This training package is designed to train practicing HIV service providers in FP counseling and service provision for FP integration in HIV Counseling and Testing, PMTCT and ART services. It has has four parts, a Training Facilitator’s Guide, a Participant Handbook, PowerPoint Slides that summarize training content, and a job aid (to guide HIV service providers when providing FP counseling and services to HIV-positive clients).

The original WHO and CDC PMTCT Generic Training Package (GTP) was created in 2004 and updated in early 2008. The GTP is a comprehensive, evidence-based course developed for implementation in resource-limited settings. It was designed to be adapted at the country or regional level to meet participant learning needs, and reflect national policy and local context.

People living with HIV and AIDS require knowledge and support so they can protect others from infection, protect themselves from HIV reinfection, and avoid other sexually transmitted infections. Because antiretroviral treatments require HIV-positive people to make frequent visits to health clinics, providers have many opportunities to support and reinforce prevention for positives. Thus, FHI has developed a set of publications to build clinical staff knowledge about prevention with HIV -positive persons in low-resource settings.

HIV Prevention in Maternal Health Services: Training Guide provides a series of activities designed to build the capacity of program managers and staff to offer integrated HIV and STI services for pregnant and postpartum clients within their particular service-delivery setting.

The Global Health eLearning Center offers a menu of courses that learners can use to expand their knowledge in key public health areas and to access important up-to-date technical information. Each course is authored by a subject matter expert or a team of experts, is highly focused, and can be completed in about one to two hours. Although courses are designed to be taken online, a printer-friendly format allows you to download course materials for further study.

As part of the ACQUIRE Project’s systems approach to integrating FP with HIV care and treatment services, training is a system needing interventions to help build capacity among health care personnel so they can operationalize integrated services. To further support training, this manual discusses:

 Increasing Access to Contraception for Clients with HIV: A Toolkit contains an extensive set of practical, easy-to-use resources that can be used to train health care providers to offer contraceptives to their clients with HIV, to inform health care professionals about the latest research and technical guidance related to the provision of contraception to people with HIV, and to help program managers and policy-makers develop program strategies for integrating family planning and HIV prevention, care, and treatment services.

This brief focuses on the following points: Women with HIV/AIDS, including those who are taking ARVs, can start and use almost all family planning methods safely and effectively. Women on ARVs need access to contraception for compelling reasons. To successfully reach ARV recipients, contraceptive services need to be integrated with HIV care from the start.

With increasing availability and accessibility of HIV-related care and treatment, HIV-positive women and adolescent girls are regaining their health, living longer, and planning for their future. This includes making decisions about their sexuality and about the possibility of starting or expanding a family. To do so, HIV-positive women and adolescent girls need to access high-quality SRH services that also take into account their particular needs.

In response to the expanded access to HIV Rapid Testing, CDC and WHO have developed two tools to assist countries with equipping individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to establish policies and to perform testing in a manner that will assure reporting of test results that are reliable and accurate. The CDC/WHO HIV Rapid Test Training Package is competency-based, comprehensive and adaptable to support country specific polices and testing algorithms.

This curriculum was developed in response to increased demand from field partners for interventions and training that would help them address the complex issues related to HIV counseling and testing with couples. It is intended for community HIV testing and counseling providers, but may be adapted for persons providing HTC in health facility settings. It is recommended that all partners using this curriculum adapt the materials to include the policies, guidelines and specific context of their country setting.

This Web site is a repository of publications, tools, and news related to the global effort to combat HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

Stigma and discrimination related to HIV and AIDS are almost as old as the pandemic itself, and, regrettably, often exist in health care settings. Discrimination against people living with HIV or AIDS results in poor quality of care for those who are infected or ill (or suspected of being infected), frightens away potential clients in need of care, and undermines effective HIV prevention efforts by limiting individuals' access to and use of health care services. 

Evidence from an ICRW-led multi-country study in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia shows that the key causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS-related stigma have many more similarities than differences across contexts. Using research findings and lessons learned, ICRW worked with various partners to create a stigma-reduction toolkit.