A five-year cooperative agreement with US-CDC to institutionalize in-service trainings for HIV management in Nigeria. CCCRN established ten training centers in tertiary health facilities located in Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Nassarawa, Benue, Ekiti, Lagos Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Kaduna states. The project built capacity of existing hospital resource persons and improved the infrastructure at to integrate HIV/TB trainings and practicum into existing service delivery processes.

The project developed a curriculum and training program to build capacity of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS) to provide expanded care for HIV epidemic control. While more than 130 national trainers were trained, over 8,600 health care workers have received in-service trainings in Adult ART, Pediatric ART, PMTCT, HCT, TB/HIV and other trainings in Infectious diseases within the catchment area of the facility. (2012 – 2017)