KIGALI HEALTH INSTITUTE P' O' BOX 3286 KIGALIRWANDA Tel: [phone] Fax: 57 17 87 Website: ht

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KIGALI HEALTH INSTITUTEP. O. BOX 3286
KIGALI-RWANDATel 57 19 69/ 57 17 88Fax 57 17
87Website http//www.khi.ac.rw

• TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE STRUCTURAL
  ORGANISATION OF HIV and AIDS PROGRAMS AT KIGALI
  HEALTH INSTITUTE

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Background

• Para-Medical Institution of Higher Learning that
  started in 1996 with only 1 campus
• Only three departments and about 98 students
• Now over 1000 students in 10 departments,
  including evening programs
• Two departments have started to train and prepare
  students for Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree
  award
• Similarly, both the academic and support staff
  has increased
• Now the institute has grown to 3 campuses
• Growing number of students and staff-there have
  been efforts to
• Review HIV/AIDS programs aimed at strengthening
  the existing capacity,
• Improve existing students knowledge and attitudes

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Center for Continuing Education (CEFOCK), KHI

• Has developed
• Training manuals for Sexual and Reproductive
  Health,
• An adapted module for HIV AIDS and whose
  training has been integrated into the entire
  Institutions training program.

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Centre for HIV and AIDS Programs
Research

• Coordinates all HIV AIDS programs Research at
  Kigali Health Institute (KHI)
• Multi dimensional character of HIV/AIDS and the
  role of KHI as a public Health Institution
• KHI carries out HIV/AIDS activities - Umbrella
  for Public Sector against HIV/AIDS (USPLS) of the
  National HIV/AIDS Control Commission (CNLS)
• Mission of the USPLS favorable working
  environment for public institutions personnel
  involved in prevention and therapeutic
  psychosocial care and their respective families
  either infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.

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KHI Centre for HIV and AIDS Research Programs

• Domains
• Internal or workplace staff risks and
  vulnerabilities are addressed as well as the
  academic mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS
• External the institution undertakes HIV/AIDS
  interventions based on its mandate and capacities
  in support of national strategic efforts
• Mission To establish a favorable environment
  for the prevention and mitigation of the impact
  of HIV/AIDS both with in and outside the
  institution.

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Goals of the centre

• Internally
• Coordinate and facilitate HIV/AIDS workplace
  policies as well as academic development in
  relation to HIV/AIDS.
• Capacity building for both the staff and students
  in matters related to HIV/AIDS
• Establish an HIV/AIDS Strategic Information and
  Resource centre.
• Develop an integrated academic response to
  HIV/AIDS.
• Initiate an HIV/AIDS Research Committee within
  the institutions Research Directorate.
• Develop Training manuals in relation to HIV/AIDS
  for the institution.
• Create a data base about HIV/AIDS for use by the
  institution.
• Collaborate with other partner institutions to
  maintain and upgrade research related to HIV/AIDS.

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Goals of the centre(continued)

• Externally
• Provide technical support in the implementation
  of HIV/AIDS programs to external partner
  institutions/organizations.
• Conduct different surveys including baseline
  surveys, Needs assessments and situation
  analyses/operational research for further
  interventions.
• Participate in joint public events on HIV/AIDS
  with different organizations within the public
  and private sector.
• An HIV and AIDS community outreach centre

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Goals of the centre (continued)

• Provide the institutions data base about
  HIV/AIDS for use by other partner
  institutions/organizations.
• Mentor HIV/AIDS Coordinators or program managers
  from partner institutions/organizations about
  HIV/AIDS policy, programming and program
  implementation
• Carry out HIV/AIDS training of personnel from
  both the public and private sectors about policy,
  programming and program implementation.

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Activities

• Maintain contacts with the National HIV/AIDS
  Control Commission with the aim of implementing
  and improving HIV/AIDS programs.
• Encourage both staff and students at KHI to play
  an active role in campus based activities related
  to HIV/AIDS as well as assisting them or
  providing technical assistance in the elaboration
  and execution of academic and research
  programs/projects about HIV/AIDS.
• Identify the necessary resources to respond to
  the identified needs.
• Develop relationships with government, Non
  government organizations/institutions and
  International organizations with the aim of
  promoting HIV/AIDS programs.

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Activities (continued)

• Provide necessary information as requested by the
  USPLS/CNLS.
• Develop adapted Reproductive Health Training
  materials in relation to HIV/AIDS
• Provide technical support to the Centre for
  Continuing Education in training related to
  HIV/AIDS
• Oversee and harmonize the curriculum with
  HIV/AIDS competences in all faculties at KHI

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Activities (continued)

• Create and receive approval of budgets for
  HIV/AIDS programs.
• Prepare, collect and organize documents, articles
  and information concerning HIV/AIDS programs
  within the institution in order to make an
  archive and therefore facilitate planning for
  further programs.
• Integrate National HIV/AIDS Campaigns within the
  institution.
• Monitor and evaluate the Institutions response
  to the impacts of HIV/AIDS.

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Activities/Research carried out/in progress

• Determining Sero-prevalence of HIV AIDS and
  other Health Risk Factors in 5 Randomly Selected
  Urban and Rural Rwandan prisons(KHI_MAP)
• HIV/AIDS training Module (KHI-MAP) In progress
• Body and Metabolic Complications associated with
  HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART)
• Operational research for quality of pre-service
  and in-service HIV/AIDS training in Rwanda.
  (KHI-Tulane University) In progress
• Reinforcement of Behavior Change through
  Empowerment Skills to Break the HIV Transmission
  Chain (KHI-UNICEF)
• The implementation and outcomes of voluntary
  counselling and testing programs in secondary
  schools in Rwanda
• Secondary school students knowledge attitudes
  and risk behaviors in relation to HIV aids as a
  basis for youth counseling in Rwanda
• Factors for the weak utilisation of PMTCT by
  partners of women who frequent PMTCT/VCT services
  at Remera-Rukoma hospital

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Planned/Future activities

• How to control the effects of metabolic function
  and improve the quality of life among adults with
  HIV infection
• How to increase the use of PMTCT/VCT services by
  partners of women beneficiaries of the services
  around Remera-Rukoma hospital
• The impact of youth to youth approaches towards
  the fight against HIV AIDS in higher
  institutions of learning in Rwanda
• Future Journals for publication
• A randomized control trial of the effects of
  progressive exercise training on metabolic
  complications and lipodistrophy in HIV infected
  subjects under HAART
• The effects of exercise training on quality of
  life and anthropometric body composition in HIV
  infected adults under HAART
• A randomized control trial of changes in
  cardiorespiratory exercise capacity in HIV
  infected Rwandan subjects under HAART
• Quality of life in HAART treated HIV infected
  Rwandans with body fat redistribution

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Organizational Structure