TWO THOUSAND doctors of the city will be imparted training about HIV/AIDS in 30 workshops to be organised jointly by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), William J Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in association with the Indian Medical Association. The workshops will be organised at different localities of the city in next five months.
The first workshop in this regard was organised on Sunday at IMA office in Parade. On the occasion, Dr SK Katiyar, principal GSVM Medical College, Dr TN Singh State IMA president was present among other prominent doctors of the city. Nearly 40 general practitioners of the city attended today’s workshop.
Now doctors will be asked to follow the NACO treatment regime of HIV/AIDS. The NACO treatment is based on the three drugs therapy. Earlier, HIV positive people were given a single drug and over the years HIV positive people developed drug resistant from this single drug.
People, who are suspected as HIV positive, will henceforth be sent to voluntary counseling and testing centre (VCTC) at GSVM Medical College. From there the HIV positive persons will be sent for medication at anti-retro viral therapy centre in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) or Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI). Expressing concern over the increasing number of HIV positive persons in the city, DR SK Katiyar said, “All datas being collected about HIV/AIDS lacks accuracy that’s why it is high time to raise awareness among people and the number of HIV positive person were increasing here in the city has made imperative to train general practitioners.”
Prof. Renu Jain, in charge of blood bank and professor at GSVM said, “The datas at the blood bank in the medical college about people with the history of HIV positive was alarming as the number of cases were increasing at the rate of 50 to 60 per cent in the city.”
{{/usCountry}}Prof. Renu Jain, in charge of blood bank and professor at GSVM said, “The datas at the blood bank in the medical college about people with the history of HIV positive was alarming as the number of cases were increasing at the rate of 50 to 60 per cent in the city.”
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