Differentiated Service Delivery

for Advanced HIV Disease

Tuesday, July 28 - Wednesday, July 29, 2020

ICAP’s CQUIN project is partnering with CHAI and Unitaid to convene a 17-country virtual meeting on differentiated service delivery for advanced HIV disease. The invitation-only meeting will be attended by Ministries of Health, implementing partners, national networks of people living with HIV, academic institutions, donors and more, and will facilitate sharing of experiences, best practices and challenges

RESOURCES

Agenda
Pre-meeting Interviews
Plenary Sessions
Country AHD Updates
Breakout Sessions
Reading and Resources
AHD Dashboard

AHD Workshop

Agenda

Tuesday, July 28

Session 1: Opening Plenary

7 am – 8 am New York | 11 am – 12 noon Abidjan
1 pm – 2 pm Johannesburg | 2 pm – 3 pm Nairobi

Moderators:  Miriam Rabkin (ICAP) & Rose Nyirenda (MOH Malawi)

View the recorded session

7:00 –7:10 Welcome remarks: Wafaa El-Sadr, ICAP at Columbia University (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:10 – 7:20 Welcome remarks: Luis Pizarro, Unitaid                 (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:20 – 7:30 Welcome remarks: Solange Baptiste, ITPC & Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS Sierra Leone                                                          (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:30 – 7:45  The Epidemiology of AHD: James Hakim, University of Zimbabwe (View the recorded presentation  | Slides available here)

7:45 – 8:00 Q&A

 

Session 2:  Parallel Sessions | Country Updates

8 am – 9 am New York | 12 noon – 1 pm Abidjan
2 pm – 3 pm Johannesburg | 3 pm – 4 pm Nairobi

Session 2a: AHD Updates from Uganda and Zimbabwe

Moderators: Fatima Tsiouris (ICAP NY) & Godfrey Musuka (ICAP Zimbabwe)

Proscovia Namuwenge, MOH Uganda
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Stephen Watiti, National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda (NAFOPHANU)
(View the recorded presentation)

Bekezela Khabo, MOH Zimbabwe
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Tonderai Mwareka, Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) (View the recorded presentation)

Session 2b: AHD Updates from Malawi and Nigeria

Moderators: Siphiwe Shongwe (ICAP Eswatini) & Cassia Wells (ICAP NY)

Paul Nyasulu, MOH Malawi
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Lawrence Khonyongwa, Malawi Network of People Living with HIV (MANET+) (View the recorded presentation)

Peter Nwaokeeneya, MOH Nigeria
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Nkechi Okoro, Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) (View the recorded presentation)

Session 2c: AHD Updates from DRC and Eswatini

Moderators: Tania Tchissambou (ICAP DRC) & Andrea Howard (ICAP NY)

Richard Chuy, MOH DRC
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Ange Mavula, Union Congolaise des Organisations des Personnes vivant avec le VIH (UCOP+) (View the recorded presentation)

Gugulethu Madonsela, MOH Eswatini
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Lindiwe Simelane, Swaziland AIDS Support Organization (SASO)
(View the recorded presentation)

Session 2d: AHD Updates from South Africa and Tanzania

Moderators: Martin Msukwa (ICAP South Africa) & Mohammed Mahdi (ICAP NY)

Mokgadi Phokojoe and Letta Seshoka, NDOH South Africa
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Luckyboy Mkhondwane, Treatment Action Campaign South Africa (TAC)
(View the recorded presentation)

Siraj Shabani, MOH Tanzania
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

 

9:00 – 9:30   Break

 

Session 3:  Parallel Sessions | Focus Areas

9:30 am – 10:30 am New York | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Abidjan
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Johannesburg | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Nairobi

Session 3a: CD4 Testing: Gateway to the AHD Package

Moderators: Miriam Rabkin (ICAP NY) & Ikwo Oboho (CDC Atlanta)

View the recorded session

Optimizing the CD4 Network to Increase Access to the AHD Package of Care – Naoko Doi, Director, HIV Diagnostics (CHAI)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Concurrent Advanced HIV Disease and Viral Load Suppression in a High-Burden Setting: Findings from the 2015-2016 ZIMPHIA Survey – Shirish Balachandra (CDC Cote d’Ivoire)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Solange Baptiste (ITPC)

Lillian Mworeko (ICWEA)

Richard Borain (CHAI)

Appolinaire Tiam (EGPAF)

Proscovia Namuwenge (MOH Uganda)

Alren Vandy (MOH Sierra Leone)

 

Session 3b: Ensuring AHD Linkages: Examples from Uganda

Moderators: Brian Ngwatu (CHAI) & Stephen Watiti (NAFOPHANU Uganda)

View the recorded session

 

Advanced HIV Disease: Linkages – Cordelia Katureebe (MOH Uganda) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)
Innovations to Improve AHD Linkages: Experiences from IDI Programs – Joanita Kigozi (Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University) (View the recorded presentation|Slides available here)

Ensuring AHD Linkages: Examples from Uganda – Raymond Kwesiga (Positive Men’s Union Uganda)                                          (View the recorded presentation)

Margaret Borok (University of Zimbabwe)

Anthony Mutiti (ICAP Eswatini)

 

Session 3c: Saving Lives with AHD Clinical Algorithms

Moderators: Elfriede Agyemang (CDC Atlanta) & Angela Loyse (CHAI)

View recorded session in French

Impact of Clinical Algorithms for HIV-related Meningoencephalitis in Lilongwe, Malawi:
Experience From the DREAMM Project –Cecilia Kanyama (UNC Project, Malawi)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Advanced HIV Disease Care at Lighthouse Clinics in Malawi – How Far Have We Come? – Beatrice Matanje (Lighthouse Malawi)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Experiences From the DREAMM Project –
Chimwemwe Chawinga (Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi) (View the recorded presentation)

Improving AHD Management Through Algorithms: A Case of HIV, Cryptococcal Meningitis, and TB Co-infection – More Mungati (EGPAF Lesotho)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Algorithmic Approach to AHD: Results and Lessons from Homa Bay, Kenya – Stephen Wanjala (MSF Kenya)                             
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

 

Session 4: Day One Closing Plenary

10:30 am – 11 am New York | 2:30 pm – 3 pm Abidjan
4:30 pm – 5 pm Johannesburg | 5:30 pm – 6 pm Nairobi

Moderators: Peter Preko (ICAP/CQUIN) & Blanche Pitt (ICAP South Africa)

View the recorded session (French)

AHD: Updates from IAS2020: Helen Bygrave (IAS/MSF) 
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

 

Wednesday, July 29

Session 5: Opening Plenary

7 am – 8 am New York | 11 am – 12 noon Abidjan
1 pm – 2 pm Johannesburg | 2 pm – 3 pm Nairobi

Moderators:  Peter Preko (ICAP/CQUIN) & Tsitsi Apollo (MOH Zimbabwe)

View the recorded session (French)

7:00 – 7:10 Welcome back/review of agenda: Peter Preko, CQUIN (View the recorded presentation)

7:10 – 7:20 AHD: The view from PEPFAR: Catherine Godfrey, OGAC (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:20 – 7:30 AHD: The view from WHO: Nathan Ford, WHO
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:30 – 7:45 AHD in the Time of COVID-19: Gilles van Cutsem, MSF
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

7:45 – 8:00 Q&A

 

Session 6:  Parallel Sessions | Focus Areas

8 am – 9 am New York | 12 noon – 1 pm Abidjan
2 pm – 3 pm Johannesburg | 3 pm – 4 pm Nairobi

Session 6a: M&E of AHD Services: What Needs to Be Counted?

Moderators: Ikechukwu Amamilo (CHAI) & Nathan Ford (WHO) TBC

View the recorded session

Monitoring and Evaluation for Advanced HIV Disease: Experiences from Uganda – Vennie Nabitaka (CHAI/MOH Uganda)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Overview of the Advance HIV Disease Monitoring and Evaluation in Nigeria – Bodunde Onifade (MOH Nigeria)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

M&E of AHD Interventions in South Africa – Nelesh Govender (NICD South Africa)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Advanced HIV: A Paradigm Shift Considerations for Monitoring and Evaluation – Sarah Jane Steele (MSF South Africa)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Session 6b: AHD Package of Care: Optimal Products, Implementation Planning and Costing

Moderators: Richard Borain (CHAI) & Amir Shroufi (CDC Foundation)

View the recorded session

Investment Care for Advanced HIV Disease – Tijana Clevenger (Unitaid) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Implementation Considerations for AHD in Resource-Limited Settings – Angela Loyse (CHAI) 
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

The Economics of Cryptococcal Meningitis Packages of Care –Tinevimbo Shiri (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) 
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Cryptococcal Meningitis Treatment: What’s on the Horizon? –Thomas Harrison (St. George’s University of London)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here )

 

Session 6c: DSD Models for People with AHD & People at High Risk of HIV Disease Progression (P@HR)

Moderators: Peter Preko (ICAP/CQUIN) & Maureen Syowai (ICAP Kenya)

View recorded session in French

Continuum of Care Approach to Advanced HIV Disease; The MSF-MoH Homabay Experience –Stephen Wanjala (MSF Kenya) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Management of PLHIV with Viremia: Experiences from a High-Volume ART Referral Site in Zimbabwe – Priscilla Tafadzwa (AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Zimbabwe) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

DSD Models for HIV/NCD integration – Hervé Kambale (MOH Eswatini) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Intensive Follow-Up Approach to People with Advanced HIV Disease in Lesotho – Vincent Tukei (EGPAF Lesotho) (View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Solange Baptiste (ITPC)

Alain Somian (RIP+ Cote d’Ivoire)

Stephen Watiti (NAFOPHANU Uganda)

 

9:00 – 9:30   Break

 

Session 7:  The AHD Dashboard

9:30 am – 10:15 am New York | 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Abidjan
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Johannesburg | 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm Nairobi

Moderators: Peter Preko (ICAP/CQUIN) & Aleny Couto (MOH Mozambique)

View the recorded session (French)

Maureen Syowai (ICAP Kenya)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Herve Kambale (MOH Eswatini)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Lazarus Momanyi (MOH Kenya)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

Koffi Bohoussou Simplice (MOH Cote d’Ivoire)
(View the recorded presentation | Slides available here)

 

Session 8: Day Two Closing Plenary

10:15 am – 11 am New York | 2:15 pm – 3 pm Abidjan
4:15 pm – 5 pm Johannesburg | 5:15 pm – 6 pm Nairobi

Moderators: Peter Preko (ICAP/CQUIN) & Peter Ehrenkranz (Gates Foundation)

View the recorded session (French)

Tom Chiller (CDC)
(View the recorded presentation)

Anna Grimsrud (IAS)
(View the recorded presentation)

Zukiswa Pinini (NDoH South Africa)
(View the recorded presentation)

Lawrence Khonyongwa (Malawi Network of People Living with HIV) (View the recorded presentation)

Please find the PDF version of this agenda here