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Communicable diseases

Improving diagnostics and Integration of Diabetes and Tuberculosis Care in Livingstonia, Malawi

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Topic
Communicable diseases
Partner Country
Malawi
Partner Organization in Partner Country
CCAP Synod of Livingstonia Health Department
Mr Ulunji Luhanga
Partner Organisation in Germany
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Med. Fakultät
Mr Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner
dirk.wagner@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Project Duration
07/31/202007/30/2022
Funding amount
Up to 1906128 Euro
Funded by
Klinikpartnerschaften

The continuation of the hospital partnership between the University Medical Center Freiburg, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia Health Department aims to improve the care provided to patients with tuberculosis and diabetes in Livingstonia, Malawi.

Background:
Malawi faces a dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and the prevalence of tuberculosis and diabetes is steadily increasing. Effective disease control requires medical staff to be given training and digital health tools to be integrated. Community mobilisation for case detection and treatment is crucial in developing these tools.

Activities:
- Conducting a round table discussion on the evaluation of tuberculosis and diabetes integration in order to design an algorithm for Embangweni Hospital
- Providing training to healthcare workers in several hospitals on the broader implementation of the algorithm for the screening of diseases
- Developing a matrix for digital tools that may be required

Impact:
The project is intended to help strengthen early detection and diagnostic services for tuberculosis and diabetes at community and hospital level. This aims to drive forward tuberculosis care in Livingstonia, Malawi, in the long term while simultaneously building capacity for the use of digital tools.

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