With support from MSD (Thailand), HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, collaborated with hospitals in Saraburi, Chiangmai, Khon Kaen, Ubol Ratchathani, and Surat Thani provinces to organize one-day workshops on Hepatitis C and HIV co-infection from October 2012 to March 2013.
HIV-NAT worked with community health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and medical associations such as the Thai Liver Society and the Thai AIDS Society to organize one-day workshops on Hepatitis C and HIV co-infection. The purpose of training workshops is to build the capacity of health service providers (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, medical technologists and public health officers) across five provinces in Thailand to effectively diagnose, treat, and manage viral hepatitis and to provide updated knowledge to health service providers on the progress and latest technology for diagnosis and care.
The training methods were lectures by HIV/Hepatitis experts and case discussions. All participants are required to complete a pre-test and a post-test.
From October 2012-March 2013, training workshops were organized in the following hospitals:
- Sappasit Prasong Hospital, Ubol Ratchathani – Friday, 23 November 2012
- Nakornping Hospital, Chiang Mai – Monday, 26 November 2012
- Surat Thani Hospital, Surat Thani – Thursday, 10 January 2013
- Saraburi Hospital, Saraburi – Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen – Friday, 22 March 2013
The training sessions were attended by large number of health care professionals. This fulfils the main objective of the training program which is to build capacity in health care service providers and NGO staff. Up to 1,096 people attended the training workshops, out of which 127 are physicians, 771 nurses, 91 pharmacists, 225 medical technologists and 85 individuals/NGOs/medical students/scholars.
Attendees actively participated in the lectures and case discussions. They asked questions and shared their experience and information in all lecture topics.
