Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV and AIDS: Training for Health Care Workers, Trainer's Manual and Participant's Handbook

Developed by EngenderHealth, this two-volume curriculum aims to offer a training opportunity for health workers in countries hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic. The training course is meant to be used to guide health workers through an investigation of the root causes of stigma and discrimination while helping them to understand their own attitudes about HIV, AIDS, and individuals affected by these conditions and how these attitudes might affect the care they offer. The training also provides a review of clients' rights in receiving health care services, information about the use of standard precautions and proper infection prevention techniques to help minimise the risk of occupational exposure to HIV, and guidance in developing action plans to help the participants put what they have learned into practice at their service settings.

The curriculum consists of a participant's handbook and a trainer's manual. The participant's handbook provides ideas on each topic, case studies, and a reprint of EngenderHealth's publication "Infection Prevention: A Reference Booklet for Health Care Providers". The trainer's manual contains activities aimed at exploring the realities of HIV and AIDS and dispelling common myths and misunderstandings about HIV transmission and providers' risk of occupational exposure. The training employs participatory education techniques - such as role-plays, small- and large-group discussions, and brainstorming - that have been shown to be critical to successful adult learning.

Founded in 1943, EngenderHealth is a nonprofit organisation that hasbeen working internationally for more than 30 years to support andstrengthen reproductive health services for women and men worldwide.

Click here to download the participant's handbook in PDF format [2 MB].Click here to download the trainer's manual [PDF, 840 KB].