May 6, 2016 in Almaty, a training was held on the formation of a tolerant attitude among medical workers to people living with HIV.
The goal of the event is to change the attitude of health workers towards people living with HIV and representatives of high-risk groups to provide quality services and reduce stigma and discrimination in HIV-related health facilities.
During the training the participants got acquainted with the current state of the HIV epidemic in Kazakhstan and the world, with personal and professional risk of HIV infection, discussed the presentations “HIV infection: the history of discovery, the life cycle of HIV. Ways of HIV infection and methods of infection prevention “,” Organization of detection and observation of HIV patients in Kazakhstan. Antiretroviral therapy as prevention of the HIV epidemic. “Coaches – Lilia Kurbatova and Gulzhahan Akhmetova.