The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) and Duke University AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) grant is offering two additional one-month hands-on training opportunities for promising personnel working in the clinical laboratories of hospitals in the KCMC catchment area during 2010. We would request that you invite staff of your clinical laboratory to apply for this opportunity which is designed to strengthen clinical laboratory human capacity in northern Tanzania. The training will take place at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Biotechnology Laboratory and will include a curriculum focused on laboratory support for HIV treatment and care programs with an emphasis on the microbiology of HIV co-infections. It will also provide bench-based training and experience with clinical samples and isolates. The training is suited to laboratory scientists, laboratory technicians, or laboratory assistants involved in the day-to-day operations of hospital clinical laboratories wishing to refresh or update their skills.

The KCMC Biotechnology Laboratory supports Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, Hematology/Chemistry, and Immunology Sections that operate to Good Clinical Laboratory Standards and that participate successfully in External Quality Assurance programs of the College of American Pathologists, the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme, and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Viral Quality Assurance Program. Transport costs to and from Moshi will be covered by the training program and lodging in Moshi will also be provided for the duration of the training.

We have already run two highly successful courses in March and September 2009 and we plan two additional courses in 2010(one in February & other in june). Our forthcoming and final AITRP Microbiology Course has been proposed to start on Monday 28 June 2010 and finish on Friday 23 July 2010.Four trainees will be selected for each training session. Please encourage your clinical laboratory staff to apply at the address below.

Administrator will be in touch with you about accommodation arrangements in Moshi and plans for reimbursement of travel costs to and from Moshi. Mr. Kulanga can be reached on mobile 0784-829-494 or 0754-829-494 and via e-mail at ahaz47@gmail.com.

Applications must include each of the following to be considered

• Hand written and duly signed letter of application
• Current resume or curriculum vitae
• Three letters of reference along with names and telephone numbers of the three referees who may be contacted by us in confidence
• Photocopies of certificates, diplomas, and academic transcripts
• Applicant mailing address, contact telephone number(s), and e-mail address

Application should reach the undersigned as soon as possible but not later than 1st June 2010:

Executive Director
Attn: Ahaz T. Kulanga, KCMC Duke University Collaboration
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
PO Box 3010, MOSHI

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to a strong response to this call for applicants.

Sincerely
John F. Shao, MD, MSc, PhD
Executive Director, KCMC
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC)
An Institution of the Good Samaritan Foundation
P. O. Box 3010,
Moshi, Tanzania.

Telephone: 255 27 2754377/83
Fax: 255 27 2754381
Email: kcmcadmin@kcmc.ac.tz
Website: http://www.kcmc.ac.tz