American International Health Alliance

The American International Health Alliance
Abbreviation AIHA
Formation 1992
Type Implementing NGO
Purpose Development of health system
Headquarters United States
Budget
5 Million - 25 Million
Staff
51-100

The American International Health Alliance (AIHA) is an international nonprofit organization that was established by the leading health organizations in the United State .[1] The organization is operating under the "cooperative agreement with the Agency for International Development".[2] The purpose of the organization is to advance the global health by strengthening local health systems and creating human resources for health purposes.[1]

History

The organization was established in 1992.[3]

In 1994, AIHA started "inter-partnership task" for the training and administration of Emergency Medical Services (EMS).[2] The purpose of this initiative is to establish EMS centers and strengthen their capacity.[2] There are EMS centers in Moscow, Georgia, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkmenistan and in other countries.[2]

In 1995, the first "Healthy Communities" partnerships of AIHA was established.[3]

The first "Health Management Education" partnerships with Romania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia was established in 1996.[3]

In 1998, the organization started new cooperation agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[3]

Activities

AIHA helps low and middle income countries to develop human resources and institutions for the purpose of building foundation for high quality health services through providing technical assistance based on volunteer based partnerships.[4] Their programs are based on relationship among providers of healthcare system, who aim to find solutions to the problems of the host country in their health delivery systems.[4]

AIHA trains healthcare providers; "strengthens professional healthcare associations"; and engages health professionals.[4]

The organization has achieved sustainable outcomes in more than 175 partnerships in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean.[4]

Five key pillars of AIHA

There are five key pillars of AIHA that embodies its work: "introducing new models of care and services; mobilizing communities for change; building sustainable capacity among healthcare practitioners; furthering the development of health-related professions; expanding knowledge through effective dissemination of successful programs".[5]

Goals

AIHA has three main goals:

  1. filling the gap in human resources in health care system of host country[6]
  2. improving the quality of the health care system in host country[6]
  3. strengthening medical infrastructure[6]

Development of human resources in health care system

AIHA's human resource development initiative covers following areas[6]

Reference

  1. 1 2 "AIHA's Mission - American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com)". American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com). Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bannon, Robert, Fleming, Susan, Palsdottir, Bjorg, Ting, Julie (2000) Evaluation of the Emergency Medical Services Training Program.https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bjoerg_Palsdottir/publication/237586956_Emergency_Medical_Services_Training_Program/links/5935585b0f7e9beee7d8176b/Emergency-Medical-Services-Training-Program.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Our History - American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com)". American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com). Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Our Model - American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com)". American International Health Alliance (AIHA.com). Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  5. ↑ "American International Health Alliance, Inc. | Devex". www.devex.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  6. 1 2 3 4 American International Health Alliance Strategic Plan 2016 to 2021. http://www.aiha.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Strategic-Plan-external-FINAL.pdf

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