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Table 1 Goals and achievement of an intervention to strengthen epidemiological and public health leadership training in the Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Programme, 2001–2006

From: Increasing leadership capacity for HIV/AIDS programmes by strengthening public health epidemiology and management training in Zimbabwe

Goals

Status: pre-intervention

Status: post-intervention

Strengthen the public health leadership training programme and increase its output

Curriculum linked to faculty availability

4–8 graduates/year

Revised, standardized curriculum with electronic materials available to faculty and students

10–16 graduates/year (see Table 2)

Increase the focus on training for HIV intervention programmes

No HIV-specific course

Few HIV-specific projects

1-week-long course "Responding to HIV"

Increased number and proportion of HIV projects (see Table 3)

Increase the number of HIV and related positions in the MOH filled by programme graduates

3 HIV-related positions in MOH filled by graduates

2 HIV-related positions outside MOH held by graduates

7 HIV-related positions in MOH filled by graduates

4 HIV-related positions outside MOH held by graduates (as of 2005)

Increase the informatics capacity of the public health training system

Limited Internet outside the capital city

Critique of field assignees work through postal shipment of hardcopy comments

Regular email and Internet at Provincial Medical Directorates

Establishment of computer training lab

Critique of field assignees work through Track Changes in emailed attachments