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World Health Care Infrastructures welcomes to their family “Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile” Nursing School (La Universidad).   Last November La Universidad, one of the largest Educational Academia in Chile, collaborated with WHCI to develop Chile’s first pre and post prevention counseling and testing certification training using new oral fluid rapid testing technologies.

Sixteen prevention counselors received a WHCI certificate for completing more than 50 hours of intensive training, written and oral exams.   WHCI and La Universidad successfully completed this pilot program and is now is stage two of developing a permanent self sustaining certification program.
 

La Universidad has engaged WHCI as its facilitating capacity building partner to establish the first certificate (diploma) for students at La Universidad with more than 160 Hours of training. 
 

Counselors will receive extensive trainings in AIDS 101, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Culture and Diversity, Women and HIV, Mental Health and HIV, Drug and Alcohol and HIV, Legal services, Prevention Counseling Certification Training in  the use of rapid testing technologies.
 

Furthermore, La Universidad with WHCI will pilot a model of intervention in Santiago that will target the comunas of Pintana and Puente Alto (high incidence rates areas) in Chile for the development and implementation of pre and post prevention counseling and testing sites utilizing new oral fluid rapid diagnostics technologies. 
 

WHCI is very proud and honored to be a partner with “Mano a Mano” , the specific program of  Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile in the fight against HIV/AIDS.