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Differentiated Service Delivery, DSD
This will be a pre-recorded training comprising three (3) modules. It will be available on-demand to every health professional in the country.
Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) is the innovative strategy used to reach all clients and was endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2015. It is a client-centred approach that simplifies and adapts HIV services across the cascade in ways that serve the needs of people living with HIV better and reduce the burdens on the health system
Ghana adopted the DSD strategy and with the help of WHO, developed an operational manual to guide its implementation in 2017. This was updated in 2021 based on best practices after years of implementation. There are three elements of DSD that help us decide on specific care for the patient and Four building blocks of DSD help us develop a model of care for the patient
These elements and building blocks remain the same over the revisions.
- There are ambitious targets for HIV testing, ART coverage & viral load suppression
- Healthcare workers feel overburdened
- Clients face financial and practical challenges accessing healthcare services
- Travel distance to centralised sites
- Reduce long waiting times for clients
- DSD provides an opportunity to adapt health services to the needs of clients while reducing the burden on healthcare workers
- Improve adherence to treatment
- Increase the rate of viral suppression for patients on treatment
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Overview
Course Description
HIV care has come a long way from “one-size-fits-all care” to defining clients by population group, clinical characteristics, and epidemiological context they come from. In order to reach the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 95-95-95 targets by 2030, different strategies have to be adopted to meet the needs of different clients.
This training aims to provide an opportunity to adapt health services to the needs of clients while reducing the burden on healthcare workers, improving treatment to adherence, and increasing the rate of viral suppression for patients on therapy.
What you will learn
At the end of this training, it is expected that participants will
• Understand the concept of DSD
• Be able to list and implement DSD across the cascade of HIV care
• Have capacity built to provide DSD for specific populations
• Know how to manage clients with co-infections, co-morbidities and advanced HIV disease (AHD) using DSD models
• Report on DSD models and activities using national M&E tools
Course Content
Lecture Sessions
- Opening Remarks - Director General - GHS 5 Minutes
- Opening Remarks - Director Public Health - GHS 5 Minutes
- Introduction to DSD - Programme Manager - NACP 1 hour
- Module 1 - Introduction to DSD 11 Minutes
- Module 2 - Session 1 - Differentiated HIV Testing Services 26 Minutes
- Module 2 - Session 2 - Differentiated HIV Testing Services 40 Minutes
- Module 3 - Differentiated ART Service Delivery 41 Minutes
Downloadables
- Module 1 - Basics of DSD general overview of DSD
- Module 2 - DSD HTS
- Module 3 - DSD ART Delivery
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About Facilitators
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Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye
Director General - Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Ghana Health Service (GHS)
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- 2 Courses on CES
Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe
Director Public Health - Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Ghana Health Service (GHS)
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Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo
BSc, MBChB, MPH,
Programme Manager - National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)
National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)
Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo is a Public Health Physician with over 15 years of experience in the HIV/AIDS field. He is currently the Programme Manager of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) in Ghana, where he is responsible for leading the national response to HIV/AIDS. Dr.
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Dr. Kwadwo Koduah Owusu
BPharm, MClinPharm, MPH, MBA, PharmD
Head of Clinical Care / Procurement and Supply Management
National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) - Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Dr. Kwadwo Koduah Owusu is a highly accomplished and experienced professional with an extensive background in pharmacy, public health, and supply chain management.
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Dr. Raphael Adu-Gyamfi
MBChB, MPH, PgCert Pain Management
Programme Officer (Clinical Care, Paediatric and Adolescent HIV)
National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Ghana Health Service
Dr. Raphael Adu-Gyamfi is a Public Health Physician and Programme Officer at the National AIDS/STI Control Programme of the Ghana Health Service.
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Caroline Adonadaga
SRN, RM, BSc, MPH
Programme Officer, NACP Ghana
National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Ghana Health Service
Caroline Adonadaga is a professional public health nurse currently working as a Programme Officer with the National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) of Ghana. She is a team player, results-oriented, emotionally mature, duty conscious, committed to details and open-minded.
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