Partnerships

Accordia Global Health Foundation (Lead Partner)

Accordia Global Health Foundation and our partners are building a vibrant, healthy Africa, where every individual can thrive. We are investing in and strengthening African health systems, not only to address today’s need to fight HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, but also to prepare a new generation of African healthcare leaders for tomorrow’s challenges. We take a networked approach, tapping the most appropriate resources from among our academic partners and deploying them through coordinated and innovative programs to our partners in Africa. Our programs enhance local healthcare capacity to promote and deliver consistent quality of care, and strengthen academic medical institutions to train healthcare professionals and nurture young African researchers. We are dedicated to transferring knowledge and skills, and to the building of infrastructure, that will lead to an Africa that can move forward independently toward a healthier future. For more information, please visit www.accordiafoundation.org.

As the prime partner of IDCAP, Accordia Global Health Foundation is the lead organization in the IDCAP partnership with responsibility for overall design, methodology, evaluation strategy, management and project oversight.

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

IDI is a centre of excellence, which is part of Uganda’s preeminent medical training institution, the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. IDI is registered as a non-government organization, is owned by Makerere University, and is funded by both public and private resources. IDI’s focus is strengthening care and treatment of HIV and related infectious diseases – for people living with HIV across Africa. IDI facilitates this through offering high quality training for health workers; research on best practices related to HIV in low resource settings; and advanced clinical services that support the development of new models of care.

As a partner in IDCAP, IDI led the team in the development and delivery of IDCAP’s innovative capacity-building program. To find out more about IDI, please visit their website at http://www.idi-makerere.com/

International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH)

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is a collaboration between the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco. It is a center in the University of Washington's Department of Global Health and has offices throughout Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. I-TECH's 700 worldwide staff work in partnership with local ministries of health, universities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), medical facilities, and other organizations to support the development of a skilled health work force and well-organized national health delivery systems. I-TECH's activities occur primarily in the following technical areas: health system strengthening, health workforce development, operations research and evaluation, and prevention, care, and treatment of infectious diseases.

I-TECH provides scientific leadership on IDCAP’s design, methods and analysis and contributed to the development of the IDCAP curriculum. To find out more about I-TECH, please visit their website at http://www.go2itech.org/

University Research Corporation - Center for Human Services (URC-CHS)

URC’s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Founded in 1968, CHS is URC’s non-profit affiliate, a 501(c)(3). CHS’s mission is to help clients meet today’s challenges and take advantage of tomorrow’s opportunities by providing a comprehensive array of education, training, advocacy and health-related programs and services. Since its founding, CHS has been in the forefront of innovation in improving the quality of life, access to social and health services, and the educational and vocational achievements of underserved populations throughout the United States and abroad.

As an IDCAP partner, URC-CHS provided critical expertise in their approach to Continuous Quality Improvement activities for IDCAP’s Integrated Management of Infectious Disease (IMID) core course and On-Site Support (OSS) intervention. To find out more about URC-CHS, please visit http://www.urc-chs.com/center_for_human_services