HIV/AIDS CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL OF THORACIC MEDICINE, TAMBARAM: VALEDICTORY OF YEAR 4 & INAUGURATION OF YEAR 5

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HIV/AIDS CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL OF THORACIC

MEDICINE, TAMBARAM: VALEDICTORY OF YEAR 4 & INAUGURATION OF YEAR 5

Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government,

Department of Health and Family Welfare, Thiru V.K. Subburaj, presided over

the Valedictory function of year 4 and the inauguration of year 5 of the HIV

Clinical and Leadership Training Programme at the Government Hospital of

Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram, on the 10th of November and delivered

the Convocation address. Outlining the excellent response of the state of

Tamilnadu to HIV/AIDS, the Health Secretary, lauded the contribution of this

Fellowship Programme in creating “expert†manpower to manage the disease. The

Health Secretary who also released the Abstract book containing the abstracts

of the Research projects taken up by the Fellows, as part of the Fellowship,

assured that the findings of their research projects will certainly inform

policy decisions with regard to treatment and care of HIV/AIDS patients.

Mr. Perterson, Acting Country

Director, CDC-GAP (US Centres of Disease Control & Prevention, Global

AIDS Programme) India, spoke about the role of CDC-GAP in the HIV Fellowship

Programme. Keaton, Vice-Consul of

the US Consulate in Chennai, lauded the programme as a wonderful model of

international public-private partnership which can be replicated in other parts

of the country. He also urged the TN Government to give accreditation to the

Fellowship Programme.

In his Special

address, the Director of Medical

Education, Dr. S. Vinayagam, described the programme as one that

specifically addressed the lacunae of research skills in the field of HIV

training. The DME also released the FELLOWSHIP

CURRICULUM PACKAGE which contains a comprehensive account of the entire

programe including the planning, implementation and best practices and

challenges.

Dr. Priya, Dean-in-charge, Stanley Medical College, released the

Opportunistic Infection Videos, a real life case based video training tool for

training clinicians in diagnosis and management of opportunistic infections.

Superintendent of the Government Hospital

of Thoracic Medicine (GHTM), Dr. C. Chandrasekhar, welcomed the gathering.

Anil Purohit, Country, I-TECH explained the role of I-TECH in India. Dr. O.R.

Krishnarajasekhar delivered the vote of thanks.

The Health Secretary presented the

certificates to the graduating Fellows and the Superintendent of GHTM, welcomed

the new batch of Fellows.

The graduating Fellows presented their

Research Projects in the afternoon and the session was attended b the

Fellowship alumni & doctors of GHTM. Dr. S. Rajasekaran NACO Consultant,

ART Quality Management presented HIV/TB update session.

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International

Training & Education Centre for Health (I-TECH)

Government Hospital of Thoracic

Medicine

Tambaram Sanatorium,

Chennai - 47

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