[hivaids-twg] Fwd: [AIDS ASIA] 31 PLHAs graduates AHF Vietnam Cares and VAAC Collaborative -HIV Medics Training

Tue Jun 30 05:18:42 BST 2009

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Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Subject: [AIDS ASIA] 31 PLHAs graduates AHF Vietnam Cares and VAAC
Collaborative -HIV Medics Training
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" We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to learn to be useful and
contribute to the society as HIV Medics. This is also a personal achievement
for us all and a new beginning to lead a productive life extending a helping
hand to Doctors and nurses and make the lives of fellow PLHAs better and
bring smiles in our lives". [The HIV Medics – 1st Batch Class
Monitor/Representative}

Guang Ninh: June 26 2009

The Graudation Ceremony of " HIV MEDICS" - AHF Vietnam Cares, VAAC and the
Quang Ninh Medical College and Health Department collaborative HIV Medics
training program in Vietnam was held at the Quang Ninh Medical College on
the 26th June 2009.

The first batch of 31 students enrolled for the training course have all
graduated and seven of the Medics graduated with Honors/distinction. The
graduation ceremony was graced by representatives from the the Ministry of
Health, Vietnam Administration of AIDS Control, The Provincial Health
Department of Quang Ninh, The National Institute of Infectioius and Tropical
Disease, Vice Dean, Quang Ninh Medical College, Department of Science and
training, Provincial AIDS Control Centre of QUang Ninh, The People
Committee, Department of Invalid and Social Affairs, Department of Social
Evil Control and Prevention, The teachers and students of the Quang Ninh
Medical College and from the general community.

"The VAAC is grateful to AHF Vietnam Cares and the Quang Ninh Medical
College for the support to this new program that will add HIV service
workers to provide better treatment and care services for PLHAs.

The HIV Medics will play crucial role in our fight with HIVAIDS in Vietnam.
We wish to continue and expand the HIV Medics program and build a strong
force of HIV Medics to assist healthcare professionals involve in HIVAIDS
treatment and care programs" said Professor Bui Duc Duong

"Bringing the HIV Medics program to Vietnam will help usher more HIV
positive people and those already living with AIDS into care and treatment
and help build more cadre in the fight against the epidemic in Vietnam. AHF
thank Ministry of Health, VAAC for this innovative task shifting program and
creative a force of para- professional to help in better provision of
treatment and care for people with HIVAIDS. We thank all who were involved
in securing this exciting new training partnership" Michael Weinstein,
President- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)

"I cannot begin to express how happy I am that all of you have graduated the
HIV Medic program. I know you have worked hard to understand all the topics
and clinicals needed to provide excellent care and treatment to others with
HIV/AIDS."- Mary Adair, Director of Task Shifting Projects, AHF Global

" We are honored to collaborate with MOH/VAAC on the HIV Medics and thank
their support. The innovative HIVAIDS education program conceived, developed
and initiated by AHF to train lay people as HIV Medics – a paraprofessional
healthcare worker trained to assist clinicians and nurses in the provision
of Anti-retroviral therapy for people living with HIVAIDS. The Vietnam
Program is unique as the first batch of HIV medics are all PLHAs and the
Vietnam government has committed to provide 100% placement for each of the
graduate which is will help to unburdened task of HIV service providing
doctors and nurses" Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief, AHF
Global

" It was a big challenge for us at the Quang Ninh Medical College to train
this lay people on the HIV Medic curricula provided by VAAC/AHF Vietnam
Cares. We are surprise at the hard work and determination of the students
and that they have all passed the examination and graduated is highly
commendable. We wish them all success in their work" said Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim
Thoa, Vice Dean of Quang Ninh Medical College.

The HIV Medics Program developed in 2004 by AHF is an innovative solution to
the shortage of healthcare workers in resource-constrained settings. The
program comprise of an intensive training program where laypeople are
trained to become praprofessional "extenders" of treatment who provide basic
triage and intensive adherence support, and assist in the provision of ART.

The program was piloted in Uganda and has been WHO-cited "best practice"
task-shifting program. HIV Medics take on some of the clinical, counseling
and administrative responsibilities from nurses and doctors so that the
clinical team is able to care for and treat larger numbers of patients in
less time.

The HIV Medics was developed focused on supporting local capacity and
creating partnerships that allow country nationals to play a lead role in
day-to-day operations, AHF's programs are designed to be sustainable,
scalable, and replicable.

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the US' largest non-profit HIV/AIDS
healthcare provider. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to
more than 100,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide in the US, Africa,
Latin America/Caribbean and the Asia Pacific Region.
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