From July 18-22 in Durban, South Africa, PSI will host nearly 30 presentations, posters, symposia and other events on how our work is helping countries all over the world reach the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets.
The world we face is radically different than it was in Durban 16 years ago. Many of the tools and approaches that got us to this point are leaving large numbers of people unreached by the HIV response. That’s why PSI’s theme for the meeting is “what got us here, won’t get us there.” It’s also why we’re diving into the new technologies and approaches showcased in our posters and presentations.
Come learn how HIV self-testing can drive uptake of this critical intervention and respondent-driven sampling is helping us find new populations of people living with HIV. Along the way, we’ll focus on better reaching men with HIV prevention and treatment — for themselves, their communities, and their sexual partners.
See details about PSI’s presence and event highlights below. Check back as materials will be uploaded throughout the conference.
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Monday July 18th
12:30-14:30
Updated Clinical Manuals on Medical Male Circumcision for Ongoing Safe, Quality Services
A Presentation by World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), Jhpiego, and PSI
Session Room 9
17:00-19:00
Reaching Him to Reach Her, a conversation about building an effective HIV response for men.
A Reception with PSI and Jhpiego
By Invitation Only
Tuesday July 19
12:30-14:30
Community-based distribution of HIV self-test kits: results from a pilot of door-to-door distribution of HIV self-test kits in one rural Zimbabwean community
Oral Poster Presentation
Poster Exhibition Area
Posters:
Drop-In Centers drive higher yield and better linkage to treatment for FSWs in Ethiopia PSI Presence: Woldemariam Girma, PSI Ethiopia (Presenter)
Geographic HIV epidemic mapping: a strategy for identifying populations at high-risk of HIV infection in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Oscar Tapera, PSI Zimbabwe (Presenter)
Evaluating the relative economic costs of integrating sexual and reproductive health, and HIV services in four operational service delivery modalities in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Karin Hatzold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Estimating the economic costs of clients accessing integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Karin Hatzold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Integrating HIV and sexual and reproductive health services in clinics in Zimbabwe: evolving views of end-users and providers PSI Presence: Karin Hatzold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Wednesday July 20
8:30-8:45
The Prize for Excellence in HIV Research Related to Children presented to Makhahliso Jubilee of PSI Lesotho
Presented by the International AIDS Society and Coalition for Children
Session Room 1
12:30-14:30
Harm reduction: limitation of HIV prevention for injection drug users in Nigeria
Poster Presentation
Poster Exhibition Area
18:30-20:30
When the Rubber Meets the Road: Moving Self-Testing from Theory to Reality for Africa
Symposium from PSI & Self Testing AfRica (STAR) consortium partners, WHO, UNITAID
Session Room 4
Posters:
Index Tracking model as a strategy in finding children and adolescents, and improving effective referrals PSI Presence: Makhahliso Jubilee, PSI Lesotho (Presenter)
Cyber-educators, a new beginning on HIV interventions PSI Presence: Jorge Rivas, PSI Guatemala (Presenter)
“Reaching the higher hanging fruits:” results from multi-year, national, cross-sectional surveys on VMMC for HIV prevention uptake and behavioural determinants in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Munyaradzi Paul Mapingure, PSI Zimbabwe (Presenter)
Acceptability, feasibility, and preference for HIV self-testing in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Karin Haztold, PSI Zimbabwe (Fifth author)
Can ‘late-read’ of self-test devices be used as a quality assurance measure? Results of a pilot HIV self-test project in Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Karin Haztold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Ensuring key population get access to condoms and lubricants PSI Presence: Sovann Nou, PSI Cambodia (Presenter)
Adolescent girls’ support of male peers and sexual partners receiving voluntary medical male circumcision services: implications for demand creation PSI Presence: Karin Haztold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Thursday July 22
12:30-14:30
Strengthening referral linkages to treatment for key populations who test positive to HIV in Port-Harcourt City, River State, Nigeria: innovative strategies and lessons
Poster Presentation
Poster Exhibition Area
12:30-14:30
Improving early enrollment in HIV care among persons diagnosed in community settings in the Kingdom of Swaziland: preliminary findings from CommLink, an integrated HTC, mobile-HIV-care, and linkage-case-management demonstration project
Poster Presentation
Poster Exhibition Area
18:30-20:30
What it Takes to Make HIV Self-testing a Global Reality: Evidence, Quality-assured Products and Country Uptake
Presentation by WHO, PATH, LINKAGES/FHI 360, PSI and Asia Pacific Coalition of Male Sexual Health (APCOM)
Session Room 6
Posters:
Linking HIV testing clients to treatment and medical male circumcision services: results from New Start HTS services in four districts in South Africa PSI Presence: Blessing Gorogodo, SFH South Africa (Presenter)
Point of Care CD4 improves effective referrals from community to clinical settings in Lesotho PSI Presence: Makhahliso Jubilee, PSI Lesotho (Presenter)
Measuring the impact of interpersonal communication on HIV testing in Madagascar PSI Presence: Bakoly Rahaivondrafahitra, PSI Madagascar (Presenter)
A total market pricing strategy to increase condom market sustainability in Tanzania PSI Presence: Africanus Chalamila, PSI Tanzania (Presenter)
Factors that may explain post-op wound infections among adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients: qualitative findings from Zimbabwe PSI Presence: Karin Hatzold, PSI Zimbabwe (Presenter)
Devices, an alternative for surgical male circumcision with adolescents ages 13-17 years in Zimbabwe? PSI Presence: Karin Hatzold, PSI Zimbabwe (Presenter)
Effectiveness of an electronic dashboard for supervising and monitoring community health workers (CHWs) to scale up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia PSI Presence: Brittany Thurston, SFH Zambia (Presenter)
Physical and sexual violence, perceptions of police, and barriers to condom use among women who started selling sex as minors in Lesotho PSI Presence: Noah Taruberekera, PSI South Africa (Seventh author)
Improving early enrollment in HIV care among persons diagnosed in community settings in the Kingdom of Swaziland: preliminary findings from CommLink, an integrated HTC, mobile-HIV-care, and linkage-case-management demonstration project PSI Presence: Bonsile Bhembe, PSI Swaziland (Second author) and Makhosazana Dlamini, PSI Swaziland (Fourth author)
Voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents: a missed opportunity for behavioral intervention? PSI Presence: Karin Haztold, PSI Zimbabwe (Third author)
Interaction bias among counselors working with adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients in sub-Saharan Africa PSI Presence: Karin Haztold, PSI Zimbabwe (Fourth author)