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142 Margherita Terranova, Valeska Padovese, Aldo Morroneplete all the activities of this OR, to promote improvement of the health serviceoffered to the Ethiopian population.through the strengthening of the diagnostic and healing capabilities of thedermatological and venereal pathologies as well as general systemic and infectiousdiseases (HIV included) in the rural community of Tigray RegionalState.7. AnnexsAnnex 1RESEARCH METHODOLOGY1. Introduction2. Objectives:2.1. General: This is an operational research which aims at improving thediagnostic and therapeutic capacity of health facilities in certainweredas of Tigray which may eventually be scaled up to involve thewhole region and beyond. In addition it aims at establishment of adatabase on dermatological diseases, STI and systemic illnesses withcutaneous manifestations.2.2. Specific objectives2.2.1. To train health workers (nurses, lab technicians, health officers)on dermatological diseases, STI and systemic illnesseswith skin manifestations2.2.2. To improve the diagnostic capacity of laboratories in health facilitiesof three woredas.2.2.3. To improve therapeutic capacity of health facilities in threeworedas.2.2.4. To improve documentation and record keeping system ofhealth facilities in three woredas.2.2.5. To conduct supportive supervision in the above health facilities.2.2.6. Early detections of systemic illnesses through the skin manifestations2.2.7. To compare the impact of the above interventions with healthfacilities in three control woredas.
8. Operational research in tigray region 1433. Materials and Methods3.1. Study areaSix woredas will be included in this operational research, three interventionand three in the control group. The interventional and control woredas willbe purposefully selected and matched for the following criteria:• Climate and altitude• Population size• Number of health institution, health personnel and their mix• UrbanityIn addition the intervention and control woredas will be set apart to avoidcontamination. Thus the intervention woredas, Abi Adi, Hagere Selam andHauzien are from the central and the eastern zones while the control woredas(are all from the southern zone.3.2. The intervention3.2.1. Training of health workers (Health officers, nurses and labtechnicians) on skin diseases, STI and systemic diseases withskin manifestation.3.2.2. Provision of low cost and sustainable laboratory reagents andequipments3.2.3. Provision of basic medical supplies for the treatment of skindiseases and STI3.2.4. Supportive supervision3.2.5. Establishment of referral system to a center for dermatologicaldiseases, IISMAS- Italian Dermatological Hospital in Mekellè3.2.6. Health education to improve hygiene of communities andhealth service seeking behavior for dermatological diseases.3.3. Data collection and analysis3.3.1. Base line cross sectional survey will be collected from the interventionand control woredas on• Knowledge and skill of health workers on Dermatological,venereal and systemic diseases with skin manifestations• Health facility’s infrastructure, services and supplies• Documentation and record keeping on Dermatological andvenereal diseases and systemic diseases with skin manifestations.Ongoing report from the intervention and control woredaswill be collected on a structured data collection format. The
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