The Enhanced and Sustainable Integrated Laboratory Services for HIV, TB, and Other Pathogens in Nigeria (ENHANCE). ENHANCE supports the Government of Nigeria to reach HIV epidemic control and strengthen its response to HIV, TB, and other diseases of public health significance on a backbone of an optimized centralized laboratory information management system that links data on tracking of…
ENHANCE
The Enhanced and Sustainable Integrated Laboratory Services for HIV, TB, and Other Pathogens in Nigeria (ENHANCE).
ENHANCE supports the Government of Nigeria to reach HIV epidemic control and strengthen its response to HIV, TB, and other diseases of public health significance on a backbone of an optimized centralized laboratory information management system that links data on tracking of sample receipt, testing, generation and return of test results, commodity utilization and tracking, and equipment utilization. Through the utilization of improved and expanded dashboards with real-time or near real-time information, ENHANCE provides laboratory services and system strengthening for
- High quality integrated laboratory diagnostic and surveillance services for TB and HIV diagnosis, HIV test and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID)], monitoring for viral suppression - Viral Load (VL) including Infant Viral Load (IVT), HIV drug resistance and diagnostics of other diseases of public health significance in partnership with the government of Nigeria (GON) and with guidance from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Improved coordination, supervision and mentoring by appropriate agencies of the Government of Nigeria and health facilities.
- Expanded internal and external quality assurance processes leading to ISO accreditation of selected CDC-supported molecular laboratories.
- Improved laboratory commodity utilization and monitoring; and
- Improved infection, prevention and control through occupational health, patient safety, and effective waste management at CDC-supported Molecular laboratories.
Project objectives are to implement an integrated molecular diagnostic testing for HIV, TB, and other diseases of public health importance, strengthen laboratory quality management system and External Quality Assurance program, strengthen laboratory biosafety/biosecurity, waste management, Infection Prevention Control and occupational health practices across supported laboratories, enhance and strengthen systems for equipment utilization and efficiency and enhance and strengthen procurement and supply chain management systems.
- Principal Investigator: Alash’le Abimiku
- Project Funders and collaborators: CDC
- Project Duration: 2022-2027
- Places of implementation (states, facilities)- Rivers, Kaduna and Gombe states. Facilities: Rivers State University Teaching Hospital -Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) and Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe.