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The Institutional Impact of Three
AIHA Twinning Partnerships with
Addis Ababa University
Dr. Atalay Alem Ejigu
Chief Executive Director, Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences
ICASA 2011Satellite Session
“Institutional Twinning Partnerships as a Mechanism for Health Systems Strengthening and
Sustainable Development of Human Resources for Health”
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5 December 2011
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Addis Ababa University (AAU), School of Pharmacy and
Howard University, College of Pharmacy
Partnership established November 2006
Goal: To provide quality pharmaceutical services through the human and institutional
capacity building of pharmacy educators, current and future pharmacists and
institutional capacity building of drug information centers
Objectives:
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To strengthen the capacity of SoP, AAU to provide clinical-oriented, evidence-based,
unbiased, and up-to-date pharmaceutical information for faculty and students
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To enhancing the capacity of pharmacy professionals to deliver quality services by
establishing a model Continuing Pharmacy Education program at SoP
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To strengthen the quality of pharmacy services by assisting SoP, AAU in the
implementation of internationally recognized clinical pharmacy education and training
including the development of a five year clinical pharmacy Bachelors’ degree program
and a Master’s in Clinical Pharmacy program
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AAU, School of Pharmacy and Howard University,
College of Pharmacy
Achievements and outcomes:
• National BS pharmacy curriculum was extended from 4 to 5 years, with
increased training and experiential learning in clinical pharmacy practice
• Trained the first cohort of Masters students in clinical pharmacy
• Establishment of a replicable Drug Information Center of Excellence at
AAU/Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and five satellite centers at regional
universities
• Masters students in clinical pharmacy completed a 6-week residency in
clinical pharmacy training through a south-south collaboration with the
University Teaching hospital in Zambia
• Conducted training for healthcare workers on medication safety, safe use of
medications in the emergency department, and drug information
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AAU, School of Medicine/University of WisconsinAdult Emergency Medicine
Partnership established 2009
Goal:
To strengthen the capacity of AAU/Tikur Anbessa Hospital to provide care
and antiretroviral treatment services for PLW/HIV by developing EM
training, education and resources
Objectives
• Strengthen human and organizational capacity to provide EM services by
providing training and education
• Provide resources and education for the new Emergency Medicine Training
(EMT) Center
• Increase coordination of health care services and client retention in ARV
treatment programs
• Work with AAU to create EM pre-service, distance learning and clinical trainings
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AAU, School of Medicine/University of Wisconsin-Adult
Emergency Medicine
Achievements and outcomes:
• Launched Ethiopia’s first Emergency Medicine Training Center (EMTC)
• Graduated 4 Ethiopian physicians and 4 nurses from a UW-hosted fellowship in
Emergency Medicine
• Launched a three year Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2010
• Launched Masters program in Emergency and Critical Care in Nursing Program,
2010
• Trained over 1000 health care workers in EM trainings such as Basic Life Support,
Basic and Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, Advanced Cardiac Life Support,
Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Supported Ethiopia’s FMOH Pre-Hospital Care Initiative
• Established an Evidence-Based Medicine Learning Resource Center (LRC)
• Implemented Quality Improvement projects to improve patient care and hospital
services at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital
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AAU, School of Medicine/University of WisconsinPediatric Emergency Medicine
Partnership established 2010
Goal: Strengthen pediatric emergency services in Ethiopia by improving
emergency medicine services and training opportunity at AAU/TASH and other
partnering hospital
Objectives:
• Strengthen pediatric emergency and medical services and pre-service and
in-service pediatric medicine training opportunities at AAU/TASH
• Strengthen the human and organizational capacity of AAU/TASH to provide
pediatric emergency medicine services
• Provide training opportunities at the Emergency Medicine Training Center
to pre-service students, AAU faculty and staff, and other healthcare
providers
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AAU, School of Medicine/University of WisconsinPediatric Emergency Medicine
Achievements and outcomes:
• Partners conducted pediatric emergency medicine needs assessment and
baseline survey to guide development of partnership objectives and
activities
• Trained 2 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians, 2 Specialty Physicians
• Established an Evidence-Based Medicine Learning Resource Center
• Developed a condensed competency based Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellows Curriculum based on guidelines from the American Academy of
Pediatrics
• Developed and implemented four quality improvement projects to
improve pediatric emergency medicine care and services at Tikur Anbessa
Specialty Hospital (TASH)
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Summary
Major achievements contributed by the partnerships to address Ethiopia’s human
resources for health challenges include:
• Initiation of Clinical pharmacy training in collaboration with Howard University
• Establishment of Drug Information Centers
• Training of four EM specialists in collaboration with UW to spearhead
establishment of the Department of EM in the School of Medicine
• Initiation of EM specialty training for doctors and nurses in the School of
Medicine
• Effective implementation of quality improvement projects to improve health
services at Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital
• Paediatric Emergency Fellowship has been initiated
• Establishment of Center of Excellence, Emergency Medicine Training Center at
AAU
These projects are long awaited by respective schools of AAU , in some cases for
over ten years.
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Upcoming Activities
-Development of Emergency Medicine Association
-Training 2nd Cohort of Emergency Medicine Residents and
Masters in Emergency Medicine and Critical care nursing
-Establishment of a Poison Control Information Center with
the Tikur Anbessa Emergency Department
-Implementation of additional Drug Information Centers at
regional universities
-Training of 1st Cohort of Masters in Clinical Pharmacy
students
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Unique Elements of the Twinning
Methodology
All three partnerships are:
• Demand driven and owned by the public institution
• Implemented in the highest learning institution of the
country
• Help to retain and scale –up the health workforce within
the public institution
• Focus on capacity building
• Sustainable
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Conclusion
• Twinning partnerships with the AAU, School of Health
Sciences are sustainable
• These partnerships have laid a solid foundation for
capacity strengthening of the country’s highest learning
institution
• Twinning has been an effective and successful technical
assistance model for AAU. We encourage others to
embrace the twinning concept
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Other Contributors
In addition to Twinning Center, Howard University and
University of Wisconsin, Madison mentioned earlier, the
following have made important contributions to the
projects
• People to People-P2P
• University of Toronto
• Committed individuals
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Contact Information
Dr. Atalay Alem Ejigu
Chief Executive Director
Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences
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Kidest Hailu
AIHA-Twinning Center, Ethiopia
Country Director
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Laura Laskofski
AIHA-Twinning Center
Program Officer
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