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HED Partnership: Center for Excellence in Health and Life Sciences

University of Liberia/Indiana University/University of Massachusetts Medical School: Center for Excellence in Health and Life Sciences - This partnership seeks to address the challenges that the University of Liberia (UL) and its sister public institution, the Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts (TNIMA), face in supplying health care workers equipped to address Liberia healthcare needs. The U.S. partners have shared expertise in a variety of ways, from collecting and sending current textbooks in biology, chemistry, mathematics, nursing, and other courses to providing six-week summer study tours for Liberian faculty in the United States. In addition, the partners have collaborated to create a new two-year Core Health and Life Science Undergraduate Program and begin planning for a joint four-year bachelor's program in nursing science. Partners have also worked together to improve instructional quality in introductory science courses, develop upgrades to the preclinical science curriculum at the University of Liberia's medical and pharmacy Colleges, and modernize the University of Liberia's teaching and learning resources.

Improve the quality, contributions and accessibility of higher education. Higher education includes but is not limited to: teaching; training; curricula; degree programs; pedagogy; research; policy analysis and participation in policy development; workforce development; second-chance learning opportunities; skills certification programs; community service; extension; applied technology; professional development; exchange programs; institutional linkages; program linkages; institutional governance; financial planning; administration; management; and policy that is developed, conducted, and/or implemented by universities, colleges, community colleges, upper secondary schools, public and private technical and vocational training institutions, public and privately led skills development programs, teacher-training colleges and institutes, research institutes, and/or relevant ministries. This program area places a special emphasis on ensuring equitable access to tertiary education and workforce development programs, especially for youth from lower income and marginalized groups including girls and young women and students with disabilities. As such, activities reported against this program area should also contribute to the Youth Development Key Issue, and be reported as such. Increase the availability and use of proven life-saving interventions that address the major killers of mothers and children and improve their health status, including effective maternity care and management of obstetric complications; prevention services including newborn care, routine immunization, polio eradication, safe water and hygiene; and treatment of life-threatening childhood illnesses. Note that nutrition interventions are budgeted in HL.9 or EG.3.3.Increase availability and use of proven nutrition interventions to reduce mortality, morbidity, and food insecurity, including nutrition education to improve maternal diets, nutrition during pregnancy, exclusive breastfeeding, and infant and young child feeding practices; fortified or biofortified staple foods, and specialized food products to improve consumption of quality food; and delivery of nutrition services including micronutrient supplementation and community management of acute malnutrition. Strengthen host country capacity by advancing supportive nutrition and food security policies and improving nutrition information systems.

Project ID

US-GOV-1-LR-AID-669-LA-11-00001

Activity status

3 - Completion

Aid type

C01 - Project-type interventions

% to Liberia

100.00

Organisations

Accountable

U.S. Agency for International Development

Extending

U.S. Agency for International Development

Funding

U.S. Agency for International Development

Implementing

American Council on Education

CRS code	%
Higher education (11420)	14.37
Unknown (0)	62.89
Reproductive health care (13020)	13.4
Family planning (13030)	9.33