LAGOS STATE NURSES AND PHYSICIANS

FAI recently conducted a 2 Day Course for Health Care Workers and Professionals in the Lagos State Ministry of Health’s Secondary Health Facilities and Hospitals in the State. A World Bank assisted project, it was titled: HIV/AIDS Programme Development, 'Expanding Public Response'. The Centre for Management Development (CMD), Shangisha in the hinterland of Lagos, a corporate member of the West African Management Development Institute Network, WAMDEVIN provided the most conducive environment for the course.
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The opening ceremony which preceded the technical sessions had in attendance the Ministry’s BIG wigs which included Directors, Assistant Directors and an array of Medical Doctors from the Ministry while the Special Guest of Honour was the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan, ably represented by another big wig in his own rights, Dr. Aderemi Desalu. Dr Desalu is a national figure in the advocacy of HIV/AIDS as well as being in charge as CEO of the State’s Action Committee on AIDS, SACA.

The course was organized strictly for the Ministry’s in-house Health Care Workers and professionals from its various General Hospitals in the State. Some of these are: GH-Lagos, GH-Badagry, GH-Surulere, GH-Gbagada, etc while the list of delegates was dominated by Medical Practitioners and Nurses.

The Facilitators, comprising of health-related professionals from FAI’s pool of volunteers paraded 3 Medical doctors with specialties, one of them a Clinical Scientist; an HIV/AIDS specialist and an IT Communication specialist. Training tools included Power Point-based presentations, one-to-many interaction, interactive sessions, Internet-based in-class info search using search engines, and so on.

In line with universal standards of operational Plan for HIV/AIDS Care, Management and Treatment, providing training courses is essential in ensuring that health professionals have the skills and competencies to provide comprehensive care to patients and clients. The course played right and adequately equipped delegates with the knowledge of Universal standards relating to HIV/AIDS Precautions; Post Exposure Prophylaxis; Care and Support for all categories of infected persons.  Techniques to overcome stigma as a barrier to care was taught under Management while other issues in Social, Clinical and Counseling were thoroughly discussed with the active participation of delegates.

The facilitators were:

Dr. Dokun Adedeji
Lecture/Topic: HIV/AIDS: Expanding Public Response

Dr. Omotayo Ojo
Lecture/Topic: HIV/AIDS: Universal Precaution

Dr. Dan Onwujekwe
Lecture/Topic: HIV/AIDS: Epidemiology, Co-infections, Issues in Treatment and Care

Mr. Joseph Inyang
Lecture/Topic: HIV/AIDS: A Zero transmission Lifestyle

Mr. James Olamigoke
Lecture/Topic: Health and the Internet Resources

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