Samaritan"s Purse final performance report : Rwandan activities -- "an initiative for the development of healthcare manpower" : award no. 623-A-00-98-00011-00

PVO, on a project (1/98-3/99) to provide immediate and long- term solutions to the health care delivery system in post- conflict Rwanda. The Kicukiro Training Center was renovated and equipped with project help and is now able to provide a professional and affordable environment for continuing education for the health care sector. To promote the Ministry of Health"s ownership of and responsibility for the Center, Samaritan"s Purse adopted a transitional strategy, beginning by taking complete responsibility and ending by serving as observer for the Center"s core health seminar program. In addition, the introduction of three new academic disciplines at the Kigali Health Institute is expected to improve the performance of technicians and nurses working in Rwanda"s medically deprived rural communities. The country is already benefitting from the quality medical equipment purchased with project funds and currently being used in a clinical setting at Central Hospital of Kigali.