january, 2021
18jan(jan 18)9:00 am22(jan 22)3:00 pmDSDM/ HTS support supervision in Rwenzori region
Event Details
Uganda adapted and revised ART guidelines to include the WHO recommendation to ‘test and treat’ all HIV-infected people. These guidelines are pertinent to strengthening Uganda's HIV/AIDS response, accelerating progress towards the UNAIDS 90:90:90 targets and ending AIDS by 2030. The Uganda national
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Event Details
Uganda adapted and revised ART guidelines to include the WHO recommendation to ‘test and treat’ all HIV-infected people. These guidelines are pertinent to strengthening Uganda’s HIV/AIDS response, accelerating progress towards the UNAIDS 90:90:90 targets and ending AIDS by 2030. The Uganda national consolidated HIV prevention, care and treatment guidelines 2016, recommend differentiated services delivery (DSDM) for HTS (HIV counselling and Testing) as a critical strategy to enable Uganda to achieve the above targets
The County put in place a TWG to guide implementation and after a pilot, scale up has started across the country following trainings
The MoH has now planned for HTC support supervision focussing on recency testing integration
Time
18 (Monday) 9:00 am - 22 (Friday) 3:00 pm
Location
Rwenzori and Mid-West Regions
Organizer
Disease Surveillance ekansiime@musph.ac.ug