It is almost midday in Tshiyakwakhiwe village, Dlamini in Tsholotsho, the scorching sun’s intense rays’ heat glares down my neck and I quickly break out into more than a little…
Zimbabwe Technical Assistance, Training and Education Center (Zim-TTECH) is the recipient of a new five-year PEPFAR award- Strengthening Epidemiology and Strategic Information grant through the Center for Disease Control (CDC).…
Zim-TTECH is a registered Zimbabwean Private Voluntary Organization (PVO 125/23), which was founded by experienced public health professionals. The organization was established out of the University of Washington’s International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), which has been working in Zimbabwe since 2003.
Currently, Zim-TTECH is managing four PEPFAR-funded projects administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which are:
HIV Care and Treatment: Delivered through the Zimbabwe Partnership to Accelerate AIDS Control (ZimPAAC) consortium in 20 districts, partnering with Zvandiri, Pangaea Zimbabwe, Padare Enkundleni Men’s Forum on Gender, Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+), and I-TECH as a technical partner.
The Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) project empowers adolescent girls and young women in 5 districts through the ZimPAAC consortium partnering with SAfAIDS, Pangaea Zimbabwe, No Means No Worldwide, and I-TECH as a technical partner.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC): Implemented in 14 districts through the ZAZIC consortium, collaborating with ZACH and ZiCHIRe.
Impilo Electronic Health Records/Case-based Surveillance (EHR/CBS): Strengthens health information systems across 44 districts. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care, (MoHCC), Zim-TTECH’s core activities focus on prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and opportunistic infections, health systems strengthening, health workforce development, operations research, monitoring evaluation and reporting. Zim-TTECH supports MoHCC to deliver critical person-centered, high-quality HIV and TB services in Zimbabwe, thereby contributing towards the attainment of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals in in the country.
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