FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
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7. HIV and skin: an operational research (O.R.) in Tigray region, Ethiopia 127are: Commercial Enterprise, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Education andHealth. In the health sector Italy is contributing to the HSDP at 3 levels;Federal MOH, DACA and 4 Regional Health Bureaus: Oromiya, Afar,Somali and Tigray.The Italian Cooperation with the MOH, have selected 4 of the 7 componentsof the HSDP in which to focus its support: Human Resources, HMIS,Health Service Delivery & Quality of Care and Pharmaceutical services. TheItalian intervention follows the “Sector Wide Approach” (SWAP) with aTechnical assistance support.Furthermore, other contribution of the Italian Government in the health sectorare for the HIV/AIDS initiatives and in the Global Fund to fight Malaria,Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, for which Italy is one of the major donors.The Italian Cooperation is directly accountable in funding the project.However, both the international and the national the implementing agenciescan supplement funds for supporting activities when ever necessary.8. Implementing agenciesRegional health bureauTigray Regional Health Bureau is the direct beneficiary and will utilize theexperience and the services of the partner institutions IISMAS and TMA tocarry out the activities included in this research.IISMAS Onlus (Istituto Internazionale Scienze Mediche AntropologicheSociali); Istituto San Gallicano – ROMEIISMAS is an Italian Non Governmental Organization (NGO), active in thefield of the medical research and anthropological and social sciences, operatingin numerous projects for the poor population of Africa, Latin Americaand South-East Asia.In Italy IISMAS promotes the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the diseasesthat affect the disadvantaged people living in the biggest metropolis.In Ethiopia IISMAS has collaborated with the NGO Hansenians’ Ethiopianand Eritrean Welfare Organization (H.E.W.O.) for the realization of socialhealthservices helping the person suffering from Leprosy and otherDermatological Diseases, Tuberculosis and AIDS. Moreover IISMAS has organizedand conducted the first three editions of the International Congresson Dermatology and Infectious Diseases at Mekele, Quihà and Axum.