Global
HIV/AIDS Nursing Capacity Program (CBP) Funded
  R.
Kevin Mallinson, PhD, RN, AACRN, Assistant Professor in the
School
of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS),
has been awarded a $ 1.5 million cooperative agreement from
HRSA (Health Resources
Services Administration) to implement a Global HIV/AIDS Nursing
Capacity Building Program (CBP). Funded by PEPFAR (President's
Emergency Program for AIDS Relief), the three-year project is
designed to increase the capacity of nurses in South Africa,
Tanzania, and Zambia to address the complex challenges faced
in providing effective HIV/AIDS prevention and clinical care.
Dr. Michael Relf, Co-PI of the CBP program, noted that the project
integrates the HIV/AIDS expertise of several faculty members
at NHS with
the values of Georgetown University to address the needs of populations
in Sub-Saharan Africa that are being ravaged by HIV/AIDS.
The
objective of this program is to establish a nurse training
and leadership development program in three countries funded
under the Emergency Plan, in partnership with the Ministers
of Health and US government in-country teams. Dr. Mallinson’s
team will include U.S. partners from the University of the
Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas and the Association of
Nurses in AIDS
Care (ANAC). The CBP will be implemented in collaboration with
Dr. Thecla Kohi (Co-Investigator and Dean of the School of
Nursing) at the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences
(Tanzania),
partners at the University of Cape Town Division of Nursing
and Midwifery (South Africa), and the Lewanika Hospital in
Mongu
(Zambia).
The grant’s
project officer, Carolyn M. Hall, Nursing Coordinator for the
HRSA Global AIDS Program, is interested
in supporting
a strong working relationship between Georgetown University
and USG in-country leaders. She will meet with Dr. Mallinson
and
representatives of USG Tanzania in Durban, South Africa during
the Annual Implementers' Meeting in June to discuss program
objectives, work plan, and significant country issues.
 Bette Jacobs, NHS Dean said, “I am heartened by the
capacity of NHS nursing faculty to take on this challenge.” She
continued, “In practical terms, I anticipate that
NHS will institutionalize the accomplishments launched
by this
award,
and the objectives of the project will be sustained. NHS
is committed to contributing substantively to the global
need to reduce disparities
in health outcomes. There are no disparities more critical
to address than those associated with HIV/AIDS prevention
and care.
This project aims in spirit and design to address these
critical disparities.”
NHS is poised
with significant momentum to enter a new and important phase
of service.
The objectives of this
project
operationalize
the explicit mission of NHS “to improve the health
and well-being for all people” and build on the School’s
103-year-old tradition of innovation and outreach.
For
more information contact
Dr. R. Kevin
Mallinson
School of Nursing and Health Studies
km293@georgetown.edu
202-687-4289
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