- Medical and paramedical Intercollegiate diploma for the sub-region of French-speaking African countries on « Training for overall care provided to people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa », Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
This Inter-Collegiate Diploma (ICD) is a multi-disciplinary training course targeting professionals in charge of care provided to people infected by HIV and who are identified for becoming trainers in their countries of origin.
Length: 120h
Number of students per session : around 100
Objective: Improve medical care provided to patients living with HIV in French-speaking African countries.
Profiles: All professionals involved in care provided to people living with HIV-AIDS, whether they work in public bodies, in associations or in the private sector.
Partners :
The ICD is organised by a Secretariat which comprises:
- the University of Ouagadougou, Department of medical science of the National School for public health (Burkina Faso),
- the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France),
- the University of Brescia (Italy).
The teaching staff comprises 55 experts (doctors, paramedics, chemists, biologists) coming from West African countries, from France, from Belgium, form Italy, from Brazil or from Haiti. Some sessions also include exceptional speakers such as Dr Assimawè PANA from WHO Afro who spoke in 2008.
Findings
Five sessions have already been held, thus training over 500 people.
In 2008, 101 students of 17 nationalities (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, CAR, RCI, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Togo) were trained between May 26th and June 21st 2008. 98 candidates obtained their diplomas, with a success rate of 98,02%.
Outlook
- With the technical support provided by WHO-Afro, a study will be carried-out in order to see if trained students are skilled in their countries of origin.
- With the cooperation of various universities of sub-Saharan Africa belonging to the African Training Network on HIV (« ATN-HIV »), it is expected that trained students will benefit from “refresher” courses. Three years after receiving their degree, they will receive additional training for a period of five days.
Support provided by SIDA-ENTREPRISES
SIDA-ENTREPRISES funded 4 ICD years amounting to 166 000 € (2006-2009).
For further information, to register or to find out the date of the next session,
please see the website www.raf-vih.org
- Inter-Collegiate Diploma for multidisciplinary care provided to people living with HIV-AIDS in the Great Lakes region ( Burunid, Rwanda, Democratic
Republic of
Congo )
This ICD is a high-level multidisciplinary training course targeting professionals in charge of people infected by HIV.
Length: 160 h over a period of 2 years, 4 sessions et 15 days of training
Number of students per session: 50
Objective: Improve medical care provided to patients living with HIV in the Great Lakes region (,
, Democratic Republic of Congo).
Profiles: All professionals providing care to people living with HIV-AIDS, whether they work within public bodies, associations or the private sector.
Partners
The ICD is organised by a Secretariat comprising:
- The Avicenne French hospital (Paris, France);
- the University of Paris XIII (Paris, France);
- the Léon Mba Foundation (Paris, France);,
- the National Reference Centre for HIV-AIDS (Bujumbura, Burundi)
- the CHU of
Rennes (GIP ESTHER)
Findings
Up to this date, around 90 people were trained. The third year is unfolding (number of participants: 54) and the fourth cohort is programmed for June 2009.
In 2008, 41 students from the second cohort followed the 4th and last course between November 9th and 14th 2008. 39 candidates obtained their diplomas.
Outlook
At the moment, the impact of training is measured through questionnaires measuring the rate of satisfaction which means that students themselves provide marks on the training course and on teachers. A post-training evaluation will be launched in 2009.
Support provided by SIDA-ENTREPRISES
SIDA-ENTREPRISES funded the ICD for an amount of 40 000 € over a period of 2 years (2008-2009).
For further information, please see the website www.raf-vih.org or write to the following address: cnr.mpls@yahoo.fr
Updated: May 11th 2009.
