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  • Title: Partnerships launched with Asian nurses to combat HIV.
    Journal: Am Nurse; 1994 May; 26(5):30. PubMed ID: 8185125.
    Abstract:
    The American Nurses Foundation's International Nursing Center received a grant last fall from the World AIDS Foundation to work with the Trained Nurses Association in India and the Sri Lankan Nurses Association to provide in-country training for nurses on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. In 1994 India was estimated to have over 1.6 million people infected with HIV, but fewer than 600 reported cases of AIDS. With a population of over 850 million, and a seropositivity rate of 7.21% per 1000, these numbers will change rapidly. As demands for prevention and care rise globally in the 1990s, nurses have a critical role to play, for they are strategically located in both hospitals and the community. Often one of the major obstacles nurses face is their lack of appropriate preparation. Furthermore, nurses may not be perceived as a vital part of the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In India and Sri Lanka, where HIV/AIDS is a relatively new problem, governments have not yet built a nursing component into their national AIDS programs. In January, nurses in both countries began working with the International Nursing Center, their Ministries of Health and their national AIDS programs. The two associations held train-the-trainer workshops for nurses from all regions of their countries. These trainers, in turn, are now conducting satellite workshops in their local districts. Nurses in both countries were pleased to have their national HIV/AIDS activities featured by the national press. Both associations have developed plans for the nursing profession to play a more active role in HIV/AIDS care and prevention, and hope that the several hundred nurses to be trained will be a valuable resource in their countrys' efforts.
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