African HIV Treatment Advocate Forum

The African Eye Trust  in partnership  with HIV i-Base organised  the first National African HIV Treatment Advocates Training  for  UK HIV  Charities involved in HIV work on the  31-May 2007 at  Medical Research  Council  Clinical Trials Unit in London. Please find a report and presentations .

For more information  please  email  the project  lead  Abayomi Adegbite  MD at yomi.adegbite@africanEyeTrust.org.uk

Download the Forum Registation Document

Training plan for 23rd May 2008

Time Topic Facilitator Notes
10:00-10:10 Registration & tea TAET Team  
10:10-10:30 The Role of a treatment advocate  Badru  Male  
10:30-11:30   Doctor/ Patient relationship  Badru  Male  
11:30-12:00 The  history of  HIV treatments and Side effects  Gus  Curins  
12:00-12:20 Tea break All participants  
12:20-1:20 Writing HIV Treatment issues In publications  Deirdre Love  
1:20-2:20 Lunch    
2:20-3:20 HIV medications- the different classes, new classes of drugs and mechanism of action.  Simon collins  
3:20-3:40 Group work All participants  
3:40-3:55 Access to treatment for Africans following diagnosis

Rhon Reynolds

CEO  AHPN		  
3:55-4:00 Closing remarks  Charles  Oduka  Chair  AHPN  

Scholarship Applications

To attend, you will need to send in an application form which is available here.