From July 20th to 25th PSI will join thousands of HIV program implementers, activists, researchers, policy makers and persons living with HIV in Melbourne, Australia for the 20th International AIDS Conference. <\/p>\n
Representing 13 countries, members of the PSI network will participate in four satellites and present more than 40 abstracts. <\/p>\n
Check back for more information; abstracts will be uploaded after they have been given in Melbourne. <\/p>\n
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HIV\/AIDS and youth: Presenting biomedical, behavioral and structural interventions that work<\/strong><\/p>\n July 20<\/p>\n There are over 2 billion adolescents and young people in the world today; the largest population of youth to date. An estimated 7 million young people are living with HIV, 70 percent of whom contracted HIV through sexual activity or drug use. This satellite session will bring together leading voices in HIV prevention among young people, to share evidence and experiences from programs and advocacy that work. Designed around the combination prevention framework, the session will highlight biomedical, behavioral and structural interventions to prevent HIV among adolescents and young people, with particular focus on vulnerable populations. Speakers will discuss the advent of vaccines and microbicides, social media outreach, prevention with young people living with HIV and youth-led advocacy initiatives that are reshaping the discussion about HIV prevention and youth. Jorge Rivas, with PSI\u2019s affiliate in Latin America, will present on innovative approaches for reaching young men who have sex with men using social media. <\/p>\n From research to practice to impact: Lessons and tools from the voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up<\/strong><\/p>\n July 20<\/p>\n In 2007, WHO and UNAIDS recommended countries with high HIV prevalence and low male circumcision rates add voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) to their HIV-prevention programming. Subsequently, President Obama set a goal of 4.7million PEPFAR-funded circumcisions by December 2013. Countries in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region set ambitious scale-up goals and some 6 million men have been circumcised to date, with funding from ESA governments, PEPFAR and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This three-panel session will present tools developed and lessons learned during the accelerated scale-up of VMMC. PSI\/Zimbabwe\u2019s Dr. Karin Hatzold will speak on a panel exploring the importance of partnerships and collaborations for VMMC scale-up. <\/p>\n Can new technologies improve efficiency in voluntary medical male circumcision and early infant male circumcision scale-up?<\/strong><\/p>\n July 22<\/p>\n New voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) devices have the potential to rapidly accelerate VMMC scale up by making the procedure faster, simpler and more acceptable. This session will provide updates from male circumcision device research and pilot implementation. Presentations from researchers from several African countries will discuss new advances and these advances’ potential impact on HIV-prevention programming. These will include presentations on the latest clinical profiles and acceptability of male circumcision devices in adult and early infant male circumcision, as well as other VMMC- related operations research to increase efficiencies for rapid scale up. PSI\/Zimbabwe\u2019s Dr. Karin Hatzold will discuss PSI\u2019s experience with PrePex device use among adults and adolescents in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia.<\/p>\n Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing<\/strong><\/p>\n July 22<\/p>\n HIV self-testing (HIVST) has huge potential to scale-up access to HIV testing. This session features research developments and the launch of an AIDS and Behavior special issue. The session will include a series of presentations on opportunities and challenges for HIVST and a discussion of how the potential for HIVST can be realized. Petra Stankard, PSI’d HIV testing technical advisor, will discuss key considerations for bringing an HIV self-test to market. <\/p>\n Estimating the cost efficiency of introducing the PrePexTM circumcision device in Zambia <\/strong><\/p>\n If you aren’t counted, you don’t count: Estimating the number of sex workers in Mandalay and Yangon, Myanmar <\/strong><\/p>\n Effectiveness of inter- personal communication activities and TV advertisements on HIV risk reduction behaviors among female sex workers in 5 provinces of Angola <\/strong><\/p>\n Can community-based HIV prevention have a positive effect on HIV testing behavior? Findings from a quasi-experimental study with female sex workers in Yangon and Mandalay <\/strong><\/p>\n Are combination prevention interventions effective? Impact evaluation of combination prevention on increasing condom use among female sex workers in Central America <\/strong><\/p>\n Effect of anti-stigma legislation on the level of stigma directed towards persons living with HIV in Nigeria<\/strong> <\/p>\n Safety and efficacy of the PrePexTM device for male circumcision performed by non-physician clinicians: A one- arm, open-label prospective study among adult males in 3 urban settings in Zimbabwe <\/strong><\/p>\n Safety and efficacy of the PrePexTM device for male circumcision performed by primary care nurses at primary health care level in Zimbabwe<\/strong> <\/p>\n Safety profile of PrePexTM male circumcision device in adolescents aged 13-17 years in Zimbabwe <\/strong><\/p>\n Scaling up voluntary male medical circumcision through effective demand creation strategies in Malawi <\/strong><\/p>\n Achieving scale-up through strategic capacity building and integration of voluntary medical male circumcision services in routine public healthcare delivery channels in Southern Province of Zambia <\/strong><\/p>\n Predictors for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe: Analysis using the adoption stairway <\/strong><\/p>\n Lessons learned from integration of point of care CD4 cell count testing at PSI\/ Zimbabwe HIV testing and counseling sites<\/strong><\/p>\n Challenges and lessons learnt in estimating the number of men who have sex with men in Yangon, Myanmar <\/strong><\/p>\n Use of a unique identifier code system to track key populations reached under a combination prevention program in six countries of Central America<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n
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Biomedical Services in a Generalized Epidemic <\/h4>\n
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Key Population Size Estimation and Tracking <\/h4>\n
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