PSI

Busan, Republic of Korea
International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
August 26-30, 2011

On August 22, 2011, the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific (ICAAP) will gather nearly 4,000 attendees from throughout the region for the discussion of scientific, programmatic and policy developments in the global response to HIV/AIDS. The largest HIV/AIDS forum in the Asia Pacific region and the second largest in the world, this biennial gathering promotes opportunities for greater regional collaboration and sharing of ideas amongst people infected and affected by HIV in the region. Convened by the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS, ICAAP10 will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea (RoK).

PSI’s participation at ICAAP10 is a fitting demonstration of the conference theme, “Diverse Voices, United Action.” With attendees from seven countries across Asia, PSI staff will present three oral presentations and 11 posters on its work with both key populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers (SWs) and injecting drug users (IDUs), and interventions such as prevention of mother to child transmission, for general populations.

PSI is at the forefront of HIV-prevention efforts worldwide and is the leading provider of condoms – more than 14 billion since 1987. PSI applies this same commitment in the Asia region, where its field platforms design and implement HIV prevention programs in 11 countries, including Cambodia, China, Central Asia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam. The focus of most of these programs is to reduce HIV prevalence among the most-at-risk populations (MARP) mentioned above, by promoting HIV-related commodities and services and increasing the adoption of safer behaviors. PSI uses evidence-based techniques to develop tailored interventions to address the HIV prevention needs of these MARP groups. In 2010, PSI was able to avert nearly 30,000 disability-adjusted life years; in other words, PSI added 30,000 years of healthy life to the people it serves across Asia.

PSI currently works to prevent HIV infection in more than 60 countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.

PSI POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Cambodia: The impact of comprehensive complementary intervention with sex worker and their male client on condom use
• Cambodia: Multi- sector involvement for an effective response to HIV/AIDS
• Cambodia: HIV risk behaviors in trusted ‘sweetheart’ relationships among entertainment workers
• Cambodia: Inconsistent condom use among men who have sex with men
• China: Using evidence to develop information education communication materials targeting men who have sex with men in Yunnan
• China: Routine behavioral tracking of men who have sex with men in Kunming, Nanning and Honghe prefecture in Southwestern China: Key findings from 2010 study
• Laos: HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among transgenders
• Thailand: Transgenders-led programs increase the uptake of HIV testing and counseling among transgender people
• Thailand: Improving peer-led interventions by supporting inspired peer educators
• Vietnam: Understanding the condom market in hotels and guesthouses

PSI ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• India: Public-private partnership models of PMTCT in private medical settings for scaling up access to PMTCT
• India: Case management approach for enhancing follow up of mother-baby pairs at private sector PMTCT centers in high HIV prevalent Indian states
• India: Advocating mainstreaming HIV in insurance: Experience of Project Connect
• Thailand: Impact from HIV prevention and harm reduction program: Improve IDU’s quality of life

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