The diploma programme deals directly with the prevention of HIV and AIDS. A diploma in HIV and AIDS prevention will be awarded to those who successfully complete the course. The course content of the diploma programme is exactly the same as the first module of the advanced diploma programme. Thus, a student who after completing the diploma course decides to proceed to the advanced diploma programme will be granted exemption from module 1 of the advanced diploma course. An exemption fee will however, be charged.

Course Content

• Poverty and Healthcare
• The Nature of HIV/AIDS
• Different Types of HIV
• How HIV is Transmitted
• Global Epidemic of HIV/AIDS
• The Origin of AIDS
• Prevention of HIV
• HIV and Tuberculosis
• Financial and Social Cost of HIV/AIDS
• Managing and Living with HIV Infection
• HIV Testing and Immunology Silence
• HIV/AIDS Counselling Techniques
• How to Educate People about HIV Prevention
• HIV/AIDS and the Workplace
• HIV Vaccines and Microbicides
• HIV and Criminal Law
• Right to Self Determination and Consent to Treatment
• Assisted Suicide and Mercy Killing
• Terminal Illness and Bereavement
• Access to and Disclosure of Medical Records
• Discrimination and Equal Opportunities
• Universal Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
• Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases
• Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
• Strategic Planning in HIV/AIDS Prevention
• International AIDS Organisations