2017-08-05 15:36:00

Indian nun wins global HIV/AIDS nursing award ‎


An Indian Catholic nun has been honoured with a prestigious global award in pioneering a study course in treating patients with HIV/AIDS.   The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) selected Sister Lourdu Mary Nagothu for developing and implementing the world’s first masters’ curriculum in HIV/AIDS. 

The member of the Bangalore province of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (JMJ) will receive the award at the conclusion of ANAC’s November 2- 4 conference in Dallas, Texas in the United States.  “We are pleased to congratulate you on being selected as the recipient of ANAC’s Excellence in Global HIV Nursing Award,” read an August 2 letter from the association.   

Sister Nagothu is the director of Nursing at Bel-Air Hospital as well as principal of its College of Nursing at Panchgani, a well-known hill station in Satara district of western India’s Maharashtra state. The hospital and the college of nursing is an Indian Red Cross Society project managed by Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament priests and JMJ sisters.  The first batch of MSc nursing students, who studied Sister Nagothu’s curriculum, completed the course this year from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. 

Founded in 1987, ANAC is the world’s leading nursing organization responding to HIV/AIDS.  Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, it has more than 40 chapters located around the world. 

The ANAC award recognizes an outstanding nurse, who working on a resource-limited setting, has significantly impacted the community by promoting excellence in HIV nursing care and demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation.   (Source: Matters India)








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