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Tive, so I learned that the treatment reduces the viral load and they can have children who meet all PMTCT standards, they can have HIV negative children. So it is important to encourage treatment, prevention, condom use, a change of behavior and also fidelity to one’s partner. (Female medical technician, 42 years old, Maputo PD168393 site Province) After training, . . . I had the objective of being able to counsel some patients, because there were patients who, . . . , were on ART, and they had not told their husbands that they were doing the ART. . . . I tried to advise them, and I wrote a letter requesting their spouse to appear to be able to talk to him, he could get tested, and see the result ?if he was positive or not. . . . I could also inform the patient that they should still use condoms, because it could decrease the risk of infections in the infected patient . . . and the not infected patient, either way, with the positive or not positive result, they should use condoms to reduce the risk of infection. (Female counselor, ?35 years old, Zambezia Province) After the Positive Prevention training, I had good job skills, and with support from the Manual that we received . . . I have read and applied the knowledge gained from the Positive Prevention training. . . . Speaking of Positive Prevention, that is not just condom use only, but we are talking about reducing each person’s risk of HIV. . . . With Positive Prevention we teach patients to have a good positive life and protect their wives or husbands, not wanting to distribute the virus to. . . as I said, in communicating with . . . the patient . . . , in addressing issues and the information that we transmit, and from the moment that . . . I participated in this training, I gained more experience and more motivation to continue. (Male counselor, 24 years old, Maputo Province) They [PP messages] are very relevant to people living with HIV . . . to decrease the risk of new infection and reinfection . . . Yes, because as an infected person, you hear more about the subject, you know how it can be prevented so as to not infect someone ?else . . . . (Male counselor, 35 years old, Zambezia Province) The PP training also led providers to feel more comfortable counseling their patients about prevention, with a more holistic ALS-8176 web approach that included partner HIV testing, treatment and encouraging PLHIV to live positively. I benefited from it [the training] a lot, because there were many things that we were not using, we didn’t talk much about Positive Prevention . . . we never took into account the people who were already infected, what they could do to continue to live well and protect themselves so for me it was a very useful thing, it was something that helped complete the work that I was already doing. (Female program manager, 33 years old, Sofala Province) . . . we start testing, then explain the importance of knowing their HIV status, the person accepts it, then we advise themVOL. 12 NO. 1Journal des Aspects Sociaux du VIH/SIDAOriginal Articleeveryone, we explain that people should have a positive life for the sake of your health, abstinence, fidelity . . . I had an approach with them [HIV patients] explaining that Positive Prevention was not only condom use, but a change in the person’s behavior to avoid passing the virus to others, disclose your status to sexual partners. (Male counselor, 26 years old, ?Zambezia Province) Providers’ comments on how they were able to discuss the PP topics they were.Tive, so I learned that the treatment reduces the viral load and they can have children who meet all PMTCT standards, they can have HIV negative children. So it is important to encourage treatment, prevention, condom use, a change of behavior and also fidelity to one’s partner. (Female medical technician, 42 years old, Maputo Province) After training, . . . I had the objective of being able to counsel some patients, because there were patients who, . . . , were on ART, and they had not told their husbands that they were doing the ART. . . . I tried to advise them, and I wrote a letter requesting their spouse to appear to be able to talk to him, he could get tested, and see the result ?if he was positive or not. . . . I could also inform the patient that they should still use condoms, because it could decrease the risk of infections in the infected patient . . . and the not infected patient, either way, with the positive or not positive result, they should use condoms to reduce the risk of infection. (Female counselor, ?35 years old, Zambezia Province) After the Positive Prevention training, I had good job skills, and with support from the Manual that we received . . . I have read and applied the knowledge gained from the Positive Prevention training. . . . Speaking of Positive Prevention, that is not just condom use only, but we are talking about reducing each person’s risk of HIV. . . . With Positive Prevention we teach patients to have a good positive life and protect their wives or husbands, not wanting to distribute the virus to. . . as I said, in communicating with . . . the patient . . . , in addressing issues and the information that we transmit, and from the moment that . . . I participated in this training, I gained more experience and more motivation to continue. (Male counselor, 24 years old, Maputo Province) They [PP messages] are very relevant to people living with HIV . . . to decrease the risk of new infection and reinfection . . . Yes, because as an infected person, you hear more about the subject, you know how it can be prevented so as to not infect someone ?else . . . . (Male counselor, 35 years old, Zambezia Province) The PP training also led providers to feel more comfortable counseling their patients about prevention, with a more holistic approach that included partner HIV testing, treatment and encouraging PLHIV to live positively. I benefited from it [the training] a lot, because there were many things that we were not using, we didn’t talk much about Positive Prevention . . . we never took into account the people who were already infected, what they could do to continue to live well and protect themselves so for me it was a very useful thing, it was something that helped complete the work that I was already doing. (Female program manager, 33 years old, Sofala Province) . . . we start testing, then explain the importance of knowing their HIV status, the person accepts it, then we advise themVOL. 12 NO. 1Journal des Aspects Sociaux du VIH/SIDAOriginal Articleeveryone, we explain that people should have a positive life for the sake of your health, abstinence, fidelity . . . I had an approach with them [HIV patients] explaining that Positive Prevention was not only condom use, but a change in the person’s behavior to avoid passing the virus to others, disclose your status to sexual partners. (Male counselor, 26 years old, ?Zambezia Province) Providers’ comments on how they were able to discuss the PP topics they were.