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Prevention, Control And Management Of Hiv Aids Question Paper

Prevention, Control And Management Of Hiv Aids

Course: Certificate In Hiv/Aids Management

Institution: Mount Kenya University question papers

Exam Year:2012

Attempt question 1 and any other two questions
1. a) List five entry points to comprehensive care for people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS (5 mks)
b) Briefly explain the HIV testing protocol (5 mks)
c) State five classes of drugs active against HIV and give one example of each (5 mks)
d) Outline five groups of people who should be started on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in resource limited settings according to the World Health Organization (5 mks)
e) State and explain the nutritional management of five common gastrointestinal symptoms of HIV/AIDS (5 mks)
f) Outline five objectives of Kenyan Home Based Care (HBC) (5 mks)
2. All people living with HIV and their caregivers irrespective of nutritional status should receive quality nutritional counseling and education. Explain key nutritional counseling and education messages that should be provided to influence individual or family nutrition practices (20mks)
3. Using relevant examples, discuss the community based setting for HIV testing and counseling (HTC) (20mks)
4. There exist a number of interventions which can slow down the spread or prevent the transmission of HIV infections. Briefly discuss how the following interventions can be useful in this regard
a) Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) (4 mks)
b) Control of Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (4 mks)
c) Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV (4 mks)
d) Prevention among the Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) (4 mks)
e) Newer methods such as post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) (4 mks)

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