1 Mercy Ships Programs with Sierra Leone History Long-Term Strategy Collaboration Activities to Date Next Steps Wednesday, 16 th March, 2011

2 Mercy Ships History Established in 1978 Medical relief services Anastasis becomes hospital ship in 1986 First field service in Africa – Togo 1990 Africa Mercy largest private hospital ship in the world – on line in 2007 Long-Term Strategy development 2009

3 Long-Term Strategy National focus, regional impact Multi-phased, multi-year Partnership with existing efforts Focus on strategic hospitals –Training –Facilities –Systems

4 Collaboration Mercy Ships to align efforts with the MOHS National Health Sector Strategic Plan (NHSSP) NHSSP, implementation of free maternal and child care and efforts to facilitate payment of health workers influenced our choice for Sierra Leone Work alongside other development partners and the MOHS to help improve services – especially in strategic hospitals

5 Summary of Activities to Date May 2010 – Assessment of hospitals identified with the MOHS by Mercy Ships International Program staff Advance Team - Preparation for ship arrival Project plans in development with Mercy Ships staff, partners and hospitals based upon May assessment

6 Next Steps Collaboration with MOHS, hospitals, and other development partners for project design and implementation Implementing processes and procedures –MOU’s with MOHS and hospitals –Trainee programs and applications –Certification for trainees –Hospital renovations

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