China

Overview

I-TECH has been invited to collaborate with the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention (NCAIDS) of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS Program (CDC GAP) China office, and the William J. Clinton Foundation's China office to strengthen training and support for health care workers in the care and treatment of individuals with HIV and AIDS. Currently, I-TECH is working with NCAIDS, CDC GAP China office, and the William J. Clinton Foundation's China office to revise and strengthen the clinical training curriculum for Lixin Rural AIDS Clinical Training Center, and to improve the evaluation methodology for the national AIDS clinical training program in China.

I-TECH Co-Directors, Ann Downer and Michael Reyes, with the 11th Graduating Class of the Lixin Training Program.

To date, I-TECH has translated a number of key documents into Chinese, including materials on the evaluation of training programs, and documents on clinical mentoring from I-TECH's Clinical Mentoring Toolkit. I-TECH has also assisted in the distribution of educational materials to NCAIDS, CDC GAP, and the William J. Clinton Foundation. Additionally, I-TECH has begun to assist NCAIDS to develop indicators for gauging the effectiveness of training.