The National Advanced HIV Clinical Course (NAHCC) is a two-week intensive training program designed to increase the clinical expertise of healthcare professionals who already have considerable experience in medical management of HIV.
The course is organised by the Unit of Clinical Infectious Disease, University of Nairobi, University of Maryland, Baltimore, the National AIDS & STI Control Programme (NASCOP) and the Infectious Diseases Society of Kenya.
The course is conducted to:
- Develop the capacity of HIV service-providers to care for complex HIV-positive patients characteristic of mature high-volume cohorts
- Increase the number of practicing technical experts within Kenya and the region with capacity to manage HIV
Course IV was held from 4 to 15 April and course V was held from 18 to 29 April. These two courses were sponsored by the Family AIDS Care & Education Services (FACES) program. Courses IV and V were open to applicants working in the NyaWest region.
The courses were held in Kisumu and were the first decentralised courses of the NAHCC. Previous courses had been held at the College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi from 16 to 27 March 2015 (Course III), 24 March to 4 April 2014 (Course II), and 14 to 25 October, 2013 (Course I).