Over half of HIV infections in the U.S. are among young gay, bisexual, and other same-gender-loving men (SGLM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Pain management (PM) has not been routinely incorporated into HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-constrained settings.
Objectives: We describe training for multidisciplinary teams tasked with integrating care management into HIV clinics to address pain for persons living with HIV in Nigeria.
Methods: Education on PM was provided to mixed-disciplinary teams including didactic and iterative sessions following home and hospital visits.
To combat morbidity and mortality from the worldwide epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the United States Congress implemented a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 30 resource-limited countries to integrate combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for both prevention and cure. Over 35% of eligible persons have been successfully treated. Initial legislation cited palliative care as an essential aspect of this plan but overall health strengthening became critical to sustainability of programming and funding priorities shifted to assure staffing for care delivery sites; laboratory and pharmaceutical infrastructure; data collection and reporting; and financial management as individual countries are being encouraged to assume control of in-country funding.
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