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Using ICTs and Mobile Technologies - the Twinning Center
Experience in Africa
HIV/AIDS Twinning Center www.TwinningAgainstAIDS.org
Sailas Nyareza and Kelly WolfeHIV/AIDS Twinning Center
American International Health Alliance
The HIV/AIDS Twinning Center Launched in 2004 by the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) and HRSA to support PEPFAR programs.
AIHA was founded in 1992 by a broad coalition of healthcare delivery associations and the USG to create health sector twinning partnerships to strengthen human and organizational capacity in post cold war Europe and Eurasia. The Twinning Center utilizes a volunteer-driven, peer-to-peer “twinning” methodology refined by AIHA over nearly two decades of practical implementation in more than 150 partnerships in 33 countries.
Currently, the Twinning Center manages programs in10 countries: Botswana * Ethiopia * Kenya
Mozambique * Namibia * Nigeria Russia * South Africa * Tanzania * Zambia
Learning Resources Program: builds institutional capacity to access, utilize and evaluate evidence-based information and practice.
HIV/AIDS Twinning Center www.TwinningAgainstAIDS.org
HIV/AIDS Twinning Center www.TwinningAgainstAIDS.org
Program Objectives
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The Learning Resources Program HIV/AIDS Learning Resource Centers
E-Knowledge Portal
Distance Learning
Mobile Technologies
Telemedicine and mHealth
Information Literacy Program
Learning Resources Program presence in Africa
• Zambia -18 LRCs• Ethiopia - 4 LRCs & Drug
Information Center• Nigeria - 2 LRCs• Namibia - 1 LRC• Botswana - 1 LRC• Tanzania – Social Work
Knowledge Hub• South Africa – 1 LRC &
mLearning projects
27 Learning Resource Centers, Knowledge Hub, mLearning & Information Literacy programs
Program Objectives
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To build institutional capacity to access,
evaluate, and utilize up-to-date online and offline
healthcare knowledge resources.
To foster professional communication and knowledge sharing platforms among
healthcare workers and institutions designed to improve the quality of
patient care, support peer networking, and encourage cross-institutional
collaboration.
To promote evidence-based practice through the
institutional review of current clinical standards
and the use of point-of-care applications for clinical
decision support.
Objective 1
Objective 3
Objective 2
Learning Resources Program Objectives
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• Dynamic web portal hosted by COSTECH (Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology)
• Information exchange, knowledge sharing and online communities for the Emerging Schools of Social Work and the profession in Tanzania
• Developed by AIHA & Social Work partners in TZ
http://www.kiota.or.tz/
• Introduction to evidence-based practice• How to keep updated with professional
information (social work & medical)• Developing patient education materials• How to be a successful distance learner
3 week courses via email
Distance Learning courses
Participants receive tutorials and assignments via email. Learner support is provided via email and Skype. Participants share ideas during the 3-week period and even continue to interact after the course.
The next phase will provide these courses on Moodle Learning Management System.
Mobile Technologies
• More than half of Africa’s one billion population have a mobile phone
• Africa became the world’s second most connected region after Asia in late 2011, with 616 million mobile subscribers
• The prices of smartphones and tablets are going down significantly
• Mobile operators are Africa’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Distance learning course for Clinical Associates using their
smartphones
Accessing clinical practice guidelines
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University of Pretoria’s Tembisa Clinical Learning Center
• South African clinical practice guidelines on HIV/AIDS available to Clinical Associates at the point-of-care using the tablets
• Medical apps installed – Medscape, Skyscape, Lexicomp allowing offline access to clinical reference resources
• Tablets integrated in learning programs
Health Information Literacy programCourse to enable individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." [American Library Association, 2004]
Capacity building of our Clinical Associate partners in South Africa to deliver a focused information literacy program for the Clinical Associate students – University of Pretoria
Technical support in incorporating a new module on use of smartphones and tablets for accessing and sharing medical information
Similar program is now starting at the Polytechnic of Namibia, School of Health and Applied Sciences
Thank you!!
HIV/AIDS Twinning Center www.TwinningAgainstAIDS.org
Sailas NyarezaKelly Wolfe
HIV/AIDS Twinning CenterAmerican International Health Alliance
1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 350Washington, DC 20005Tel: +1-202-789-1136
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]