Management of HIV and Co-infections

In-depth training on the clinical management of HIV for clinicians via a flexible and resource-saving online platform

Management of HIV and Co-infections

Join us for a practical and comprehensive course on management of HIV, including: the latest findings and guidelines on how to manage, treat and prevent HIV and related diseases; treatment as prevention; testing of HIV and related infections, the continuum of care; monitoring activities; optimisation of HIV treatment programmes and other related and relevant topics.

About this course

The course is comprised of 5 steps with various sub-topics, each step has between 15 and 35 lectures of 7 – 10 mins. The course language is English with the possibility of Russian subtitles. It can be followed as a full course (almost 90 lectures, 10 – 15 hours) or you can choose the chapters or sections most relevant for you.

Who is it for?

The course is for anyone interested! But is aimed at people working in HIV and infectious diseases in the health care sector, community health clinics, testing sites and public health and especially in Eastern Europe and East Asia.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Differentiate the clinical manifestations of HIV-related diseases
Propose relevant diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment strategies for HIV infection and related diseases according to EACS and WHO guidelines
Recognise benefits and adverse effects of various HIV drug therapies including PrEP and treatment as prevention.
Understanding the role of combination prevention and integrated testing of HIV/HCV/HBV STIs in reducing transmission.
Recognise the important role of monitoring and evaluation of public health interventions to decrease transmission HIV and other blood borne viruses.
Understanding the need for optimisation of treatment programmes to reach all in need of ART.
To understand the complexity and necessity of a multi-sectorial approach to decrease transmission of HIV and co-infections

Course Structure

The online course is now available on the EACS eAcademy. Click here to access the platform.

Step 1. Clinical Management of HIV - Introduction, Opportunistic Infections and Co-morbidities

Different HIV-related opportunistic infections and HIV co-morbidities

Step 2. ART and complications of ART

Antiretroviral treatment; which ART to start, adherence to ART and when to switch.

Step3. Treatment as Prevention
The principles and clinical aspects of PrEP

The role of treatment as part of prevention strategies.

Step 4. Public Health perspectives: prevention, testing and linkage to care

Different approaches to HIV testing, the role of integrated testing and linkage to care

Monitoring of the HIV response Principles of combination prevention.