Five week-long train-the-trainer sessions for Ugandan health professionals have been scheduled for 2005. These sessions will be co-facilitated by Baylor and Uganda faculty. The dates for these training sessions are: February 7-11, April 4-8, June 13-17, August 15-19, and October 10-14, 2005. Topics to be covered are listed below:
- HIV Epidemiology in the Ugandan Context
- HIV Pathophysiology
- Establishing an HIV Diagnosis
- Psychosocial Aspects of HIV and Counseling
- Legal and Ethical Issues of HIV
- Primary Care for HIV-Infected Individuals
- Management of Clinical Manifestations of HIV in Uganda
- Management of Opportunistic Infections
- Values Clarification
- Prevention and Control (PMTCT and Occupational Exposure)
- Principles of Antiretroviral Therapy
- ARVs for Children: The Botswana Experience
- Assessing Readiness for ARVs
- Communicating with Children and Adolescents
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Establishing a Pediatric HIV Care, Treatment, and Research Program
- Training of Trainers