CALL FOR PROPOSITION OF ICASA 2025 THEME & OBJECTIVES

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BACKGROUND OF ICASA

The International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) is a major and only bilingual international AIDS conference which takes place in Africa. It is a biennial conference which alternates between Anglophone and Francophone African countries. ICASA has been organized for 35 years now to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and Malaria, and the debilitating effects which these diseases have on our communities, where there is no stigma and discrimination against PLHIV and their families, and where social justice and equity to accessing treatment prevails. So far ICASA has been hosted in (15) fifteen countries with more than 100,000 direct participants. The last ICASA was held in Harare, Zimbabwe in 2023 with 8118 delegates in attendance, 78 abstracts were selected for oral presentation and 815 abstracts were selected for virtual poster exhibition out of a total of 2600 abstracts received. ICASA awarded 717 scholarships to attend the conference and provided 1571 scholarship recipients virtual access to the conference. ICASA 2025 is expected to convene more than 10,000 delegates from nearly 150 countries, including more than 200 journalists around the globe. The 23^rd edition of ICASA will be held from 3^rd to 8^th December 2025. The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), the organiser of ICASA, with more than 5,000 memberships in 56 countries, is organising ICASA 2025 in collaboration with international and local partners.

The SAA is calling all stakeholders in the field of health to propose thematic followed by five (5) objectives which will reflect the trend of our health system in Africa, specifically on HIV, TB, hepatitis, Malaria and emerging infections.

CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING THE THEME & OBJECTIVES

The previous ICASA 2023 theme and objectives will serve as a reference in developing the new theme and objectives for ICASA 2025
Also, the current trends in global health, the SDGs, the 95-95-95 goal, the AU 2063 Agenda and the end of AIDS by 2030 should be factored in developing the theme and objectives of ICASA 2025
The theme and objectives must reflect Scientific, Leadership and Community component of the new trend of HIV AIDS in Africa.
The proposed theme should not be more than 20 words
The objectives should not be more than 5 points

NB: See below the previous conference Themes

ICASA 1986 THEME: AIDS IN AFRICA ICASA 1997 THEME: SCIENCE IN CHALLENGING AIDS
ICASA 1988 THEME: AIDS AND ASSOCIATED CANCERS IN AFRICA
ICASA 1989 THEME: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS IN AFRICA
ICASA 1990 THEME: STRUGGLE AGAINST AIDS IN AFRICA
ICASA 1992 THEME: CLEAN AND SAFE BLOOD FOR ALL
ICASA 1993 THEME: AFRICA UNITY AGAINST AIDS AND STDs
ICASA 1995 THEME: CHALLENGES AND HOPE
ICASA 1997 THEME: AIDS AND DEVELOPMENT
ICASA 1999 THEME: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE: SETTING PRIORITIES FOR AIDS
ICASA 2001 THEME: THE COMMUNITIES COMMIT THEMSELVES
ICASA 2003 THEME: ACESS TO CARE: CHALLENGES
ICASA 2005 THEME: HIV/AIDS AND FAMI LY
ICASA 2008 THEME: AFRICA’S RESPONSE: FACE FACTS
ICASA 2011 THEME: OWN, SCALE UP AND SUSTAIN
ICASA 2013 THEME: NOW MORE THAN EVER TARGETING ZERO
ICASA 2015 THEME: AIDS IN POST 2015: LINKING LEADERSHIP, SCIENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ICASA 2017 THEME: AFRICA: ENDING AIDS – DELIVERING DIFFERENTLY
ICASA 2019 THEME: AIDS-FREE AFRICA – INNOVATION, COMMUNITY, AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
ICASA 2021 THEME: AFRICA’S AIDS RESPONSE: THE RACE TO 2030 – EVIDENCE. SCALE UP. ACCELERATE
ICASA 2023: AIDS IS NOT OVER: ADDRESS INEQUALITIES, ACCELERATE INCLUSION AND INNOVATION

THE OBJECTIVES OF ICASA 2023:

Mainstream respect for equity, inclusion and diversity in the control and mitigation of the impact of diseases.
Sustain and increase domestic financing and community response.
Accelerate the response to HIV/AIDS, and control COVID-19, Monkey-pox, Ebola and any other emerging diseases.
Mitigate the impact of hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria through health systems strengthening.
Generate and provide evidence-based data for policy formulation.

NB: for the past ICASA objectives, kindly refer to the SAA website: https://www.saafrica.org/pages/ ( https://icasa2023.saafrica.org/ )

DEADLINE FOR THE PROPOSED THEME & OBJECTIVES

The PROPOSED theme and objectives should be sent to Society for AIDS in Africa / ICASA Permanent Secretariat, before 30th October 2024. Email: icasatheme@saafrica.org

The themes and objectives of ICASA 2025 will be finalized at the 1st International Steering Committee (ISC) meeting from the 28 – 29 November 2024 in Accra, Ghana

ICASA Permanent Secretariat
Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA)
ICASA Organizer Accra- Ghana
Office Direct: (+233)(0)302913739
Email: icasatheme@saafrica.org
website: www.saafrica.org