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Introduction to this toolkit
This module contains a 'how to use' guide and an introduction to 'HIV Treatments Training'.

• How to use this Toolkit

• Introduction to HIV Treatments Training

• Training Module Timings

Introduction to HIV & AIDS

• Introduction

• Introduction Slides

This module provides training towards the following WHO-recommended clinical care competencies for HIV service delivery providers:

Basic HIV education for HIV positive clients

• Explain to patients the natural history of HIV/AIDS and the difference between HIV and AIDS

• Explain to patients the impact of HIV on the immune system with simple, adapted explanations

Prevention interventions linked with care and treatment

• Explain the different ways of getting infected with HIV

• Explain and demonstrate the most common ways of preventing HIV transmission

• Explain effectively that patients on ART can still transmit infection, can still be reinfected with another strain, and must still practice safer sex

• Dispel common myths concerning transmission and cure of HIV

 

Treating HIV & AIDS: A Training Toolkit

Treating HIV & AIDS: A Training Toolkit - Introduction

• Introduction to this Toolkit
• About this project
• Training towards clinical care competencies
• How to use this toolkit
• Training modules
• Acknowledgements