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“This was the kindest training
I have ever done. Because it was not only technical. It was especially
warm and human. I loved it. This is what our patients need: not
just technical, but warmth and humanity.”
Gisele Borelli-Montigny, Munich, Germany
(Oxford training, July 2007)
HIVTRI ended our 2008 winter season by hosting
a work meeting and a booth at Glasgow
HIV 9, the Ninth International
Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection. HIV
and Ageing was the subject of the work meeting. (An update
from the meeting outlining next steps will be posted here shortly.)
At
the booth we distributed the monograph from our first HIVTRI
Science and Innovation Lectures and previewed HIVTRI
Slide, our free online slide selection library which will
enable users to create individualised presentations from a wide
range of HIV and associated infection topics to learn from or
teach about HIV-related subjects. The service will be free and
independent. Over 200 people registered in the three days.
HIVTRI
Slide formally launches in its limited version on World AIDS
Day, 1st December 2008. That version is online now at www.hivtrislide.com.
Registration is free and takes less than a minute. Please let us
know our feedback.
2008 in review
The early days of any new project can be difficult;
HIVTRI’s 2008 year was no exception. We underestimated our
administrative needs and overestimated our capacity to produce.
However, upon review, we are very pleased that our work is having
surprisingly strong effects. HIVTRI exists to work with allies
to develop successful responses to HIV and related conditions and
we believe there’s good evidence that we are doing that.
We encourage you to review our 2008 work in Pune, Antwerp, Warsaw, Krakow, Istanbul and Skopje and
Glasgow.
It was a year of firsts for
HIVTRI. In Pune
with Dr Sanjay Pujari we conducted our first intensive week-long
training for HIV-treating doctors. In Warsaw HIVTRI
secured funding for and hosted the founding meeting of the European
HIV Nurses Network (EHNN) with representatives from 34 countries
including almost every Eastern European country. Krakow
launched our ongoing HIV and Ageing project to develop
useful educational materials for ageing people living with HIV,
their HIV doctors and specialists. In Istanbul
HIVTRI hosted the largest meeting of Turkish HIV-treating doctors
and patient advocates. The Skopje meeting was an intimate meeting,
filled with active discussion and exchanges between South East
European doctors and world-famous clinician/trainer/researchers
focussed on optimizing HIV monitoring technologies in the region.
Last but not least, our EACS
Guidelines in Translation project
translated the EACS Guidelines for the Clinical Management and
Treatment of HIV Infected Adults in Europe into thirteen additional
European languages. These translated guidelines have been used
extensively throughout Europe and in conferences in Russia, Poland,
Greece, Turkey, Macedonia, Romania and Mexico. In
December, the French version will début at the ICASA conference
in Dakar, Senegal.
HIVTRI is a small project with only 2 full-time
staff positions and 2 part-time positions. We are effective because
of the incredible support, participation and guidance we’ve
received from our funders and
our trainers. This is
truly a community effort.
2009 will be more (and better) of the
same. We welcome you to review our 2009 Diary.
We also welcome your comments and participation. Please contact
us at home@hivtri.com.
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Mike Youle
Director, HIVTRI |
Ben Collins
Project Manager, HIVTRI |
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