Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

Ibrahim M Lutalo^1* , Gisela Schneider^2* , Marcia R Weaver^3* , Jessica H Oyugi⁴ , Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira¹ , Richard Kaye⁵ , Frank Lule⁶ , Elizabeth Namagala⁷ , W Michael Scheld⁸ , Keith PWJ McAdam^1,9,10 and Merle A Sande^{11^}

¹  Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

²  DIFAEM – German Institute of Medical Mission, Tuebingen, Germany

³  Department of Global Health and International Training and Education Centre on HIV (I-TECH), University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA

⁴  Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lilongwe, Malawi

⁵  African Palliative Care Association, Kampala, Uganda

⁶  Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo

⁷  Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

⁸  Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, USA

⁹  Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

¹⁰  Pratt Medical Group, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston MA, USA

¹¹  Formerly of the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and the Accordia Global Health Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA