Making Our Projects Sustainable-Part 2
On the adherence methods front, we finished the liquid adherence method. We showed our tools to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and they said that this would be of great use for them. They suggested a couple modifications on our liquid adherence method to make it more robust, which we have since made. However, although they were willing to distribute our materials to all of their sites, they were unsure about funding the printing costs. Additionally ,we set up a meeting with World Vision this coming Monday to pitch our project to them. Finally, we have been taking to the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) about the adherence tools, and we will be giving a 30 minute presentation at their technical meeting this coming Monday, upon which they will decide whether they will fund the project!
Back to our family planning materials- we met with the Ministry of Health again at the end of the week and they had multiple suggestions for the brochure, as to more closely align it with the national family planning guidelines. However- good news: WORLD VISION IS FUNDING THEM! We were very excited!! They said that we need to submit all of our family planning material to them and they will get a quote and fund a certain amount. We showed the Ministry our poster as well, which they also liked. We will make all the corrections which they suggested and we are meeting with them on Monday again to finalize the brochure and poster!
Now moving to the dosing clips- they have been distributed to about 11 sites in Swaziland. We created a short survey of questions which we would like to use when we visit sites, which we will hopefully get to do next week. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) also asked that we create job aids for the clinics as well as for the patients and get them printed as soon as possible, so that we can distribute them to the sites we visit next week. Its so exciting to see everything come together! As for the dosing clip study, we have been doing mock runs to iron out all the potential problems while we wait for the final IRB approvals. It looks like we may be able to make a presentation to the Swaziland IRB this coming Friday, so by the time we leave, we may be able to have fully prepared the study for execution!