Healthy children

PentaTr@ining: sharing knowledge

Healthy mothers and babies

PentaTr@ining: sharing experience

Healthy futures

PentaTr@ining: sharing research

Enjoying learning

PentaTr@ining: building lasting networks

Online E-Learning

PentaTr@ining builds on the enormous success of the previous ‘Tr@inforPedHIV’ courses, and now includes teaching programmes on a variety of paediatric infectious diseases. Our online training modules are highly interactive and focus on multidisciplinary, case-based learning.

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Residential Learning

The face to face workshops embrace a true collegiate spirit – maximising teacher/student interaction, encouraging delegates to be proactive participants and consolidating the knowledge acquired during the online course.

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Upcoming Courses

Penta is now actively engaged in clinical research in a variety of paediatric infectious diseases. We are currently developing other new, innovative training programmes to reflect this!

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PentaTr@ining: an interactive training platform

PentaTr@ining (formerly ‘Tr@inforPedHIV’) started for the first time in 2005, in the framework of the partnership between Penta and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). Ever since then, we have been providing cutting-edge training programmes for healthcare professionals around the world involved in the management of paediatric infectious diseases, with a particular focus on resource-limited settings. Our teaching cirricula continue to widen and evolve in response to the changing needs of children, young people and pregnant women living with HIV, congenital infections, as well as other infections.

Who We Are

Penta is dedicated to capacity building by bringing the experience and expertise of our network to healthcare workers, scientists and researchers around the world. PentaTr@ining is unique in its learning system, combining innovative e-learning strategies together with interactive face-to-face teaching across a variety of languages. We understand the complexities and demands facing PID healthcare professionals today, and have developed educational content within the framework of a multidisciplinary, patient-centred teaching model to support their ongoing learning needs. A key strategic aim of our training courses is to foster meaningful and verifiable change in professional practice in our delegates and their institutions over the long term. By training the next generation of professionals at the front-line of paediatric infectious diseases, Penta continues its mission to build a global network that can help health systems achieve optimal outcomes for children. As we look to the future, our ambitions are to widen our network and training portfolio more and more – and where it matters most!

PentaTr@ining 2005 - present

80

TRAINING COURSES

37

COUNTRIES

18

YEARS OF ACTIVITY

8000

+

HEALTHCARE WORKERS TRAINED

Testimonials

“The course added value to my work in the way that I manage exposed infants that are brought for routine or emergency care. It helped me build a relationship with our linkage team and quickly link infants and mothers to care in my practice.”

Delegate (Johannesburg, 2019)

“In my view, I think the Penta ID Network in a special way has helped Trials in Research and in improving on National guidelines in Paediatric HIV care and management. PentaTr@ining was the first of its kind and I was excited to share experiences.”

Delegate (Maputo, 2019)

“PentaTr@ining has been outstanding because it is more international, more global. The spirit of the Penta ID Network has always aimed at successful high-level scientific collaboration.”

Penta Trainer (Germany, 2020)

“These courses are very useful and necessary for the development of better quality care for children living with HIV. Prophylaxis of HIV among the population remains very important.”

Delegate (Dushanbe, 2019)

“We believe it is important to continue talking about HIV infection in order to sensitize people so as to reduce transmission, answer questions that arise in communities, dispel any myths, clarify misconceptions and help to reduce stigma in society.”

Delegate (Zanzibar, 2018)

“The training course added value to my work. My practice changed by reinforcing the new guidelines and giving a strong health education to adults in how to take care of children who are living with HIV/AIDS.”

Delegate (Maputo, 2019)

“You have expanded our knowledge more than we ever expected. PentaTr@ining is a “must” for every physician handling HIV cases. Thank you very much to the tutors and my fellow students! We have increased our network despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Just amazing!”

Delegate (Philippines, 2021)

“The training has changed my understanding of my profession and the role I need to play. After the training I really did my best to introduce everything I have learnt on treatment and prevention and I am now more self assured and convinced to fight and protect the interests of children in terms of their treatment.”

Delegate (Irkutsk, 2013)

“The training helped us to see more strategies for improved patient care, drug options available globally, and adolescent friendly HIV care – through peer-to-peer interaction.”

Delegate (Zanzibar, 2018)

“The PentaTr@ining ‘experience’ has changed the model of HIV care in Central America. For El Salvador, the experience gained over the years working with the Penta community has shaped the practice of caring for children with HIV, learning to implement solutions with the available resources.”

Penta Trainer (El Salvador, 2020)

“It was a knowledge feast! I thoroughly relished the learning experience. All the tutors just kept every one of us on our toes.”

Delegate (Oxford, 2019)

PentaTr@ining 2005 - present

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