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The Project

Equipment of a Pathology lab in the Hargeisa Group Hospital (HGH) in Hargeisa (Northern Somalia)
Objectives: 
  • Purchase of equipment and consumables for the establishing Service of Pathology in HGH.
  • Training of local lab technicians through missions with experts. Those missions have the following goals:
    • equipment of the lab and training of lab technicians regarding the use and maintenance of such equipment.
    • Training of lab technicians on the preparation of diagnostic material and on the execution of specific ancillary techniques.
    • Training of lab technicians on the digitalisations of samples and on the sending via web (telepathology)
    • Integration of the training in loco with stages in Italy finalised to complete the relevant experience necessary to manage such labs.

Recipient Institute:
​Hargeisa Group Hospital (HGH)

Start date:
2014

Project supervisor:
Dr. Stefano Guzzetti

Partners:
Hargeisa Group Hospital (HGH)

Project funded by:
Tavola Valdese
SIAPEC - IAP
Pathologists Beyond Borders
Intervention area:
Northern Somalia, Hargeisa
Catchment area:
PEOPLE
Diagnosis:
N/A
Project funded by:

What we have done

We have visited and designed the spaces destined to become the Pathology lab.
Our staff made of pathologists and lab technicians have successfully installed and tested the equipment that we purchased for the lab.
Together with local representatives from HGH, we have evaluated, defined and already partially completed the training of local personnel. This programme is divided into two parts:
- A theoretical part in which 12 healthcare professionals from HGH had been selected through a final evaluation test.
- A practical part in which 3 lab technicians chosen by the Hospital will be fully trained. Once the training is completed, the 3 technicians will become part of the permanent lab’s staff.
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