Media Institute of Southern Africa - Gaborone / Zambia Institute of Mass Communication

(2007 - Present)

This south-south partnership is working to improve the quality and scope of HIV/AIDS-related information available through the mass media by providing targeted training to journalists and editors in Botswana.

Marang Childcare Network / The Children's Place Association

(2008 - Present)

With the goal of improving community-based support services available to orphans and vulnerable children in Botswana, this partnership focuses on building the institutional capacity of Marang and its constituent organizations that provide OVC care.

Botswana Institute of Health Sciences / African Palliative Care Association

(2007 - Present)

This south-south partnership is strengthening the Institute's capacity to provide pre- and in-service training on palliative care and helping integrate palliative care concepts into existing pharmacy technology, health education, and dental therapy programs.

Tebelepole VCT / Liverpool VCT

(2007 - Present)

This south-south partnership is strengthening Tebelepole's institutional capacity with the goal of improving voluntary counseling and testing services, prevention and outreach programs, and quality assurance capabilities.

Hope Worldwide / African Palliative Care Association

(2007 - 2011)

This south-south partnership is advocating for increased availability to appropriate palliative care medicines and working to improve the overall provision of palliative care services available in Cote d'Ivoire.

AIDS Resource Center / National Clinician’s Consultation Center at the University of California-San Francisco

(2006 - Present)

This partnership is working to support pharmaceutical and laboratory institutions through the development and expansion of a national telephone consultation service or "warmline" that offers information and advice to healthcare professionals working in HIV/AIDS care.

Volunteer Healthcare Corps - Ethiopian Diaspora Initiative

(2006 - Present)

This innovative initiative is helping build institutional capacity to combat HIV/AIDS by recruiting health and allied professionals from the Ethiopian Diaspora for long-term volunteer placements at PEPFAR-supported organizations throughout Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa University School of Pharmacy / Howard University Pharmacist and Continuing Education Center

(2007 - Present)

Pharmacists play a key role in HIV/AIDS clinical care, so this university-to-university partnership is working to strengthen AAU's capacity to provide high quality pre-service and in-service training to support ART scale up throughout Ethiopia.

Debre Berhan Hospital / Elmhurst Hospital Center

(2007 - Present)

Partners are collaborating to improve hospital services - including treatment, care, and psycho-social support - for PLWH in Debre Berhan's catchment area. They are also working to increase patient involvement as a means to improve quality of care and better ensure adherence to ARV treatment.

Ambo Hospital / Jersey Shore University Medical Center

(2007 - 2011)

Members of this hospital-to-hospital partnership are working to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS care by developing both human resource and organizational capacity at Ambo. Key objectives include establishing an infection control program and strengthening coordination of care services to improve patient retention.

Ethiopia Ministry of Health, National Counseling and Testing Sites / Liverpool VCT

(2007 - Present)

This south-south partnership is working to improve access to voluntary counseling and testing, particularly in under-served or disadvantaged segments of the population, as well as increase national capacity to train workers to provide counseling and testing.

Mozambican National Nursing Association (ANEMO) / African Palliative Care Association

(2006 - 2008)

This south-south partnership focused on building the institutional capacity of ANEMO, strengthening its capacity as a member organization to help improve HIV-related nursing care throughout Mozambique. ANEMO now participates in a second Twinning Center partnership with St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing at Moravian College (see below).

Namaacha Health Center and Esperanza-Beluluane VCT Center / University of California - San Francisco School of Nursing

(2006 - 2010)

Partners implemented "prevention with positives" programs in two distinct community-based settings: a healthcare clinic and a VCT and peer support center. They also expanded these successful prevention services to Mozambique's Sofala and Zambezia provinces.

Brits Hospital / Foundation for Professional Development

(2005 - 2007)

This south-south partnership, which graduated in September 2007, focused on improving ART and related services at Brits Hospital HIV/AIDS Clinic and its affiliated referral sites. The partnership initiated ART for 1,831 patients; expanded VCT services to four referral sites; and greatly improved care and support services for PLWH in South Africa's North West Province.

Foundation for Professional Development / University of California - San Francisco School of Nursing

(2007 - 2010)

Partners worked to strengthen FPD's training capacity to improve HIV-related care and services at the clinics it supports, as well as to develop a cadre of nurse leaders who can serve as technical experts and mentors for implementing a new HIV Nurse Case Management Model.

University of the Free State, Centre for Health Systems Research and Development / State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

(2007 - 2010)

Partners worked to strengthen the Centre's ability to collect, analyze, and report scientific data on HIV and TB infections in South Africa's Free State. Once disseminated, this research will inform policy and practices in the province and throughout the country.

(2010 - Present)

Based on the organizational capacity developed through their partnership with SUNY-Downstate, the Free State partners were awarded direct funding from CDC/South Africa to conduct a Public Health Evaluation designed to implement and evaluate interventions that increase uptake of HIV testing among TB patients in the Free State.

The Tanzania Nursing Initiative

(2005 - Present)

With its roots in an institutional twinning partnership linking Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences School of Nursing with the University of California - San Francisco School of Nursing, the Tanzania Nursing Initiative has evolved into a far-reaching technical assistance and support program that is supporting nursing education and professionalism throughout the country.

The Tanzania Social Work and OVC Support Initiative

(2006-Present)

Partners at the Tanzania Institute of Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work, and the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center at the University of Illinois - Chicago are improving care and support for orphans and vulnerable children by providing in-service social work training to community-based workers, as well as addressing Tanzania's long-term need for skilled social workers by strengthening pre-service training programs, working with emerging schools of social work throughout the country, and supporting professional social work associations.

Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare / Boulder Community Hospital

(2006-Present)

Partners are strengthening capacity to provide high quality HIV diagnostic services at regional laboratories throughout the country.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania / Empower Tanzania

(2007 - Present)

Partners are improving treatment and care services for PLWH in Tanzania's Pare Diocese by training medical and non-medical workers in palliative care.

Volunteer Healthcare Corps - Tanzania Preceptors Initiative

(2007 - 2010)

In support of Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's goal of expanding ART services at more than 200 care and treatment sites, the VHC actively recruited clinical experts to provide onsite technical assistance through this Initiative. Currently, AIHA's VHC supports the efforts of our institutional partnerships and programs by recruiting skilled volunteers to provide technical support and mentoring as requested.

Palliative Care Association of Zambia / African Palliative Care Association

(2005 - 2010)

This south-south partnership worked to develop institutional and human resource capacity at PCAZ and position the organization as a leading advocate for national palliative care policies and standards throughout Zambia.

(2010 - Present)

In September 2010, PCAZ began receiving direct funding from the Twinning Center to continue their efforts to strengthen palliative care throughout Zambia.

Zambia HIV/AIDS Media Initiative

(2005 - 2006)

In partnership with the Zambia Institute of Mass Communication Educational Trust, this innovative initiative focused on improving the accuracy, quality, and scope of HIV/AIDS-related coverage in mass media outlets throughout Zambia and other PEPFAR-supported countries by training journalists and editorial staff.

Zambian Defense Forces Learning Resource Center Initiative

(2005 - Present)

Building on an existing relationship between the Zambian Defense Force and the US Department of Defense, this partnership is working to improve HIV treatment and care for military personnel and their families by improving access to evidence-based medical resources through information and communication technologies.

University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka and Livingstone / Center for International Health

(2006 - Present)

Partners are working to improve ART and related care for children living with HIV by training pharmacists at two Pediatric HIV/AIDS Centers of Excellence and better integrating them into HIV care teams. They are also building local capacity to implement ongoing professional development and training opportunities.

Zambia Institute of Mass Communication Educational Trust / University of Kentucky School of Journalism

(2008 - Present)

Partners are working to build ZAMCOM's capacity as a media training institution with the objective of increasing public awareness about HIV/AIDS through improved media coverage of the epidemic.