Other News In 2002
UNAIDS announces that adult women now constitute roughly half of all global HIV/AIDS cases.2
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria begins disseminating grants.3
HRSA reports that each year, CARE Act-funded medical and support services reach 533,000 people infected or affected by HIV, who rely on these resources for some or all of their needs.4
2002
CARE Act Expertise is Used to Fight Epidemic Abroad
In 2002 HRSA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the International Training and Education Center on HIV, known as I-TECH. The goal for I-TECH was to capture lessons learned over 2 decades of administering 11 U.S.-based AIDS Education and Training Centers and to disseminate those learnings to organizations in the developing world.
I-TECH was designed to assist more than a dozen countries that were hardest hit by the epidemic with establishing self-sustaining health care worker training systems. Although it is not a CARE Act program, I-TECH is a shining example of how high-level expertise acquired through CARE Act implementation has been used to further HIV/AIDS treatment efforts worldwide.
Some Products of I-TECH “Know How”
As part of its efforts in the Caribbean, I-TECH has created a series of 13 short video scenarios designed to be used during HIV/AIDS training for health workers at all levels. Scenarios are designed to prompt a discussion about common situations in Caribbean health care settings where HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination may occur and can be prevented.
I-TECH held a 5-day training for University of Namibia nursing faculty from two university campuses; the training focused on building skills and teaching physical examinations of people with HIV/AIDS.
Read more about I-TECH training
I-TECH produced a comprehensive guide for developing a clinical mentoring program in resource-constrained settings. The guide includes step-by-step instructions for starting and maintaining an effective clinical mentoring program, including tools for local modification and use as well as related training resources such as curricula and video segments.
Read more about the I-TECH resources
I-TECH Mentoring Program Provides Health, Hope
An I-TECH mentor sent to South Africa in 2007 spent 1 month visiting clinics and hospitals with an Eastern Cape Regional Training Centre physician. At one hospital, they noticed that the tuberculosis (TB) and HIV patients were placed in the same ward, regardless of whether the HIV patient was admitted for TB. The mentor then discussed with hospital staff the infection-control issues involved with placing HIV patients without symptoms of active TB with active TB patients. This discussion raised staff understanding of the issues and led them to take steps to change the system.
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Toward Passage - 1986
HRSA Debuts First
AIDS Program - 1987
AZT Reimbursement
Program Launches - 1988
Pediatric AIDS
Grants Begins - 1989
HRSA Funds Move
Outside Epicenters - 1990
CARE Act Is Adopted,
Named for Indiana Teen -
The Early Years - 1991
HRSA Awards First
CARE Act Grants - 1992
Training Creates Access
to Expert Care - 1993
Largest Epicenters
Now Number 25 - 1994
AZT Is Found to Protect
Newborns From HIV - 1995
The Age of Combination
Therapy Arrives -
Adapting to Change - 1996
CARE Act
Reauthorized - 1997
Programs Unite
Under One Umbrella - 1998
Administration Addresses
Epidemic in Minorities - 1999
Minority AIDS Initiative
is Launched - 2000
Reauthorization Focuses
on People Not in Care -
A New Millennium - 2001
HRSA Publishes Treatment
Guide for Women - 2002
CARE Act Expertise
Goes Global - 2003
Global HIV/AIDS
Program Begins - 2004
HRSA Addresses
Severity of Need - 2005
New Treatment
for Addiction -
New Approaches - 2006
The CARE Act
Makeover - 2007
New Policies—
Waves of Change - 2008
Continuing Work
on Re-entry Programs - 2009
Improving
Performance Data - 2010
20 Years and
a Legacy of Care -
The Road Ahead - 2011
30 Years of AIDS:
Honoring the Past,
Looking Toward the Future - 2012
Care is Prevention