Training materials for pharmacists
FIP Training Modules on HIV/AIDS
The International network has developed three FIP Training Modules in HIV/AIDS.
These training materials target a variety of audiences with the aim to promote prevention, improve safe sexual behaviour, promote risk reduction, improve proper treatment and provide pharmaceutical care in the community.
Three modules were prepared in 2004 and are available below:
- a module that highlights the pharmacist's roles in preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS [pdf file: 1050 KB],
- a module that addresses the roles of the pharmacist with regard to the safe and effective use of antiretroviral therapies, HIV opportunistic infection drugs and palliative care [pdf file: 4700 KB],
- a module that specifically focuses on the roles of the pharmacist in HIV/AIDS prevention among illicit IV drug users [pdf file: 1350 KB].
Your comments on these documents are appreciated and can be sent to hivaids@fip.org.
Symposia on HIV/AIDS
In addition to these training modules, the network has organized several symposium on HIV/AIDS and pharmacists’role.
You can find below the Symposium Presentations:
Pharmacy management and dispensing to HIV-patients in developing countries
FIP Congress – Basel, Monday 1 September 2008
Chair: Jean Parrot, FIP Immediate Past President, France
- Walking the Talk: Expanded roles for pharmacists in global public health initiatives [pdf file: 760 KB]
Helene Moller, World Health Organization, Switzerland - Adherence and adverse events: The role of hospital and community pharmacists [pdf file: 384 KB]
Chantal Bian, Cameroon - The role of the pharmacist in counseling, providing information and taking care of HIV-infected patients [pdf file: 124 KB]
Abdelkader Helali, Centre National de Pharmacovigilance et Materiovigilance, Algeria - Practical tools to improve pharmacy management and dispensing to HIV patients [pdf file: 400 KB]
Julie Langlois, France - Training pharmacists to meet the challenges of provision of Antiretroviral Therapy to HIV-infected patients [pdf file: 656 KB]
Alice Pau, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, USA - Closing comments [pdf file: 1670 KB]
Philippe Douste Blazy, former Minister, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, in charge of innovative developments to reach Millenium Development Goals, with the rank of Undersecretary General of the United Unions, France
This symposium was sponsored by an educational grant from Abbott
Responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis in resource-limited settings: the role of pharmacy and pharmacists in improving access to and use of medicines
FIP Congress – New Orleans, Tuesday 7 September 2004
Chair: Keith Johnson, USA
- New global initiatives to enhance access to ARVs: Challenges and opportunities [pdf file: 2550 KB]
Peter Graaff, Switzerland - Improving ARV access and use through better pharmaceutical management: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean [pdf file: 1420 KB]
Francis Burnett, St.Lucia - Establishing an HIV/AIDS pharmacy practice in an underserved inner city environment [pdf file: 2110 KB]
Madeline Feinberg, USA - Developing a national HIV/AIDS pharmacy-based initiative [pdf file: 2630 KB]
Dahlia McDaniel, UK - Closing commentary –The challenge to the profession of pharmacy and FIP [pdf file: 840 KB]
Jean Parrot, President FIP, France
Additional training materials
A wide range of organizations prepare training materials for health professionals related to HIV/AIDS. Below you can find a diverse list of materials that may help to support and improve your knowledge and practice in HIV/AIDS.
Online Courses and manuals
- University of Arizona, USA: HIV/AIDS Immunology Tutorial
- MTCT-Plus Training Materials and Resources
- Online CoursesHIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: A Clinical Course for People Caring for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
- Online mini-course on HIV/AIDS
- US HIV/AIDS Bureau Collaboratives Training Manual: Improving Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS Disease