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HIV‐associated neurocognitive impairment (H‐NCI) remains a common comorbidity, which may affect several key health outcomes among people with HIV. However, there are shortages of appropriately skilled healthcare workers able to identify and manage H‐NCI in low‐ and middle‐income countries. We conducted an exploratory, quasi‐experimental, pre‐ and post‐cohort training intervention in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa. Thirty‐four healthcare workers (two general medical doctors, twenty‐two nurses, and ten adherence counsellors) from six facilities and a mobile clinic unit attended two, two‐hour face‐to‐face, training sessions. The training included knowledge and skill transfer components. Pre‐ and post‐knowledge questionaries demonstrated an improvement among 82% (n = 28) of the attendees from all three cadres. Knowledge was retained by 88% (n = 30) of the attendees after eight weeks. The H …