Course - Managing HIV/AIDS Programmes at the Workplace
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2 - 13 May, 2005
Nairobi, Kenya
Dear Partners,
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is pleased to an-
nounce its course "Managing HIV/AIDS Programmes at the Work-
place".
HIV/AIDS remains one of the most challenging issues in the world
today. Organisations are challenged with managing the large num-
ber of their staff who are affected and/or infected or at risk
of being infected with HIV. Interventions designed at the work-
place have proved to be successful in mitigating the effects and
impact of HIV/AIDS and have led to a smoother running of organi-
sation's activities while maximising investment in human re-
sources development.
Managing HIV/AIDS Programmes at the Workplace is an innovative
course designed to help managers become agents of change in the
fight against HIV/AIDS by developing and implementing effective
HIV/AIDS programmes. In this course, managers will learn how to
use team work and other participatory approaches that involve
employees and employers, to curb the spread and reduce the im-
pact of HIV/AIDS at the workplace. By developing effective
HIV/AIDS workplace programmes organisations will not only reduce
enormous AIDS-related costs, but will also increase motivation
among the workforce.
Participants to this course will make a difference to their or-
ganisations. They will gain a wide range of management skills
for HIV/AIDS workplace interventions. The course will focus on
HIV/AIDS epidemiology and risk factors, prevention of HIV trans-
mission, programme design and development, HIV/AIDS organisa-
tional policy development provision of services including coun-
selling, testing and self disclosure, peer education programmes,
conducting effective referral systems to various external
HIV/AIDS related services, orientation to anti-retroviral ther-
apy and prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. The
course will also cover coordination, supervision and monitoring
of HIV/AIDS workplace programmes.
In addition to this regional course, CAFS offers this training
at in-country/organisational level on request. In-country
courses are conducted with a minimum of 10 participants.
Please do not hesitate to contact me on mailto:courses@cafs.org
or mailto:ailiniga@cafs.org for further information on this
course. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Aloys Ilinigumugabo, Ph.D.
Deputy Director and Head of Technical Department
Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS)
Nairobi, Kenya
mailto:ailiniga@CAFS.org