Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations

Hospital Partnerships

Overview

Cologne Heidelberg Lighthouse Partnership: CLIP
Hospital Partnership MAGNET (2008-2015) 

Cologne Heidelberg Lighthouse Partnership (CLIP)

• Infectious Disease Department, University Clinic Cologne together with the Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg
• funded by GIZ/ESTHER 
• Florian Neuhann project coordinator Lighthouse, Malawi
• current period until April 2016 (applied for continuation to 2019)

Two components: 

1. Training seminars in Advanced HIV Management
2. Cohort study "Baseline Characteristics and outcome of patients initiating  Tenofovir-based first line ART at the Lighthouse (LighTen)" (major funding by Hector Stiftung, recipient Florian Neuhann)

 Poster: CLIP - Cologne Heidelberg Lighthouse Partnership

 

 

Malawi German Networking for Capacity Building in Treatment, Training and Research at Kamuzu Central Hospital (MAGNET)

• together with the Infectious Disease Department, University Clinic Cologne 
• Hospital Partnership funded by GIZ/ESTHER
• project coordinator Florian Neuhann
• started 2008, current period until october 2015

Currently three subcomponents:

1. Assessment and evaluation of Diabetes Care at KCH (doctoral candidate Ali Taha Yassin)
2. Antibiotic stewardship Initiative co-funded by CDC Malawi
3. E-learning as a tool for partial compensation for lack of clinical teachers (doctoral candidate Sandra Barteit)

Poster: Hospital Partnership MAGNET