1. African Outreach Project
HIV i-base

2. Outline Why and how it came about Objectives of project
What has happened so far
Learning
Future

3. Origin of project
i-base commissioned research in 2007– assessing treatment information needs of Africans living with HIV
Five focus groups in London
Emerging issues
Recommendations from report

4. African Outreach Project
to build of treatment knowledge of PLWHIV
train & develop a network of treatment advocates who will be able to deliver sustainable treatment support for African communities
to help develop wider community awareness and confidence in treatment

5. Pilot project – Phase 1
Delivered treatment sessions for 8 weeks (2 hour session per week) to about 20 participants
Used current treatment manual
Sessions facilitated by two i-base staff members

6. Pilot Project – Phase 2 12 aspiring treatment advocates
8 weeks of training – quizzes, co-facilitation
Ready to join UKCAB

7. Learning A lot of enthusiasm from participants Re-structuring manual
A long process

8. Short term Revising manual
Training programme scheduled to start mid-September 2009
One off session for all trained advocates in December 2009
10 Active treatment advocates by end of
2009

9. Long term Two to three training programmes a year
Advocates to facilitate training programme
Promote and deliver it all over the UK
Evaluate programme

10. Discussion