| Description |
ECHO
has for a number of years provided training in the UK to technical maintenance
staff from hospitals in the developing world. In response to a growing
demand from health providers in Sub-Saharan Africa for the training to
be more directly relevant to local circumstances, it now wishes to investigate
training overseas. As part of this strategy, this project aims to organise
a pilot training in one African country and conduct an impact study of
its effects on the beneficiary hospital, to which it will also provide
limited technical assistance before and after training. The impact assessment
will include an analysis of skill transfer, quantitative data such as the
number of help requests before and after training, functioning state of
hospital equipment, impact on service delivery to patients, impact on views
and support of hospital management towards maintenance. The “lessons learned”
from this project will serve as a basis for setting up a broader overseas
training programme in cooperation with an overseas partner. The results
of the impact study will also be disseminated to professionals and institutions
active in the field. Funding for this project includes the partial provision
of spare parts and tool kits associated with the training.
A first report
from the training course is now available in Word format.
ECHO
has broad experience in training technical staff from the developing world
in the UK and has strong links with the Mvumi training school (Tanzania),
the Medical Research Council (Gambia), CSSC (Tanzania) and the Technical
Unit of the Joint Medical Stores (Uganda). ECHO will conduct the training
themselves and technical support will be provided from the UK. |
