HIVAIDS Training Programme in Kwa Zulu Natal

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HIV/AIDS Training Programme in Kwa Zulu Natal

• Dr Thilo Govender
• Dr John Wright

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Adults and children estimated to be living with
HIV/AIDS as of end 1999
Sub-Saharan Africa 23.3 million
Total 33.6 million
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Organisation of the Programme
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The Roadshow

• Objectives
• Sensitize healthcare workers to the national
  HIV/AIDS policy guidelines
• Sensitize healthcare workers to the Diflucan
  partnership program
• Introduce the concept of best practices
• Produce a ongoing system for knowledge
  dissemination
• Introduce management skills for HIV/AIDS
• Target Audience
• Institutional Management Teams

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Weekend Training

• Objectives
• To provide Health Care Workers with expert
  knowledge on the comprehensive clinical
  management of HIV/AIDS
• To create an environment for ongoing knowledge
  dissemination using available resources
• Sensitize Health Care Workers to the concepts of
  Best Practices and The Continuum of Care

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Objectives cont

• Improve the Quality of Care for HIV/AIDS patients
  through a system of Clinical Audits and the use
  of Treatment Algorithms
• Empower Health Care Workers to plan and implement
  HIV/AIDS programs with the continuum of care
• Target Audience
• Frontline clinical staff

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Approach

• Input Process Output

• Partnerships
• -Province
• -University
• -NGO
• -Private

• Participative
• Environment
• Learning Contract

• Increase in Knowledge
• Disseminate Information
• Implement Policy

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Evaluation

• Impact
• Learning Expectations
• Pre-and post workshop questionnaires
• Service Gap Analysis
• Take home resource folders
• Diflucan Utilisation per institution
• Coverage
• 7 Regions
• 591 participants
• Multiplier Effect Each participant 20 health
  workers
• 30 of health workers would have been targeted

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Take Home Message

• Its not worth knowing without applying, its not
  worth willing without doing. Goethe