HIV prevention and care - Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health - Course files

HIV prevention and care

Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

Training course in adolescent sexual and reproductive health 2019

October 14, 2019 - Geneva

Chandra-Mouli V. HIV prevention and care. Paper presented at: Training course in adolescent sexual and reproductive health; 2019 Oct 14; Geneva.

Tasks

Go over the slide set titled: HIV prevention and care (HIV prevention and care with talking points) which contains key messages from the WHO publication: WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (2018).
Go over the slide set titled: Adolescent Friendly Health Services for young people with HIV.
Go over the relevant pages of the WHO publication: WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (2018).
Go over the journal paper titled: Chimbindi N et al. Translating DREAMS into practice: Early lessons from implementation in six settings. PLoS ONE. 2018;13(12):e0208243.
Go over the slide set titled: WHO PrEP guidance (WHO PrEP guidance with talking points).

Reference documents

Assignment

Go over the module materials provided and answer the following five questions with the aid of the clues provided.

Question 1

Name 3 reasons why there is increased risk of adolescent girls acquiring HIV and of the consequences of HIV infection?

4 marks

Clue: Study pages 39 and 40 of the WHO publication: WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (2018) and slide 4 of the presentation titled: Adolescent Friendly Health Services for young people with HIV.

Question 2

Name 3 reasons why we have to do more to address HIV in adolescents than we are doing now?

4 marks

Clue: Study slides 5, 6 and 7 of the presentation titled: Adolescent Friendly Health Services for young people with HIV.

Question 3

Name 2 ways in which service organization of medication refill visits could be differentiated to make them more friendly to young people living with HIV.

4 marks

Clue: Study slide 14 of the presentation titled: Adolescent Friendly Health Services for young people with HIV.

Question 4

What is the DREAMS initiative? What is layering in the context of the initiative? What challenges has the initiative experienced in layering interventions?

6 marks

Clue: Study pages 2, 3 and 14 of the paper titled: Translating DREAMS into practice: Early lessons from implementation in six settings. PLoS ONE. 2018.

Question 5

What is the rationale for PrEP? What is WHO’s recommendation on the use of PrEP? Name three attributes of the recommendation?

7 marks

Clue: Study slides 8, 14, 16 and 17 of the slide set titled: WHO PrEP guidance. If needed, refer to the WHO publication: WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection (WHO, 2017).

Best assignments of week 6: HIV prevention and care

Congratulations to the following participants whose assignments have been chosen as the best assignment of week 6 by their coaches. Click on the participant’s name to read the assignment.

Agnes Mandela Angolo, Nairobi, Kenya

Coach’s comment

"You are a consistently competitive performer. Your careful studying into the course contents, knowledge- and experience-based concepts, understanding the needs of the questions and efforts to addressing general guidelines are making the difference during this stage of high competition." Ashim Roy, GFMER country coordinator and course tutor

Fanny Kukacha, Holy Family College of Nursing, Phalombe, Malawi

Coach’s comment

"It is quite interesting that through time most of the course participants have shown significant improvement on performance of paperwork assignments. We all understand that studying all the recommended module materials and relevant reference documents is very crucial to be successful in our weekly assignments, and more importantly to prevent disabilities and deaths of poor girls and young women in our communities. Although most participants were successfully accomplished week six assignment, Funny Kukacha was chosen as the best for the week because of her thoughtful and well summarized responses to the questions and properly citing the source materials. In addition, she is one of the participants who achieved progressive improvement in performance of paperwork assignments." Melaku Samuel Hottessa, GFMER course tutor

Lena Blos, Plan International, Hamburg, Germany

Coach’s comment

"This assignment thoroughly deserves the selection. The detail to which each question was addressed shows that the participant had an excellent understanding of this module." Raqibat Idris, GFMER course coordinator and tutor

Nana Zulu, Options Consultancy Services, Lusaka, Zambia

Coach’s comment

"Strive for progress, not perfection. A great progress our colleague Nana made this time. Congratulations for the highest achiever." Khadija Ahmed Matrook, GFMER country coordinator and course tutor

Shirley Eng, FHI 360, Maputo, Mozambique

Coach’s comment

"The participant has exhibited constancy in academic performance and an in-depth understanding of resource materials provided. She has repeatedly made relevant literature searches and used appropriate data and analogies to augment her responses." Aishatu Abubakar-Sadiq, GFMER country coordinator and course tutor

Tarnue W. Woheel, Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Liberia

Coach’s comment

"I would like to nominate Tarnue W Woheel for the progress during the course." Lela Shengelia, GFMER country coordinator and course tutor