Preventing new cases of HIV infection remains a vital component of any successful HIV/AIDS control strategy. Our prevention paradigm incorporates the train-the-trainer approach to disseminate prevention messages, increase public awareness, build individual and organizational skills, and initiate behavioral change within the community.

Our community education and prevention workshop model is replicable in resource-poor settings with the potential to reach an exponentially increasing number of people.

Community leaders are trained as HIV/AIDS health educators in order to reach their constituencies with prevention information. Interactive community workshops, led by the trained community leaders, impart HIV/AIDS knowledge and skills to participants.

The workshops address a medical overview of HIV/AIDS, transmission, prevention, treatment and behavioral change and encompass all of the main elements of primary and secondary prevention.