This training is for MatCH and AFSA (AIDS Foundation of South Africa) and CMT professionals working with child orphans and vulnerable children. MatCH Health Systems is committed to supporting the millennium development goals aimed at gender equity, maternal and child health and combating HIV. Community Media Trust (CMT) is a not-for-profit company that specialises in communication in the fields of health, human rights and gender based violence.

Attendees will gain knowledge around cultural competencies to better conceptualise the circumstances and care of their patients in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through strategies such as increased detection and intervention of co-occurring mental illness, alcohol and other drug use disorders.