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Rebecca Furth, MA¹, Jenny Huddart, MBA¹, and Joyce Lyons, PhD². (1) Initiatives Inc., Initiatives Inc., 276 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116, 617-262-0293, initiatives@att.net, (2) Initiatives, Inc., 276 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA 02116

As international funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and care increases and governments rise to meet the HIV/AIDS service demands of their populations, meeting the human resources requirements of providing these services is becoming an matter of increasing concern. Much attention has been paid to how HIV/AIDS affects the health workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa by compromising its health, influencing staff attitudes and job satisfaction, or contributing to staff burnout rates. However, the human resources factors that will influence governments’ abilities to provide quality HIV/AIDS services have received less attention. This presentation addresses this gap by describing the findings of a workforce study conducted in Zambia at 16 sites offering VCT, P-MTCT, and ARV therapy. The purpose of the study was to assist the Government of Zambia to determine whether it will have the staff to scale up VCT, P-MTCT and ART to reach the targeted numbers of clients. The report analyses the time taken to carry out prescribed tasks for each of the services and assesses the extent to which the services are following the national service delivery protocols. Additionally, it describes the present workforce involved in providing these services and analyses the human resource costs associated with the present workforce arrangements. It then uses these findings to project the staffing and related staffing cost implications of scaling up services.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will obtain knowledge of key human resources factors affecting the scale-up of HIV/AIDS services in developing countries. They will also gain insight into the cost implications of establishing a health workforce capable of providing high quality and sustainable VCT, PMTCT and ART services.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Workforce

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: QAP/Initiatives Inc.
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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