The partnership linking PCD-CI — a technical working group comprised
of three voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) sites
in Côte d’Ivoire — with Kenya-based
Liverpool VCT graduated from the Twinning Center’s technical assistance
program in June 2010.
The overall objective of this south-south partnership was to scale up comprehensive, high quality HIV counseling and testing services
in Côte d’Ivoire.
Liverpool VCT proved to be an invaluable resource partner, sharing its extensive experience with implementing HIV counseling and testing services and related quality assurance and monitoring programs, providing technical assistance on topics including
supervision, evaluation, policy and standards development, and accreditation.
Specifically partners worked together to increase PCD-CI’s capacity to
support the delivery of quality counseling and testing training activities on a national level. They also
supported implementation of a revised, comprehensive national policy on counseling and testing; as well as a
national level counselor supervision program and
finger-prick testing algorithm.
PCD-CI's organizational capacity was sufficiently strengthened through the Twinning Center partnership with Liverpool VCT to earn the VCT sites direct funding from CDC/Côte d’Ivoire following its graduation from AIHA's technical assistance program in 2010. This support is allowing them to continue implementation of much-need counseling and testing services in the country.
Updated November 14, 2011
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