HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: A Clinical Course for People Caring for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

The Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project and Family Health International (FHI) have created an HIV clinical training resource that is designed to address one challenge to rapidly scaling up antiretroviral therapy and care and support services in resource-constrained settings: training health workers to treat HIV-related conditions.

The 447-page facilitators' guide is a tool for training physicians, nurses, and other health care workers to treat people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. It covers key elements of care and treatment, including antiretroviral therapy, and addresses special issues related to women, young children, and people co-infected with tuberculosis (TB). Facilitators' notes are provided to guide the training process. An accompanying CD-ROM contains PowerPoint slides and notes for course participants.

Specifically, this book outlines a 2-part course organised in modules, with an introductory section including time frames for each module and session within the module. By combining these modules, the facilitator can organise courses of different duration; modules and sessions can stand alone during shorter, in-service training.

The book was produced by the IMPACT Project, which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by FHI. It is available in electronic format.

Click here to download the entire document in PDF format.

Click here to access the guide, part-by-part, on the FHI site (to decrease download time, the guide has been divided into several PDF sections. Each section can be downloaded individually by clicking on the links located on this page).