IHTAS Phase II
Project status report- Kilifi
27th May, 2014
Current status
• What progress has been made since the previous milestone?
– Which tasks have been completed?
– What issues have been resolved?
– What new issues have risen? *
• Is the project currently ahead of schedule, on track, or
delayed?
– If delayed, what is the mitigation plan?
Issues and Resolutions
• Description of the issue
• How was it resolved?
• What and how did it impact the project?
– Time
– Cost
– Other
Plan chart
Protocol Development
• Questionnaire
• Approvals
• January – June 2014
Community Engagement
• Formation of a CAST(Community Advisory for Studies
Team)
A team constituted to coordinate Community Engagement
activities for the study.
• March –June 2014
The main objective of CAST being to provide a forum for
discussing and addressing key issues and concerns for
community engagement from the researchers, community
liaison group members, research participants, community
members and community leaders.
Sensitization Plan
• District Health Management Team
• Facilities Incharges Briefing
• Health facilities CMEs
• Local Administrators(Chiefs and assistants)
• KEMRI Community Representatives
Recruitment
• Field workers
• Data clerks
• Coordinator
• March – June 2014
Training
• Counselling skills
• Consenting skills
• Data collection tools
• ACASI system (software use, data entry and QC)
• Linkage system (data entry and matching)
• May – June 2014
Data collection
• Programing of data collection tool
• Sub study 1- ACASI
• Sub-study 2- Linkage system
• Testing
• Field work (July- December)
Analysis and reporting
• Project close out report
• Final project update
• Analysis and reporting
• November- December 2014
Looking Ahead
• When is the next milestone?
• What are the expected deliverables?
• Known risks and issues
– What is the investigation timeline for these issues?
• What are the immediate next steps?