HIV/AIDS and ART Training for Auxiliary Nurses & Midwives at N.I.N.E.

By 121 News Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- The first batch of "Three days Training for
ANMs on HIV/AIDS and ART" under Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria (GFATM) in association with Indian Nursing Council was
organized under the guidance of Dr. Sandhya Ghai (Principal) and Dr.
Avinash Kaur Rana (Principal Coordinator) was completed at National
Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), PGIMER, Chandigarh from 16th to
18th December, 2013. A total of 24 nurses from Punjab and Chandigarh
actively participated in this workshop. Important topics related to
HIV/ AIDS and Nurses Role in HIV/AIDS, Stigma & Discrimination,
Epidemiology and disease progression, Counselling & Testing for HIV,
Prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT), Infection control
& Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Introduction to Antiretroviral
Therapy (ART), Paediatric HIV, Symptomatic management of Opportunistic
infections (OIs), Sexually transmitted infections, Positive living,
Palliative care for PLHAs, Complementary therapies in HIV and
challenges faced by nurses were covered.