ICASA 2023 Presentations (Oral Abstracts, Non-Abstract Driven Sessions, Special Sessions & Workshops)

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ICASA 2023 Presentations (Recorded Sessions)

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09:45 AM – 10:30 AM Plenary Session

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10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Abstract Driven Session: D9 – Femininity, Masculinity and Transgender Issues HIV

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12:05 AM – 12:50 PM Abstract Driven Session: E1 – Building country level capacity for quality improvement

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01:05 PM – 01:50 PM Abstract Driven Session: E2 – Community systems strengthening for healthcare delivery

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8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Special Session: In the Daily Life of Adolescent and Young People with Disabilities: focusing on HIV, SRHR and GBV

Speakers:

  • Tafara Magidi, Young People’s Network On Sexual Reproductive Health On HIV And AIDS Zimbabwe
  • Chidadiso Francisca Mbazo
  • Takavinya Munyengwa
10:45 AM – 11:10 AM Abstract Driven Session: B4 – Adherence and retention

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12:05 AM – 12:50 PM Special Session: Making it last longer: considerations for HIV treatment optimization for children

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01:05 PM – 01:50 PM Abstract Driven Session: D2 -Policy, Politics and HIV Management

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02:05 PM – 02:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Nécessité de la prise en compte des problèmes de droits humains et genre pour mettre fin au Sida en 2030.

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10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Special Session: Education Plus investment cases for transformative results –“Leveraging girls completion of secondary education for HIV prevention’’.

Speakers:

  • Hon. Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe, Minister of Secondary Education, Cameroon
  • Hon. Franz Fayot, Minister, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Doreen Moracha, Education Plus Women’s Leadership Hub
  • Hon. Douglas Syakalima, Minister of Education Zambia
12:05 AM – 12:50 AM Non-Abstract Driven Session: HIV Financing: resources optimization to meet the 2030 targets amid the global health financing crisis

Speakers:

  • Jaime Atienza, UNAIDS
  • Rosemary Mburu, WACI Health
  • Mr. Aaron Sunday, African Network of Adolescents and Young Persons Development (ANAYD)
01:05 PM – 01:50 PM Workshop: CLM as part of national monitoring: Are we ready?

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10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Special Session: Ending AIDS in pediatric and children by 2030

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  • M. Patrick Alain FOUDA, Réseau des Jeunes Positifs du Cameroun
  • Anne Githuku–Shongwe, Regional Director, UNAIDS– East and Southern Africa
  • Ana Sango, GNP+
12:05 PM – 12:50 PM

Abstract Driven Session: E5 – Public Health systems and the delivery of HIV care at scale

  • Miss. Chelsea Coakley – A conceptual content analysis: recommendations from three evidence reviews on condom programming, HIV testing and peer prevention models for AGYW.
  • Dr. Adrien Allorant, Reed College – Socio-Demographic and Geographic Disparities in HIV Burden and Care Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Population-Based Surveys in 43 African Countries
  • Mrs. Musunge Mulabe – Improving Data Management Systems to Enhance HIV Recent Infection Surveillance Data Use in Zambia
01:05 – 01:50 PM Workshop: CLM (community-led monitoring) – a good tool to support HIV response in the region

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09:45 – 10:30 AM
10:45 – 11:30 AM Abstract Driven Session – D5 -Harm reduction policies and politics

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12:05 – 12:50 PM Abstract Driven Session – D7-Adolescents, young people, and HIV.

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8:45 – 9:30AM Youth PrEPared – Financing Youth-Led Organisations to End HIV

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  • Onward Chironda
  • Catherine Madebe
  • Elizabeth Onyango
10:45 – 11:30 AM Abstract Driven Session: B1 – Key Population -Management of HIV and other Co-infections

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12:05 – 12:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: High HIV incidence for AGYW: What are the programming gaps?

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01:05 – 01:50 PM Abstract Driven Session – D2 -Policy, Politics and HIV Management

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08:45 – 09:30 AM Workshop: Lifting Our Voices: Human Rights, Community Engagement And Gender Equality On The Path To World Health Organisation (WHO) Validation For EMTCT
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  • Madam Sophie Brion
  • Adjoa Kentshitswe, BONEPWA+
  • Precious Ntombifuthi Shongwe, Acting Coordinator, SNYP+
  • Tendayi Westerhof
10:45 – 11:30 AM Abstract Driven Session: D4 -Conceptualizing social and structural factors and their impacts
Speakers:

  • Mrs. Leora Pillay, Frontline Aids – Consequences of the growing anti-rights movement across Africa on HIV prevention and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Mr. Christopher Aruku, Ekpene LGA – How unconditional cash transfer program improved uptake of service and retention of CLHIV in HIV care in Ikot
  • Dr. Temitope Oke – Facilitators and barriers to gender-affirming healthcare and HIV services: An exploratory study among Transgender individuals in Nigeria.
01:05 – 01:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session – Accelerating HIV prevention through a continuum lens: • Multisectoral approaches for AGYW • Older women of reproductive age.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Celestine Mugambi, NSDCC, Kenya
  • Dr. Rose Nyirenda, Director, HIV Program, Malawi
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12:05 – 12:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: A Whole Government Approach: Addressing a multi-layered Challenge of New HIV Infections, SGBV and Adolescent Pregnancy (Triple Threat)

Speakers:

  • Grace Kumwenda, Regional Program Manager for Research Engagement, AVAC
  • Ruth Laibon Masha, PhD, EBS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, National Syndemic Diseases Control Council, Kenya
  • Dr. Rose Nyirenda, Director, HIV Program, Malawi
01:05 – 01:50 PM Abstract Driven Session: D3 -Intersecting stigmas, marginalized identities, Homophobia and transphobia

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ngozi Kalu – Associations of Internalised homonegativity with HIV testing and HIV-risk behaviours of men who have sex with men in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Dr. Damilola Akinlawon – Self-stigma among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Lagos State, Nigeria
  • Mr. Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Global Health Focus – Understanding the Trends and Demographic Differences in Discriminatory Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
02:05 – 02:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Youth-led Change: Youth Networks Accelerating the SRHR and HIV
Response.

Speakers:

  • Dianarose Leonce, ICPD process and social accountability
  • Poeletso Mahloko, Young Mother Peer Mentor, South Africa
  • Ntombikayise Ncube, Grassroot Soccer
  • Nthabeleng Nts’ekalle, HER Voice AGYW, Ambassador for Lesotho HVF Ambassador, Lesotho Global, Fund GC7 Advocacy
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12:05 – 12:50 PM Special Session: Socio-Economic empowerment policies for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women: End Gender inequalities to end AIDS.

Speakers:

  • Anne Githuku Shongwe, Regional Director, UNAIDS– East and Southern Africa
  • Silindokuhle Hlazo, Coordinator, Young Women for Life Movement, South Africa
  • Hon. Jean Sendeza, Minister of Gender, Malawi
  • Precious Ntombifuthi Shongwe, Acting Coordinator, SNYP+
  • Duduzile Simelan, Director DSD, SADC Secretaria
01:05 – 01:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Accelerating combination prevention for key Populations; Addressing structural barriers, provision of services and social inclusion for People who use Drugs, Sex Workers and Trans Communities.Speakers:

  • Sam Ndlovu, TREAT, Zimbabwe
  • Richard Nininahazwe, African PUD Burundi
  • Lala Maty Sow ANNDOSSPEKU
02:05 – 02:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Improving Data utilization to better address stigma and discrimination: Fixing the Gap of financial resources, policies, strategies, and ownership.

Speakers:

  • Rev. Gideon Byamugisha, International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (INERELA+)
  • Abdulkadir Abdulhamid Ibrahim, Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)
  • Fatou Mbacké Sy, UNAIDS
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09:45 – 10:30 AM Plenary Session
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10:45 – 11:30 AM Workshop: Digital health and Rights: Participatory Action Research Project.

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  • Irene Kpodo, NAP+ GHANA
  • Nerima Were, KELIN
01:05 – 01:50 PM Abstract Driven Session: A1 – HIV co-infection with TB and other pathogens (Hepatitis B, C, HPV, bacterial agents)

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02:05 – 02:50 PM Abstract Driven Session – A2 – CROSS SECTION HIV co-infection with TB and other pathogens (Hepatitis B, C, HPV, bacterial agents …) HIV drug resistance testing

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08:45 – 09:30 AM
Special Session: Youth PrEPared – Financing Youth-Led Organisations to End HIV.
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  • Onward Chironda
  • Catherine Madebe
  • Elizabeth Onyango
10:45 – 11:30 AM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Managing Tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

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01:05 – 01:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session – Tuberculosis, HIV and the challenges with managing migrants, refugees and internally displaced population in Africa.

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02:05 – 02:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Management of Advanced HIV disease and opportunistic infections.

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10:45 – 11:30 AM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Role of civil society and community actors in the resilience of HIV programs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Togo.

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02:05 – 02:50 PM Workshop: Optimizing HIV self-testing and PREP to expand access and address inequities in HIV prevention response among young people from Key Populations.

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  • Dr. Ujam Chukwugozie, Nigeria Ministry of Health
  • Prof. Eboi Ehui, Coordonnateur, PNLS Côte d’Ivoire
  • Yedmel Esso,Unicef
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01:05 – 01:50 PM Non-Abstract Driven Session: Are People living with HIV (PLWH) at increased risk of infections with resistant organisms?

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  • Dr. Michael Jordan, WHO – HIV Drug Resistance Considerations in the Era of Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy and long-acting cabotegravir for the prevention of HIV.
  • Katherina Kranzer, BRTI Zim, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – AMR and risk of infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in PLWH
  • Dr. Mirfin Mpundu, ReAct Africa, Zimbabwe – Policy implications addressing the threat of AMR for patients living with HIV (PLWH).
02:05 – 02:50 PM Workshop: Diagnosis and management of Cryptococcal Meningitis
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10:45 am – 11:30 am Non-Abstract Driven Session: Lessons learned about leveraging sub-regional strategies to strengthening community programmes in decolonizing context

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  • Dr. Lamboly Kumboneki, SADC
  • Allan Maleche, KELIN
  • Adam Yattassaye Camara, Arcad Sante Plus
01:05 pm – 01:50 pm
Special Session: Management of Advanced HIV disease and opportunistic infections
Speakers:
  • Dr. Halima Dawood, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Greys Hospital and Center for the AIDS Programme of Research in South TB and HIV – The deadly duo: Integrating TB / HIV care
  • Tariro Makadzange, CRMG ResearchCryptococcal Meningitis: Celebrating Progress, and Confronting Challenges in Advanced HIV Disease Management
  • Dr. Ferrand Rashida, BRTI Zim, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – Advanced HIV disease: Contemporary issues in management of severe bacterial infections.
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09:45 am – 10:30 am
10:45 am – 11:30 am Abstract Driven Session: C4 – HIV Prevention Approaches
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12:05 pm – 12:50 pm Abstract Driven Session: D6 – Gender, age, ethnicity, disability and HIV
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01:05 pm – 01:50 pm Abstract Driven Session: E3 – Integrated HIV service delivery services with non-health response programs

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02:05 pm – 02:50 pm Special Session: Diversity, Tolerance and Equity at the heart of the HIV/AIDS response

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12:05 pm – 12:50 pm
Abstract Driven Speakers: B2 – Treatment outcome among PLHIV and Aging issues
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  • Dr Alassane Ndiaye, Centre De Traitement Ambulatoire De Fann, Dakar, Sénégal – FRAGILITE ET FACTEURS ASSOCIES CHEZ LES PVVIH AGES DE 50 ANS ET PLUS A DAKAR
  • Dr. Nkazimulo Immaculate, Munetsi-Nyama (nee Tshuma), AIDS Healthcare Foundation – ANALYSIS OF CAUSES AND CLINICAL DETERMINANTS OF MORTALITY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AT MPILO CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE
  • M Jéordy Dimitri Engone Ondo, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceveille – Suppression virologique et résistance du VIH-1 chez les patients infectés par le VIH-1 sous thérapie contenant du dolutégravir au Gabon
01:05 pm – 01:50 pm Abstract Driven Session: C2 – HIV and NCDs
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02:05 pm – 02:50 pm
03:05 pm – 03:50 pm Special Session: Management of Cervical Cancer among women living with HIV

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10:45 am – 11:30 am Special Session: Shortening the time for access to new HIV, tuberculosis and malaria prevention technologies in Africa

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02:05 pm – 02:50 pm Abstract Driven Session: C1 – HIV and Testing
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  • Miss. Dorah Nalukenge – Peer-led HIV self-testing among male fisherfolk in Ugandan fishing communities: implementation experiences and implications for scale-up
  • Miss. Resty Leonie Nanyonjo – Using the Community Awareness, Screening, Testing, Prevention and Treatment (CAST) approach for targeted tuberculosis case finding in Central Uganda.
  • Mrs. Jessica Gross – Evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of HIV self-testing (HIVST) among children, adolescents, and youth in select facilities in Nigeria
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10:45 am – 11:30 am Special Session: The triple burden of HIV, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis in Africa

Speakers:

  • Dr. Francesca Conradie, Wits, SA
  • Dr. Ahmed Esmael, Assistant professor of Medical Microbiology, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia
  • Dr. Nigel Garrett, Head of Pathogenesis and Vaccine Research, CAPRISA, University of KwaZulu-Natal
12:05 pm – 12:50 pm Workshop: Men and HIV: Breaking Barriers, Empowering Change!

Speakers:

  • Dr. Wole AMEYAN, Lead on Men and HIV, WHO, Geneva – Putting men and boys into policies – Why men?
  • H.E Mayiga Charles Peter – The power of multi-sectorial approaches, including cultural and traditional approaches, to tackle men’s health issues on HIV and beyond
  • Dr. Dayanund Loykissoonlal, National Department of Health, South Africa – From VMMC to broader men and boys strategies
01:05 pm – 01:50 pm Special Session: Aging and HIV

Speakers:

  • Dr. Helen Bygrave, International Aids Society, Differentiated service delivery and integration of NCD care
  • Dr. Barbara Data Castelnuovo, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda – Biology of Aging in HIV including Inflammaging (Inflammation and Aging)
  • Dr. Cleophas Chimbetete, Ruedi Luethy Foundation – Integrating geriatric care into routine HIV service
02:05 pm – 02:50 pm Abstract Driven Session: B3-Co-infections (TB, Hepatitis, STIs,Cryptococcus, bacterial diseases, leishmanosis, Malaria, others)

Speakers:

  • Dr. SAADICK SSENTONGO, The AIDS support organization – Community-based TB screening using artificial intelligence(AI) software-aided chest X-ray improves Tuberculosis case finding in Katakwi district, Northeastern Uganda.
  • Dr. Jacqueline Huwa, Lighthouse Trust – High yield of cryptococcemia and cryptococcal meningitis for inpatients at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi
  • Dr. Tapiwanashe Adelaide Chawafambira, Newlands Clinic – Anogenital wart infection in young people living with HIV receiving care at Newlands Clinic, Zimbabwe.
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10:45 am – 11:30 am Non-Abstract Driven Session: Strengthen integration for better SRHR outcomes:

  • Exploring linkages between unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and HIV
  • WLHIV

Speakers:

  • Kesaobaka Dikgole, SRH/HIV Linkages, Coordinator UNFPA, Botswana
  • Prof. Catriona Macleod, Rhodes University
  • Yvette Raphael, Advocates for Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Africa(APHA)
12:05 pm- 12:50 pm Workshop: Le suivi dirigé par les communautés en Afrique de l’Ouest
Speakers:

  • Kokou Hlomewoo, Coordonnateur, RAS+
  • Akouavi Maboudou, ONUSIDA, Bureau Togo
  • Alain Atta Bemanhokoon Manouan, Programme Management & Organizational Development Specialist, ITP
01:05 pm – 01:50 pm Non-Abstract Driven Session: HIV Prevention-Right Place, Right time

Speakers:

  • Mbulawa Mugabe, UNAIDS
  • Definate Nhamo, PZAT
  • Yvette Raphael, Advocates for Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Africa(APHA)
02:05 pm – 02:50 pm Non-Abstract Driven Session: Knowledge and Access to SRHR Services to Prevent HIV/AIDS among youth

Speakers:

  • Miss. Dorah Nalukenge – Peer-led HIV self-testing among male fisherfolk in Ugandan fishing communities: implementation experiences and implications for scale-up
  • Miss. Resty Leonie Nanyonjo – Using the Community Awareness, Screening, Testing, Prevention and Treatment (CAST) approach for targeted tuberculosis case finding in Central Uganda.
  • Mrs. Jessica Gross – Evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of HIV selftesting (HIVST) among children, adolescents, and youth in select facilities in Nigeria
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10:45 am – 11:30 am Abstract Driven Session: E6 – Interventions for increase uptake of and retention in HIV services

Speakers:

  • Miss. Jennifer Zech – Community feedback for ART and PrEP initiation experiences among MSM in Kenya
  • Dr. Mandikudza Tembo “I came for pads and later got tested, HIV positive.” – Integrating menstrual health and HIV services improves HIV testing among women
  • Prof. Sandra McCoy – The impact of financial incentives on viral suppression among adults starting ART in Tanzania: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
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10:45 am – 11:30 am Abstract Driven Session: E4 – Technologies for HIV care delivery

Speakers:

  • Mr. Mubiana Muhau – Digital Intervention Platform: A demand creation tool to raise HIV awareness among men in Zambia even during pandemics.
  • Miss. Siphiwe Ngwale – Interventions for improving TB LAM uptake in South Africa
  • Mr. Stanley Nyoro, Triggerise – Use of a digital platform to empower adolescents and young people to access HIV and mental health services in Mombasa