HIV Treatment Training
posted: 30/04/2009
If you want to understand the details of HIV treatments, or if you are interested in supporting people with treatment concerns, new training packs are available.
Online, free from i-Base, there is Treatment Training for Advocates.
And available from NAM is their printed authoritative 2009 issue of HIV Treatments Training Pack.
Here's what you will find in I-Base's online training manual
1 Immune system and CD4 count
2 Virology, HIV and viral load
3 Introduction to anti-retrovirals (ARVs)
4 Side effects of ARVs
5 Opportunistic infections and coinfections
6 HIV and pregnancy
7 Drug users and HIV
8 Clinical trials and research
- Full section index
- Glossary
- PDFs and PowerPoints
Learning resources included: WHO classification system for HIV infection, AIDS-defining infections for CDC clinical categories, Opportunistic infections by disease type, ARV drugs and doses,TB drugs, PowerPoint slide sets, Worksheets, Related websites, Glossary, PDF versions.
Questions
The i-Base online Training Manual is here
NAM's HIV Treatments Training Pack
NAM's HIV Treatments Training Pack is not for the everyday person - it's designed for professionals and is only printed, and it is priced at £150 - although you can use a discount code.
This new resource from NAM will enable you to plan and deliver your own HIV training sessions. The training pack is built up of twelve flexible modules that can be broken down into short sessions or added together for longer courses. The pack is designed so that you can adapt the sessions to best suit your needs and those of your audience.
This training pack includes:
- USB pen storing powerpoint slides
- in-depth speakers’ discussion guides
- handouts for course participants
- awareness-raising games and exercises
The training pack can be used for both group work and in one-to-one sessions. Suitable for training audiences with varying knowledge levels including health professionals, general staff, volunteers and people personally affected by HIV- the HIV Treatments Training Pack is your ideal guide.
The twelve learning modules are:
- HIV treatments training
- Introduction to HIV and AIDS
- The immune system and HIV
- Medical monitoring
- Anti-HIV therapy
- HIV and pregnancy
- Treatments for children
- Living with HIV
- HIV co-infections
- UK & global statistics
- Clinical trials
- Learning more about HIV
£150.00
NAM's Manual
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