Training tools for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
A series of training materials have been developed to support countries in building human capacity in the area of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The materials have been developed by different departments within WHO or in collaboration with other key agencies.
IMAI/IMPAC clinical training for integrated PMTCT services
This integrated clinical training targets primary level health workers (usually nurses or midwives) in resource-limited settings. It prepares antenatal, delivery, and postnatal service providers to integrate HIV prevention, care and treatment including ART and ARV prophylaxis within routine MNCH services. This participatory, modular five-day training is designed to follow the WHO basic HIV care/ART training.
This training is based on the WHO modules:
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IMAI-IMCI Chronic HIV Care with ARV Therapy and Prevention guideline module (2007)
This guideline covers clinical assessment and staging, prophylaxis, preparation for ART and ARV prophylaxis, initiation of first-line ARV regimen at primary level, clinical monitoring of patients, adherence preparation and support, patient education, psychosocial support, prevention for PLHIV, and patient monitoring. This comprehensive guideline module covers as one of its focus areas the management of HIV-positive women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, and breastfeeding period. It also includes guidance on family planning options for persons living with HIV. -
Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: A guide for essential practice (2006)
This guide provides evidence-based recommendations to health workers in the management of women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period, and newborns during their first weeks of life.
[To access the updated version of Chronic HIV Care guideline modules and the IMAI-IMPAC clinical training for integrated PMTCT services based on the WHO 2010 guidelines for Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants, please send an email to imaimail@who.int.]
Other complementary trainings include:
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Reproductive choices and family planning for PLHIV (2007)
This tool is designed to help health workers counsel people living with HIV on sexual and reproductive choices and family planning. It also assists people living with HIV make informed and healthy decision about their sexual and reproductive lives. -
Three interlinked patient monitoring systems for HIV care/ART, MCH/PMTCT, and TB/HIV: Standardized Minimum Data set and Illustrative Tools (2009)
This interlinked patient monitoring system includes follow-up of mother-infant pair, and key routine maternal and infant and HIV-related variables. The generic illustrative tools are for country adaptation, and the HIV care/ART and MCH/PMTCT tools are included in the IMAI/IMPAC clinical training for integrated PMTCT services.
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WHO/CDC prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV generic training package (2008)
This generic PMTCT training package is designed to provide a template for the development of a national training plan and an appropriate national PMTCT curriculum, based on a rapid adaptation process. For countries that already have begun PMTCT training and have draft materials, this generic training package can be used to update and strengthen the national curriculum and training plan. This training package is an evidence-based course on PMTCT and is targeted to resource-constrained settings.