Course Outline

Module 1; Clinical Management of HIV

Different HIV related opportunistic infections and HIV co-morbidities

• Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS), HIV-related Pulmonary Infections, Central Nervous System & HIV, Central nervous System & HIV-related Opportunistic Infections, Tuberculosis and HIV Co-Infection, Hepatitis C and HIV Co-Infection, Epidemiology of cancers and HIV, Clinical Management of Cancers and HIV, CVD/CKD/Endocrinology.
• Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
• which ART to start, adherence to ART and when to start.

Module 2;Treatment as Prevention
 

• The principles of PrEP.
  Key populations for PrEP, how to prescribe and monitor PrEP, adherence to PrEP.
• How to Diagnose and Manage HIV Seroconversion.
• Treatment as Prevention:
  The role of treatment as part of prevention strategies and the impact on the HIV epidemic.

Module 3; Public Health Perspectives: Prevention, Testing and Linkage to care

Testing and linkage to care

• Different approaches to HIV testing and the role of integrated testing and linkage to care.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitoring of the HIV epidemic. 
• Evaluation of public health interventions to decrease transmission HIV and other BBV.

Combination Prevention

• Principles of combination prevention.
• Planning and implementing combination prevention programmes.

Module 4; Optimization of treatment programmes

Optimization of ART programmes

• Programmatic considerations and challenges related to transition to new ARV drugs.
• Cost effectiveness of using generic ART in HIV treatment programmes
• Clinical Considerations regarding new ARVs 
• Monitoring of ARVs toxicity and HIV drug resistance. 

Module 5

• Key concepts in infectious diseases
• Bacterial Infections
• Viral Infections
• Mycology, Parasitology and Travel-Related Infection
• Epidemiology, public health, infection control and pandemics
• Infections in special groups