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Front Page Doctors acquire skills in anti-retroviral therapyBy Liz Sengwaji Forty-three medical practitioners recently attended an HIV /AIDS Management Course in Arusha organized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT). The aim of the course was, among others, to equip health workers with skills on how and when to use Anti Retroviral Therapy in management and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients. Some of the church-run health facilities in Arusha region including Haydom and Selian Lutheran hospitals have started administering anti-retroviral drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS. A nation-wide government programme to give a new lease of life to more than 2 million Tanzanians living with HIV/AIDS is underway. Closing the three-day course at the Golden Rose Hotel on February 27, the Secretary for Education from the Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha Fr. Eustack Tarimo urged participants to share the acquired knowledge and skills with others so that the time and resources spent on them could have a multiplying effect. He commended the Lutheran Church for organizing the course, the first of its kind in the country, drawing participants from all the 20 ELCT dioceses and three Catholic hospitals from Arusha and Manyara regions. Tarimo urged the organizers to conduct similar courses for other groups including nurses and laboratory technicians. Giving a vote of thanks on behalf of other participants, Dr. T.P.S. Kway from St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital in Arusha thanked the ELCT and the moderators of the course from the Foundation for Professional Development led by Professor Des Martin. Earlier, when she opened the course, the Deputy Secretary General for Social Services, Mrs. Loe Rose Mbise, said the objective was to build the capacity of clinicians to cope with the increasing demand for ARV Therapy for HIV/AIDS patients.
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