The United States government, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), handed over a newly built comprehensive outpatient facility that would help to improve the quality of comprehensive outpatient services and education at Gondar University in northern Ethiopia.
According to a statement issued by the US embassy in Addis Ababa on Friday, the US has provided US$9.1 million through the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for the construction of the new facility.
According to a statement issued by the US embassy in Addis Ababa on Friday, the US has provided US$9.1 million through the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for the construction of the new facility.
The facility, which was jointly inaugurated by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and US Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia Haslach in July 2014, is a new Comprehensive Outpatient Center (COC) located at the Gondar University Hospital.
During the handover event, Dr. Jeff Hanson, Director of the CDC program in Ethiopia, said, “This newly constructed building will allow Gondar University Hospital to offer more comprehensive and integrated HIV clinical services and create a conducive environment for clinical teaching.”
He added that PEPFAR’s investment on infrastructure development at the national level has brought a significant improvement in the quality of HIV treatment and care services and diagnostic capacities.
The hospital, serving approximately 5-7 million people throughout most of the Amhara region of Ethiopia, is well positioned to provide technical assistance for an effective regional effort to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The new COC is designed to provide an integrated program that will enhance a patient-centered experience and increase the hospital’s capacity to accommodate an ever-increasing number of patients.
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