GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana-based Pan-Caribbean Partnership Towards HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Secretariat, Friday, stated a number of Caribbean scientific well being employees will assemble in Miami subsequent week for a high-impact Strengthening HIV Prevention and Remedy Providers Coaching Programme.
PANCAP introduced that it’s organizing the September 17–19 occasion on the College of Miami Miller Faculty of Drugs, in collaboration with the College of Miami Miller Faculty of Drugs, with assist from the Pan-American Well being Group (PAHO) and The International Fund.
“This isn’t simply one other coaching, it’s a strategic intervention to alter the trajectory of HIV in our area,” stated Dr. Wendy Telgt Emanuelson, Director of the PANCAP Coordination Unit (PCU).
“By mastering motivational interviewing strategies and making use of the newest evidence-based approaches, our regional clinicians will develop into highly effective change brokers of their communities, notably in reaching underserved populations most in want of those companies,” she added.
PANCAP said that the coaching programme will construct on the groundbreaking PANCAP Studying Journey that has been held. The occasion, scheduled for this week, is hosted by the famend Public Well being Service (GGD Amsterdam). Subsequent week’s occasion will additional equip regional frontline healthcare suppliers with superior abilities in motivational interviewing (MI) and different cutting-edge scientific methods.
It stated that the Amsterdam session had demonstrated exceptional success in enhancing suppliers’ capacity to have interaction high-risk populations in PrEP programmes and re-engage folks dwelling with HIV who’ve fallen out of care.
The coaching will assemble scientific leaders from a number of Caribbean nations, together with Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, The British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic.
PANCAP said that members will embody physicians, nurses, and group well being specialists representing each public well being programs and civil society organizations, guaranteeing complete data switch throughout all ranges of care.
It said that this intensive capacity-building initiative comes at a vital juncture because the area works diligently to beat persistent challenges in reaching UNAIDS’ bold 95-95-95 prevention targets by 2030.
PCU’s Information Administration Coordinator, Dr. Shanti Singh Anthony, stated the Amsterdam Studying Journey proved that when clinicians undertake patient-centred approaches, outcomes enhance dramatically.
“This coaching on motivational interviewing will permit for a differentiated and client-centred method to recruit, provoke, and retain individuals on HIV prevention and remedy companies, serving to us shut gaps within the HIV care continuum and obtain the worldwide targets.”
PANCAP stated that with Caribbean nations going through uneven progress towards HIV targets, this coaching addresses vital gaps within the regional HIV response.
It stated the programme’s distinctive worth lies in its “train-the-trainer” method, guaranteeing members can share their new abilities with their colleagues again dwelling. This creates sustainable capability that can proceed benefiting well being programs all through the area lengthy after the Miami session concludes.
“This coaching programme is a vital step towards revitalising HIV prevention and remedy efforts within the Caribbean. By empowering clinicians with evidence-based instruments, PANCAP and its companions intention to scale back new infections, enhance retention in care, and speed up progress towards ending AIDS as a regional public well being menace by 2030.”
