Differentiated Service Delivery Across the HIV Cascade:

Leveraging DSD Strategies to Optimize Linkage, Retention, and Re-engagement

August 15 – 19, 2022

Agenda

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Monday       Tuesday       Wednesday       Thursday       Friday

Monday 15 August

1PM – 4PM

Registration and Pre-Meetings

6PM – 8PM

Opening Reception and Dinner

Moderator: Veronicah Mugisha, ICAP Rwanda

 

    • Peter Preko, ICAP/CQUIN
    • Sage Semafara, Rwanda Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (RRP+)
    • Thierry Roels, CDC Rwanda
    • Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Center

Monday       Tuesday       Wednesday       Thursday       Friday

Tuesday 16 August

7:30 – 8AM

Registration & COVID Protocols

8 – 8:30AM

Session 1: Plenary Session

Moderator: Maureen Syowai, ICAP Kenya

 

  • COVID Briefing: Brian Kwizera, MOH Rwanda
  • Keynote Address: Nathan Ford, WHO (pre-recorded)
  • Welcome, review of agenda: Peter Preko, ICAP/CQUIN

8:30 – 10 AM

Session 2: Plenary Session | Linkage Case Studies

Co-Moderators: Violet Oramisi, ICAP Kenya & Baker Bakashaba, TASO Uganda

  • Brian Kwizera, MOH Rwanda: Differentiated Linkage in Rwanda
  • Chinyerem Immanuel, ICAP Nigeria: Community-Based Testing and Linkage in Nigeria
  • Grace Kamau, African Sex Worker Alliance: Linkage for Sex Workers in Kenya
  • Harriet Mamba, MOH Eswatini: The CommLink Project

 

10AM– 10:30

Tea Break

10:30 – 12:30 PM

Session 3: Breakout Session | Country teams meet in groups to discuss linkage

Moderator:  Martin Msukwa, ICAP South Africa

12:30 – 2PM

Lunch

2PM – 3:30

Session 4: Plenary Session | Linkage Case Studies, continued

Co-Moderators: Greet Vandebriel, ICAP Burundi & Stephen Ayisi-Addo, MOH Ghana

 

  • Aminata Thiam, FHI360 Senegal: Linkage to Treatment for MSM in Senegal
  • Susan Alwedo, TASO Uganda: Linkage to Treatment in Soroti Region, Uganda
  • Peter Nwaokenneya, NASCP Nigeria: Linkage for Men
  • Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS Sierra Leone: Linkage and Community-Led Monitoring

3:30 – 4PM

Tea Break

4PM – 5PM

Session 5: Breakout Session | Single-Country Breakouts to Work on Action Plans

Moderator: Rudo Kuwengwa, ICAP Zimbabwe

Monday       Tuesday       Wednesday       Thursday       Friday

Wednesday 17 August

7:30 – 8AM

Registration & COVID Protocols

8 – 8:30AM

Session 6: Plenary Session

Moderator: Martin Msukwa, ICAP South Africa

Keynote Address: Anele Yawa, Treatment Action Campaign and Ndivuhwo Rambau, Ritshidze Project: Community-led Monitoring to Strengthen the HIV Cascade

8:30 – 10 AM

Session 7: Plenary Session | Retention Case Studies

Co-Moderators: Jeffrey Walimbwa, ISHTAR Kenya & Rickie Malaba, CDC Zimbabwe

 

  • Kombatende Sikombe, Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ): Drivers of Engagement and Disengagement in Care: Lessons from the BetterInfo Study
  • Kelvin Balakasi, Partners in Hope Malawi: Understanding Who is Really Disengaged from Care – Tracing Outcomes of Men Lost to Follow-up at 20 Health Facilities in Malawi
  • Elsie Ayeh, Ghana Network of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (NAP+): Recipient of Care Perspectives
  • Jessica Clinkscales, USAID: Assessing Client Preferences for DART Models in Uganda
  • Serge Christian Tchokonte, ICAP Cameroon: Improving Retention for Displaced / Refugee Clients

10AM– 10:30

Tea Break

10:30 – 12:30 PM

Session 8: Breakout Session | Country teams meet in groups to discuss retention

Moderator: Rachel Mudekereza, ICAP Zimbabwe 

12:30 – 2PM

Lunch

2PM – 3:30

Session 9: Plenary Session | Retention Case Studies, continued

Co-Moderators: Nelson Otwoma, NEPHAK Kenya & Musonda Musonda, USAID Zambia

 

  • Linda Sande, AMBIT: Early Retention in Zambia
  • Kandel Tebong Fon, EGPAF Cameroon: Improving Retention in Cameroon
  • Musa Manganye, NDOH South Africa: Improving Early Retention in Kwa-Zulu Natal with Operation Phuthuma
  • Norman Manzi, Dream Village Rwanda: Differentiated Retention for Adolescents

3:30 – 4PM

Tea Break

4PM – 5PM

Session 10: Breakout Session | Single-country breakouts to work on action plans

Moderator: Peter Preko, ICAP/CQUIN

Monday       Tuesday       Wednesday       Thursday       Friday

Thursday 18 August

7:30 – 8AM

Registration & COVID Protocols

8 – 8:30AM

Session 11: Plenary Session

Moderator: Peter Preko, ICAP/CQUIN

Keynote Addresses:

  • Anna Grimsrud, IAS (pre-recorded)
  • Catherine Godfrey, OGAC/PEPFAR (pre-recorded)

8:30 – 10AM

Session 12: Plenary Session | Re-engagement Case Studies

Co-Moderators: Hélder Macul, MOH Mozambique & George Tidwell, HRSA

 

  • Jonathan Euvrard, University of Cape Town: The Cyclical Cascade in Western Cape, SA
  • Boniface Chione, Lighthouse Malawi: The 4D re-Engagement Strategy
  • Wokie Cole, Liberia National Network of People Living with HIV (LibNep+): Community-led Re-engagement Initiatives
  • Nicholas Vako, Côte d’Ivoire National Network of People Living with HIV (RIP+): Involvement of Religious Leaders and Traditional Practitioners in Re-engagement
  • Nina Hasen, PSI: Peer Power – The Coach Mpilo Project in South Africa

10AM– 10:30

Tea Break

10:30 – 12:30PM

Session 13: Breakout Session | Country teams meet in groups to discuss re-engagement

Moderator:  Violet Oramisi, ICAP Kenya

12:30 – 2PM

Lunch

2PM – 3:30

Session 14: Parallel Sessions

14a: Supporting Linkage, Retention, and Re-engagement for PBFW

Introductions and Framing Remarks: Nandita Sugandhi, ICAP NY

Moderated Panel Discussion

Co-moderators: Rachel Mudekereza, ICAP Cote d’Ivoire & Cordelia Katurebee, MOH Uganda

Panelists:

      • Clorata Gwanzura, MOHCC Zimbabwe
      • Marie-Agnès Mbolela Mpuekela, PNLS DRC;
      • Robinah Babirye, Uganda
      • Lillian Mworeko, ICWEA
      • Jonas Deve, ARIEL Mozambique

14b: Client Satisfaction and the HIV Cascade

Introduction and Framing Remarks: Bactrin Killingo, ITPC

Welcome Remarks

Jeffrey Walimbwa, ISHTAR Kenya: Insights from the Community Advocacy Network Pre-meeting

Case Studies:

      • Kombatende Sikombe, CIDRZ, Zambia Case Study
      • Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS Sierra Leone Case Study

Moderated Panel Discussion

Co-moderators: Bactrin Killingo, ITPC & Rudo Kuwengwa, ICAP Zimbabwe

Panelists:

      • Nelson Otwoma, NEPHAK
      • Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS
      • Kombatende Sikombe, CIDRZ
      • Geoffrey Taasi, MOH Uganda
      • George Tidwell, HRSA

14c: M&E of Linkage, Retention, and Re-engagement

Framing Remarks: Bill Reidy, ICAP New York

Moderated Panel Discussion

Co-moderators: Jean-Jacques M’bea, ICAP Burundi & Tonderai Mwareka, ZNNP+

Panelists:

      • Nkechi Okoro, NEPWHAN
      • Ivan Arinaitwe, Uganda MOH
      • Lydia Mpango, EGPAF Eswatini
      • Serge Bisore; DataFi Burundi

3:30 – 4PM

Tea Break

4PM – 5PM

Session 15: Breakout Session | Single-country breakouts to work on action plans 

Moderator: Peter Preko, ICAP/CQUIN

Monday       Tuesday       Wednesday       Thursday       Friday

Friday 19 August

7:30 – 8AM

Registration & COVID protocols

8 – 8:30 AM

Session 16: Plenary Session

Moderator: Rudo Kuwengwa, ICAP Zimbabwe

Keynote Address: Stella Kentutsi, NAFOPHANU Uganda: Addressing Treatment Literacy to Enhance Retention and Viral Suppression

8:30 – 11 AM

Session 17: Tools Lab

11AM– 11:30

Tea Break

11:30 – 1:30PM

Session 18: Plenary Session | Country Action Plans, Closing Remarks and Way Forward

Co-moderators: Peter Preko ICAP/CQUIN & Felix Ndagije, ICAP Lesotho

  • Celestine Nyagatare, CDC Rwanda
  • Cordelia Katurebee, MOH Uganda
  • Anele Yawa, TAC South Africa
  • Hamsatou Hadja Cherif, Permanent Secretary, MOH, Cameroon
  • Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Centre