Gheskio

GHESKIO offers training to a broad array of Haitian health care workers and medical personnel, including medical students, housestaff, social workers, laboratory technicians, nurses, dentists, physicians, staff of the Haitian Red Cross, and investigators interested in research careers. GHESKIO trainees also include community and religious leaders, parents, teachers, and journalists. Short-term training (one week to six months) is offered to support clinical services and research activities at partner organizations in Haiti in support of the national efforts to scale up HIV/AIDS care and prevention services. For example, GHESKIO is the national center for training laboratory technicians how to conduct HIV serologic testing, and hundreds of laboratory technicians from across Haiti have trained at GHESKIO. GHESKIO developed national algorithms for the management of sexually transmitted infections and has trained thousands of clinicians in the syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections. In short, GHESKIO trainees can be found in any hospital or health clinic in Haiti where HIV services are provided.