Strengthening Institution Capacity And Training Of Nurses On HIV/AIDS And Tuberculosis
2012-2015
Across all states in India from tertiary to primary levels
Client - • Futures Group International India Pvt Ltd, Indian Nursing Council under the Global Fund Project
The Technical & Operational Guidelines of the RNTCP (Revised National TB Control Program) program were recently revised by the Ministry of Health in 2018. HABF consultants and REACH, together with a technical team of nurses from Indian Nursing Council completed the revisions of the existing Nurses & ANM training modules with the latest guidelines and updates on TB diagnosis and treatment. A 3-day training package for nurses and a 2 day package for ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) were developed and piloted. These training modules would be utilised for training of nurses and ANM across the country.
A total of 30 Nurses trainers have been trained on the new modules as a pilot program
Objective
- Pan-India Training of Nurses on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
- Strengthening nurse training institutions as Training centers of excellence
Achievements
- 140,000 staff nurses, nursing tutors and ANM trained
- 65 nursing institutions in government and private sectors, strengthened as Nurse Training centers of Excellence
- Supportive supervision for nurses initiated for the 1st time in India
- E-learning program on HIV for Nurses launched
- 4 baseline and midline studies conducted on Nurses attitudes & Practices in patient care for HIV & TB
- 4 were HIV & TB client satisfaction surveys which included stigma & discrimination
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