CME Course on “Forging Ahead with HIV Mitigation Goals in COVID Times”

       I-TECH India – Newsbuzz For January 2021

• CME Course on “Forging Ahead with HIV Mitigation Goals in COVID Times”: I-TECH India, in collaboration with the AIDS Society of India and Mumbai Districts AIDS Control Society, organized a continuing medical education (CME) course for 52 private practitioners in Mumbai, called Forging Ahead with HIV Mitigation Goals in COVID Times, that took place on 17 January 2021. The CME course presented current updates in HIV and emphasized the significance of partnering with the private sector for combating the HIV epidemic. The CME course also included discussions about existing health insurance for people living with HIV (PLHIV), recently introduced Dolutegravir-based regimens in the national program, and telemedicine to improve accessibility to treatment services. Experiences from COVID-19 were also shared. The CME course is a step toward private sector engagement, including notification of HIV cases, to strengthen the efforts in the planning and delivery of HIV control and treatment programs.