Uzbekistan: Preventing HIV/AIDS in Women’s Prison (April 2007)

	UZBEKISTAN   At a women’s prison in Uzbekistan, Tatyana Nikitina is   leading a PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS training session which   she developed for inmates and prison employees.		Uzbekistan: Preventing HIV/AIDS in Women’s Prison With PEPFAR support, Tatyana Nikitina, the director of a community organization that works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan, has developed a training course on HIV/AIDS for prisoners. Four prison officials and 22 female prisoners participated in the program, where they learned about prevention techniques and gained skills and materials for disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information to other prisoners. Participants learned about antiretroviral treatment, stigma reduction techniques, and methods for supporting people living with HIV/AIDS. “I saw that the training helped women prisoners believe that life continues and that they can help prevent others from being infected with HIV/AIDS,” said Tatyana Nikitina. Ms. Nikitina continues to work on HIV/AIDS prevention activities and now is developing a series of training sessions on HIV/AIDS prevention for male prisoners in Uzbekistan.