ACHEST at the Strengthening InterProfessional Education for HIV (STRIPE HIV) - AFREhealth-UCSF Partnership in Johannesburg

Eleven (11) physician and nursing experts in health professions education and HIV care convened in Johannesburg May 16th and 17th, 2019 to kickoff planning the STRIPE-HIV Fundamentals Course, a two-day training course on inter-professional, high-quality HIV care intended for graduating Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and Nurses Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) students prior to entering clinical care.STRITE-HIV-JBG1
This expert panel was chaired by Prof. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde and included faculty from six academic institutions and several global health organizations, with The African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) representation from President, Marietjie de Villiers and Vice-President Abigail Kazembe.
In addition to discussing and planning for the implementation of the upcoming STRIPE project, the expert panel spent time discussing the core principles, topics, goals, objectives, and educational strategies that are integral to delivering inter-professional, high quality HIV care across their institutions.
This work will build on the bigger goal of the STRIPE project, namely to maximize the impact of HRSA’s investment in, and PEPFAR’s continued commitment to, building health workforce capacity across Africa to achieve HIV epidemic control. As such STRIPE’s focus will be strengthening interprofessional HIV training provided by MEPI and NEPI institutions and their partner facilities to ensure that the next generation of health care professionals is equipped to deliver the highest quality, collaborative, evidence-informed HIV care.