Healthefoundation HIV education and prevention training

Health[e]Foundation helped provide computers to the satellite clinics in Malawi's Zomba district, June 2008

Pediatric HIV[e]Education

The aim of Pediatric HIV[e]Education is to improve treatment of children with HIV/AIDS, by providing healthcare workers with complete and updated information on a broad range of aspects related to the specific challenges in treatment of children with HIV/AIDS.

This program is the product of a close collaboration with PENTA Foundation's Tr@inforPedHIV. All modules and clinical cases have been written by renowned experts with extensive experience in the treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS. The program also contains specific modules about pediatrics in Africa and in Asia, which are written by local experts in the field.

The pediatric program was completed in October 2007, and the first group of pediatricians trained in December 2007 in Kampala, Uganda. The kickoff meeting was held as part of a training event that was organized by the PENTA group.

The program is since being made available to former HIV[e]Education participants as a follow-up program. Upon request, it is also possible for new groups involved in the care for and treatment of children with HIV/AIDS to be trained; the first training of this kind was held in Thailand.

Modules & Authors

Biology and Patho-Physiology of HIV Infection
Deenan Pillay, Department of Virology, University College London, United Kingdom

Epidemiology and Natural History of Pediatric HIV Infection
Carlos Giaquinto, Erika Morelli, and Federica Fregonese, Department of Paediatrics, University of Padova, Italy

Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis
E.G. Hermione Lyall, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Classification and Progression of HIV Disease
Gareth Tudor Williams, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Classification, Mode of Action of Antiretroviral Drugs and ART Regimens
Diana Gibb, Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Antiretroviral Therapy for Children
Diana Gibb, Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Drug Interactions and Antiretroviral Agents
David Burger, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands

Resistance Pathways and Antiretroviral Drugs
Deenan Pillay, Department of Virology, University College London, United Kingdom

When to Start ARV and Which Regime to Choose?
Mike Sharland, Paediatric Infectious Diseases office, St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Psychosocial issues for families with HIV
Diane Melvin, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Helping children learn about their HIV
Diane Melvin, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Adolescent with HIV infection
Diane Melvin, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
Marc Lallemant, Harvard-IRD, Perinatal HIV Prevention Trial (PHPT), Chiang Mai, Thailand

HIV and Tuberculosis
Beate Kampmann, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

HIV and Hepatitis
Uwe Wintergerst, Ambulant Immune Deficiency Department, Children Hospital, Germany

HIV and Nutrition
Julie Lanigan and Margaret Lawson, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

African specific modules:
         Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa
         Management of Co-infections in HIV in Africa
         Peer and Psychosocial Support in Africa
Victor Musiime, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda
Patricia Nahirya-Ntege, Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Department of Pediatrics, Mulago Hospital/Makerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda

Asian specific modules:
         Epidemiology and Natural History in Asia
         Diagnosis in Asia
         ARVs and Children in Asia
         Immunization in Asia
Jintanat Ananworanich, HIVNAT, Bangkok, Thailand
Thanyanwee Puthanakit, HIVNAT and Chiang Mai University, Bangkok, Thailand