About this Course

29 million people in the world have already died of AIDS and 42 million are still living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The virus continues to spread, causing nearly 17,000 new infections each day and 15,000 people die of AIDS each day. This is truly a global epidemic. Furthermore, the WHO estimates that there is an annual incidence of 333 million cases of curable (not including AIDS) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) worldwide.

This diploma course is suitable both for people already working in or intending to work in healthcare or related professions; charities, government organisations, NGOs, religious organisations or institutes, local authorities and other non-profit-making organisations. It is also for those people who intend to work as any of the following: social workers, homelessness officers, welfare officers, humanitarian personnel, nurses and midwives.

Course Contents

Module 1

• Poverty and Healthcare
• The Nature of HIV/AIDS
• Different Types of HIV
• How HIV is Transmitted
• Global Epidemic of HIV/AIDS
• The Origin of AIDS
• Prevention of HIV
• HIV and Tuberculosis
• Financial and Social Cost of HIV/AIDS
• Managing and Living with HIV Infection
• HIV Testing and Immunology Silence
• HIV/AIDS Counselling Techniques
• How to Educate People about HIV Infection
• HIV/AIDS and the Workplace
• HIV Vaccines and Microbicides
• HIV and Criminal Law
• Right to Self Determination and Consent to Treatment
• Assisted Suicide and Mercy Killing
• Terminal Illness and Bereavement
• Access to and Disclosure of Medical Records
• Discrimination and Equal Opportunities
• Universal Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
• Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS,
• Tuberculosis & other Infectious Diseases
• Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
• Strategic Planning in HIV and AIDS Prevention
• International AIDS Organisations

Module 2

• Research Project