Further, she outlined how HRSA was working to translate and adapt their training materials into languages other than English. Care delivery must be able to take place within challenging circumstances. As mentioned throughout the conference, there are few circumstances that are not extraordinarily challenging for people living with HIV in Africa. Their care providers in many countries are HIV positive themselves, and struggle with woefully inadequate resources and competing health crises. That Dr. Parham did not enumerate the specific methods that HRSA may employ to overcome these challenging circumstances is at least a sign of their honest humility in the face of such overwhelming differences between their experience in the U.S. and the work they hope to accomplish in Africa.
Effective care involves leveraging other resources and building partnerships.
HRSA is working to expand their existing partnerships with groups such as the Centers for Disease Control and other U.S. governmental agencies and forge partnerships with corporations who can provide much of the needed resources and funding to adequately address the challenges in Africa.