Download Libyan European partnership for infectious diseases control

Libyan-UK partnership on Infectious
Diseases Control
Professor Abdulhafid A. Abudher
MBBch,DGO,FRCOG,MD,FABOG
Director of National Centre for Infectious disease
prevention and Control
NCIDC
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Established in 2002.
Providing technical support.
Control of46 infectious and endemic
diseases.
There are 27 Branches all over the
country.
www.nidcc.org.ly
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The centre is leading too many
programs
scientific committees, and each
committee is from the very eminent
Libyan scientist in that field from all
over country.
Education, public and community.
Relations
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Memorandums of understanding
signed with the governmental and
nongovernmental organization. dealing
with communicable disease.
Large number of institutes and
organizations world wide.
WWW.
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Research ,Survey, Publications.
Libyan Medical Index www.lmi.com.ly
Biannual scientific conference
www.nidcc-idsc.org.ly .
A dynamic website for all types of
influenza including the latest on swine
flu is open for communication with the
public and medicals
www.avianflu.org.ly .
LJID
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Libyan Journal of Infectious Disease
www.nidnn-jid.org.ly , which is an
official periodical of the centre and in
Index Medics W.H.O , E.M.R.O, and in
Libyan Medical Index.
Libyan European partnership for infectious
diseases control programme
(LEPIDC)
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lessons learnt from the previous projects
need to expand the activities towards Infectious
diseases (ID) to the whole country
(LEPIDC) is more ambitious and challenging than
the previous one.
LEPIDC
Aims
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enlarging the support to the country at various
levels:
Support to regional hospitals ,(units in five
regional hospitals will be targeted).
Institutional support to the NCIDC.
LEPIDC
Support Levles
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Development of curricula which include
application of knowledge, practical skills and
professionalism with particular emphasis on
confronting stigmatisation of PLHIV.
projects objectives
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The overall objective of the project is to improve
health status of the population of Libya in the area
of HIV/AIDS and other ID.
Strengthen the capacity of the Government of
Libya to develop appropriate approaches in the
management of HIV/AIDS and other ID through
the provision of TA and training.
National HIV/AIDS Strategy in
Libya
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Support to the Development and
Implementation of a National HIV/AIDS
Strategy in Libya
Implementing agency:
Liverpool School
of Tropical Medicine
Specific objective
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Provision of a technical assistance to the
Government of Libya to finalize the
development of a 2009-2013 National
HIV/AIDS Strategy
Provision of an appropriate treatment, support
and care to children and adults with HIV and
AIDS
Main Interventions
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formulate a National HIV Strategy that
addresses Libya’s priority issues for HIV
prevention and care
obtain critical biological, social and
behavioural estimates to guide and assess the
strategy
analyze these data and draw evidence based
conclusions from them
Main Interventions,,,,
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develop policies and procedures to effectively
promote best practice, evidence-based harm
minimisation activities amongst key high risk
groups (IDU, FSW, MSM)
coordinate the dissemination of key HIV
strategy messages and policies
Key Tasks
1.Support for National Strategy formulation
and dissemination
2.Capacity building of national counterparts
and national organisations
3.Data collection and analysis support
4. Data for decision making
MOU , Libya / UK
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Signed on May 19, 2008 .
Health Protection Agency.
Tmc/MRSA
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Advising team.
Wilton Park
Real time surveillance.
Scope visit
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Developing a structured national
health care associated infection
program.
Laboratories
Infection control
Post Visit
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Report outlining the current status of
Libyan laboratories.
Identify individual projects with full
cost.
Trilateral Program
Libya,UK,USA
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promote cooperation in life science research
for peaceful purposes.
Assistance on infectious disease control
workshop on human infectious disease
surveillance,
provision of hands-on training for Libyan
veterinary scientists .
establishing contact points in relevant UK
human, animal and plant health institutions
Thank you