Editor's Note: Los Altos Patch is carrying the Facebook updates of Los Altos Rotarians Rich Casey and Allan Varni, as they and partner Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, train 50 health care workers this week to prevent the spread of AIDS between mother and child.
You can get updates directly on the Los Altos Rotary Child AIDS Prevention Facebook Page and see more on the Albany-based Global Strategies for HIV Prevention Facebook Page.
Days 4 & 5, Feb. 2-3, 2012:
The topics of the group sessions were the Stigma and Discrimination, Use of Antiretrovirals to prevent HIV Infections and the groups analyzed several case studies.
Friday afternoon consisted of an overall summary and evaluation of the effectiveness of the workshop followed by a presentation to the participants of their certificate of completion and a bag (made from local fabric and sewn be a local seamstress) filled with resource books, posters, a USB Flash Drive with interactive current information on the diagnosis and treatment of HIV in adults and infants.
The general feedback was that the workshop was a complete success, and the participants agreed to take this information and resource materials back to their various places of work and train others to reach even more Liberians.
–Allan Varni
