low male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs and decided to implement a Small Tests of Change approach designed to increase male testing. Strategies that were successful in increasing male partner testing included (1) educating providers of the importance of male partner involvement and its impacts on the mothers’ wellbeing and babies’ outcomes, (2)intensified use of partners “invitation cards” and (3) repeated requests for male partner testing at each health providers’ encounter with the mothers.
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AIDSRelief Ethiopia supported six health facility laboratories in providing essential HIV services with the goal of strengthening the overall laboratory capacity. Laboratory Quality Improvement Tools (LQITs) were created for rapid identification of service gaps. Based on assessment findings, AIDSRelief adopted a multi-faceted strategy to improve laboratory performance in these areas: systems support, infrastructure and material support, and human resource capacity support.
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Hospitals, health centers and community-level support need to be systematically linked to optimize patient outcomes through monitoring and prevention of loss to follow-up. AIDSRelief Ethiopia implemented its care delivery model that links hospitals, health centers and the community, at St. Luke hospital and its surrounding five government health centers. The model and lessons learned are documented here.
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