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Table 5.15    ICTP for Blood Safety 
 
No. of trainees  Target 
1997 8 
8 
PHs 
1998  
 
1999  
 
2000 
24 
DHs in Western Province 
2001 
18 
DHs in Central Province 
2002 
22 
DHs in Coast Province 
2003 
20 
DHs in Nairobi province 
2004 
30 
DHs in Rift Valley Province 
Total 122 
 
Note: 
PH Provincial hospital, DH District hospital 
* Training sessions for Hepatitis were held two times at Kisumu and Kakamega in 2000. 
Sources:  Reachout Consultancies Ltd.
(
2002
)
,    Evaluation Report on the Third Country Training Programme 
(
TCTP
)
 on Blood Screening for HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis at the Kenya Medical Research Institute 
(
KEMRI
)
 Final Report 
 
As well as the ICTP for Hepatitis B, KEMRI conducted a follow-up survey at hospitals 
in order to monitor and analyse the problems of PA usage, and conducted an 
evaluation of the test system, the advice and retraining of staff on-site, and data 
collection.  The provincial and district hospitals acquired techniques for the 
utilization of PA and the ability to conduct proper blood screening using PA through 
the activities under the ICTP.    Although PA cannot be utilised in hospitals since it 
reacts to the HIV-1 strain only, KEMRI contributed to improving the diagnostic 
capacity of public hospitals through the ICTP.     
The TCTP for blood screening, which is described in the section on Hepatitis B 
included training in HIV/AIDS diagnostic techniques (detailed information is given in 
4.3.1 (1) 1) b.). 
As mentioned in the section on the TCTP for Hepatitis B, the majority of the 
participants were satisfied with the level and contents of the courses, and also satisfied 
with the training facilities at KEMRI.  All of them were confident of utilizing the 
techniques learned in the courses.   
In addition, according to the ex-post evaluation conducted by JICA in 2000 and 2001 
mentioned above, the supervisors of the participants also recognized positive changes 
in the performance of the participants.    Thus, KEMRI contributed to improving the 
diagnostic capacity for HIV in neighbouring countries.