By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Chandigarh 19th May:-- National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), PGI, Chandigarh conducted three consecutive "Six Days each Workshop on HIV/AIDS and ART Training for Nurses" under Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in association with Indian Nursing Council under the stewardship of Dr. Sandhya Ghai (Principal Coordinator GFATM Project).
A total of 103 nurses from Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh actively participated in these Six day workshops. Important topics related to 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 as per latest guidelines from NACO were covered. All lectures were followed by group work such as Role plays, Presentations and Discussions. During the workshop the participants visited the ART/ICTC centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh. The participants from various places evaluated the workshop as a complete learning experience which would help them prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS and to deal with HIV positive and AIDS patient confidently.
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