SOME OF OUR TRAJECTORIES
The Centre has a long history of grants winning and therefore will be able to undertake the following for sustainability:
1. Accessing Grants (national and international).
2. Capacity building for healthcare providers, scientists and policy makers. This Centre currently has global accreditation that puts her at very competitive advantage in Africa.
3. National and international bids for implementation activates.
4. National and international partnerships with academic, NGOs, International Development partners etc to co-generate funds.
5. Endowments
The under-listed activities of the ANDI centre shows capacity and long-lasting history of fund generation that has ensure sustainability.
This Centre is involved in the provision of National Quality Assurance services for malaria rapid diagnostic tests and malaria microscopy; and the training of Malaria Microscopists from several zones of the country.
Training organized nationally:
• Malaria Microscopy Course for Laboratory Scientists (2006): 12 participants
• Malaria Microscopy Workshop (2007): 12 participants
• Malaria Microscopy Workshop (2008): 12 participants
• Malaria Microscopy Workshop for APIN staff (January 2009): 12 participants
• Malaria Microscopy competency Assessment and Quality Assurance Training (DFID/SuNMAP, June 2009) – Two sessions in different States of Nigeria: 8 participants at each site
• Malaria Microscopy Certificate Course for Microscopists from 14 sentinel Sites of Nigeria for The Malaria drug therapeutic efficacy testing in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme (August/September, 2009) : 14 participants
Malaria Microscopy Course for Exon Mobil Microscopists in Eket/Uyo area – held in Uyo Akwa Ibon State: 21 participants ( May 2011).
Malaria Microscopy Course for Private Laboratory Scientists (November 2011)
Malaria Microscopy Training for MAPs, supported by the Centre for Microscopists from Zamfara, Cross River, Oyo, Nasarawa and Ebonyi State: Over 200 Microscopists trained (April – June, 2012).
Specialized malaria Microscopy for Staff of the Liquified natural Gas (LNG) Laboratory: (July, 2012).
Quality Assurance on Malaria Microsocpy – Proficiency testing for 26 laboratory Staff drawn from 13 facilities in North and south Nigeria (on going).
Malaria Microscopy Capacity building for Malaria Microscopists for Quality Assurance in ten States of Nigeria: Malaria Consortium, Nigeria: 2012 – 2013.
Coordinated the training of over 5,000 healthcare providers on the use of RDTs in malaria case management in seven States of Nigeria.
External Quality Assurance (EQA). Proficiency testing and site visitation is undertaken regularly to ensure that skills and best practices are maintained. Currently, we have a good number of laboratories enrolled in our EQA programme and are benefiting from our expertise. Apart from being recognized by other malaria EQA programmes, we have worked closely with other stakeholders in Oman and South Africa in producing high quality malaria parasite reference materials thus developing a malaria slide bank of international standard.
OUR OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE
MALARIA MICROSCOPY SERVICES TO ORGANIZATIONS AND THE NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAME (NMCP) OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
NMCP, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
National Malaria Indicator Survey in six Geopolitical zones – Over 5,000 slides generated and read (2010) and 7,222 slides (2015).
MABA studies – Over 6,000 slides read (2011)
Drug therapeutic efficacy testing trials (DTET, 2012, 2014).
DFID/Malaria Consortium/SuNMaP 2009 – 2013 Activities
Malaria Microscopy/Quality Assurance activities with DFID/Malaria Consortium Malariometric Studies in Kano and Anambra State
Annual malaria microscopy capacity building for pre-study scientist (2009 – date)
Engaged to read over 8,000 slides for the 2010 – 2013 malaria area studies
Microscopy for Seasonal Malaria chemoprevention (SMC) studies piloted in katsina State (935 slides form children less than 5 years).
LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Malariometric study in Ojo and Ikorodu Local, Lagos State – 2009 and 2017
Malaria survey in Lagos State (January – April, 2011) – in 13 randomly selected LGs and 58 communities
12,227 slides prepared from the field and read (2011)
1,567 individuals sampled in households (2017)
Malaria sites in 8 primary Health Facilities and four Secondary Health Facilities.
SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HEALTH/GLOBAL FUND MALARIA PROGRAMME 2009 – 2013, 2015 AND 2016/2017 Activities
Global Fund/Society for Family Health/Federal Ministry of Health’s Malaria Microscopy Training Course (2010): 411 Microscopists trained.
Implementation On-the-job Supervision in private health facilities in three states of Nigeria (2015)
On-the-job supervision and Malaria case management strengthening in 12 states of Nigeria (2016/2017). External Quality Assurance in form of Proficiency testing (PT) for malaria microscopy and malaria RDT EQA were conducted in private health facilities, including medicine retailers and private/commercial laboratories were conducted. Presentation of the outcome of these made in ASTMH and full papers being developed for publication.
WHO/TDR/FIND RDT in Malaria in Pregnancy Studies (2010- 2013)- QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICE
Multi-center and multi-country study on the use of malaria RDTs in Pregnancy
To provide quality assurance on malaria microscopy for slides coming from Uganda & Burkina Faso
Uganda study: approx 97% concordance with pcr
Burkina Faso – slide read with >97% concordance with pcr
CATHOLIC RELIEF SOCIETY (ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, USA), NIGERIA PROGRAMME/GLOBALFUND MALARIA PROGRAMME 2017
Implementation On-the-job supervision and Malaria case management strengthening in Public health facilities in 6 states of Nigeria (2016/2017)
NATIONAL MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME & PARTNERS – 2018 NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC & HEALTH INDICATOR SURVEY
Elucidated malaria biomarker for about 10,000 community smaples for malaria (2018/2019)
REGIONAL MALARIA SLIDE BANK WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO),
• Submitting protocol and materials to WHO for designation as a regional Centre for Malaria slide bank resources. High quality malaria slides for teaching, quality assurance and certification.
• Supplied high quality malaria slides to the SWAZILAND Malaria Control Programme, Malaria Consortium etc.(See purchase order below).
