Building sustainable organizational capacity to deliver HIV programs in resource-constrained settings: stakeholder perspectives

Building sustainable organizational capacity to deliver HIV programs in resource-constrained settings: stakeholder perspectives

BACKGROUND In 2008, the US government mandated that HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) should shift from US-based international partners (IPs) to registered locally owned organizations (local partners, or LPs). The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) developed the Clinical Assessment for Systems Strengthen...

Development of a technical assistance framework for building organizational capacity of health programs in resource-limited settings

BACKGROUND Little information exists on the technical assistance needs of local indigenous organizations charged with managing HIV care and treatment programs funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This paper describes the methods used to adapt the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) framework, which has successfully strengthened HIV primary care services in the U...

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Resource-Constrained Settings

Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: comparing stakeholder perspectives

BACKGROUND The capacity to conduct zoonotic pathogen surveillance in wildlife is critical for the recognition and identification of emerging health threats. The PREDICT project, a component of United States Agency for International Development's Emerging Pandemic Threats program, has introduced capacity building efforts to increase zoonotic pathogen surveillance in wildlife in global 'hot spot'...

Querying Uncertain Data in Resource Constrained Settings

Querying Uncertain Data in Resource Constrained Settings