Project Overview Bolivia
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General Information about the Project
In March 2023, the GIZ approved the project for 2024 and 2025, allowing travel, stays, and some equipment to be
co-financed.
Some new equipment was financed by Kolping Bolivia from their own funds and arrived at the newly completed laboratory at the beginning of 2024. Several low-cost used devices were procured in Germany and shipped to Bolivia.
Project staff began their trip to Bolivia in February 2024. The laboratory rooms at the Kolping Medical Center in Santa Cruz were completed on time, and the equipment was ready.
After one month, the laboratory was operational: 10 laboratory technicians were trained in histopathology techniques, and one Bolivian pathologist was hired. In early June, the laboratory was certified by the Bolivian state health authority.
During the remaining duration of the GIZ project, the laboratory’s work will be monitored, perfected, and further developed.As originally planned, prerequisites for further specialized examinations (immunohistochemistry, molecular pathology) will be established. A telepathology connection is also planned for the near future.
