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HIV/AIDS Programming - prevention, treatment and care
This course focuses on planning, implementing, and managing HIV prevention and treatment programmes in a variety of contexts. The course aims at strengthening the capacity of professionals to translate protocols and guidelines into workable programmes for local health care systems with a renewed focus on prevention and treatment.
Institution:
Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.
The course takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Duration of course: 5½ weeks
Course coordinators: Lise Rosendal Østergaard and Maiken Mansfeld
ECTS credits: 7.5
Language: English
Course content: Planning, implementing and managing an HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programme:
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'Know your epidemic' how to analyse the HIV epidemic in relation to at-risk population groups or vulnerable groups
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‘Remember human rights issues’: how to ensure that concerns in relation to ethics, equity and equality are properly analysed
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From policies and guidelines to workable programmes
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Design a horizontal programme or a mainstreaming component (e.g. OIs, co-infections, SRHR, infection control, mental health including substance use and harm reduction, workplace policies, income generating activities, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, environmental health)
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Involvement of civil society
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GIPA or MIPA: from greater involvement of people living with HIV to meaningful involvement of people with HIV
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Testing and counselling: provider initiated, opt-in or opt-out: implications for programming
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Drug types, adherence and compliance: how to work with at-risk population groups and vulnerable groups
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Drug resistance and resistance to policies for prevention and treatment
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Commodities: ensure a consistent supply of drugs
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Qualifications of staff
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Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes and impact of a programme: how to develop meaningful indicators and solid evaluation designs.
Teaching methodologies of the course
45-minute lectures
Group work and discussions
Panel debates /Oxford Style debates
Exercises
Course paper
Oral presentations
Field trips
Type of Examination
Written course paper:
- Individual or group paper, max of 3 students per group. If group paper, students will be assessed on their individual contribution to the paper. It must be clearly stated which student wrote which sections of the paper.
- Internal examiner
Examination ECTS points: 7.5
Learning objectives of the course
Students completing this course will be able to:
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Critically analyse and discuss health system barriers to achieving access to and use of prevention, testing, counselling and treatment services at the international, national, and community levels
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Apply relevant theories and concepts to formulate an HIV/AIDS programme targeting a specific population group as part of an existing national response in a given country
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Design and develop appropriate management strategies for HIV/AIDS programmes, including planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation
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Propose opportunities in HIV programmes to establish synergies and hereby strengthening existing public sectors, including the health care sector
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Critically analyse, discuss and develop an appropriate human resources plan for the management of such programmes, including training of trainers and workplace policy
Criteria for assessing the fulfilment of the course objectives
The student is expected to participate actively in classes, discussions, group work and exercises. The course paper will be reviewed and graded according to the described learning objectives.
Grading: Written course paper: 7-point grading scale
Tuition Fee(s):
Reduced fee (students from the European Community, and the European Economic Community):
DKK 16,500 / EUR 2237
Standard fee (all other students)
DKK 22,213 / EUR 3006
Fees in Euro include a 16 EUR exchange fee.
All fees are subject to regulation.