Description Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is being widely used as an effective method to sample populations that are connected through social networks.  Some of the populations most often sampled are men who have sex with men, sex workers, people who inject drugs, migrants, and others. RDS is a chain-referral sampling used worldwide to recruit “hidden” populations […]

  A protocol is an essential starting point for high quality research and  surveillance and research studies must be protocol-based. A protocol gives written evidence for the necessity and feasibility of a study and provides a detailed study plan. Writing the protocol forces the investigator to organize, clarify, and refine all the elements of the […]

One of the core principles of HIV surveillance is that behavioural, demographic and biological data are interpreted together to give a coherent picture of the epidemic. Data cannot be used well unless they are of high quality. Public health professionals, including surveillance system managers and HIV/AIDS programme staff are therefore interested in ensuring that the […]

With the increasing amount of HIV research and surveillance studies carried over, there is a need to communicate the main findings and use them for design of HIV prevention and treatment interventions. This workshop aims to build skills of participants in scientific writing for peer reviewed journals. The aim is to allow public health professionals […]

Evaluation of an HIV strategic information system aims to ensure that the system is monitoring effectively the course of the HIV epidemic. Evaluation enables  to estimate the utility of the system for decision-making, treatment, care and prevention and further HIV research. Evaluation of a  system is a significant learning tool and forms a basis for […]

Description Establishing the size of various populations at risk for HIV has been identified as one of the greatest challenges in HIV surveillance and in developing estimates of HIV prevalence and incidence. Reliable estimates of the size of populations at high risk for HIV are important for prioritizing target populations, planning HIV prevention services, measuring […]

Description Establishing the size of various populations at risk for HIV has been identified as one of the greatest challenges in HIV surveillance and in developing estimates of HIV prevalence and incidence. Reliable estimates of the size of populations at high risk for HIV are important for prioritizing target populations, planning HIV prevention services, measuring […]

  Description In spite of the improvements in the quantity of data and quality of HIV strategic information systems, substantial efforts are needed in the countries to implement a fully functioning system. That in particular relates to the need to improve HIV incidence, morbidity, and mortality surveillance and to more effectively use the data.HIV surveillance […]

Description The aim of the course is to introduce participants to the methods of HIV programme evaluation, ranging from study designs that can be used to assess the impact of certain interventions (cohort studies, RCTs) and HIV data synthesis, to modeling the impact of interventions. HIV data synthesis or  triangulation is broadly defined as synthesis […]

Learning Objectives Quality improvement is a fundamental component of the delivery of HIV prevention and treatment services and aims to provide an in-depth evaluation of services and a pathway for improving them. Quality improvement includes regular measurement of processes and outcomes to analyze the performance of the system with the ultimate goal of reducing variation […]

Background HIV case-based reporting and patient monitoring is essential for ensuring quality and continuity of HIV care and treatment by generating data  along the course of HIV disease from diagnosis to entry into care, initiation of ART and viral suppression. It enables programmes to monitor the treatment and health status of patients over time, and […]

24-28 October 2022 Description The aim of the course is to provide participants with practical guidance on how to design bio-behavioural HIV surveys and conduct estimation of the size of key populations (female sex workers , people who inject drugs , men who have sex with men ) and transgender persons), conduct these studies, and […]