How Rehabilitation Can Help People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: - An Evidence-Informed Tool for Rehab Providers

E-Module - SSA: About the E-Module How Rehabilitation Can Help People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Evidence-Informed Tool for Rehab Providers Partners: University of University of The Canadian The DSP Kenya Grand Challenges Canada is Toronto Zambia Working Group Project funded by the Government of on HIV and Canada and is dedicated to Rehabilitation supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impa. [...] What is the history of the 2014 version of the “e-Module for Evidence-Informed HIV Rehabilitation”? In 1998, "A Comprehensive Guide for the Care of Persons with HIV Disease (Module 7)", was published by Health Canada and the Wellesley Central Hospital in Toronto, Canada.11 This version was updated by the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) in 2013 and 2014. [...] Founded in 1998, the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation is a national multi- sector, multi-disciplinary, charitable organization of stakeholders involved in rehabilitation in the context of HIV in Canada. [...] Advocacy Using one's knowledge and status in the community to advocate for change in support of the needs of people living with or at risk for HIV E.g., advocating for inclusion of rehabilitation in HIV National Strategic Plans, advocating for HIV physicians to refer to rehabilitation, advocating for people living with HIV who are marginalized to receive equitable care, advocating for food securit. [...] How Rehabilitation Can Help People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Evidence-Informed Tool for Rehab Providers 46 Treatment Guidelines The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes recommendations on the diagnosis of HIV, the care of people living with HIV and the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection from a global perspective.