Monday 13 March
1PM – 4PM
Registration
6:30 – 8PM
Opening Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Mark Hawken, ICAP Kenya
- Miriam Rabkin, ICAP New York
- Maaya Sundaram, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Nelson Otwoma, NEPHAK, Kenya
- Andrew Katana, CDC Kenya
- Andrew Mulwa, MOH Kenya
Tuesday 14 March
7:30 – 8AM
Registration
8AM – 9AM
Session 1: Opening Plenary
Welcome, review of agenda: Mark Hawken, ICAP Kenya
Health and Safety Briefing: Lazarus Momanyi, MOH Kenya
Keynote Address: Peter Preko, ICAP Eswatini & Maureen Syowai, ICAP Kenya
9AM – 10AM
Session 2: Plenary Session | Differentiated HTS in 2023
Co-Moderators: Peter Ehrenkranz, Gates Foundation & Thato Chidarikire, NDOH South Africa
Panelists:
- Magdalena Sea Barr-Dichiara, WHO
- Gang Sun, UNAIDS
- David Miller, PEPFAR
- Megan Ginivan, CHAI
- Robinah Babirye, African Young Positives Network, Uganda
10AM– 10:30
Tea Break
10:30 – 12:30
Session 3: Parallel Sessions | Mobilization, Planning, and Community-Led Monitoring
3a: Differentiated HTS Mobilization
Co-Moderators: Rudo Kuwengwa, ICAP Zimbabwe & Landom Shey, RECAP+ Cameroon
Panelists:
- Gift Kamanga, EpiC Liberia: Framing Remarks
- Thaïs Ferriera, ICAP Mozambique: Mobilization Strategies for Adolescents in Mozambique
- Serah Malaba, PSI Kenya: Leveraging the Private Sector to Expand Access to HIVST
- Grace Kamau, ASWA: Differentiated Mobilization for Sex Workers
- Hardwin Sithole, PSH Zimbabwe: Using Human-Centered Design to Optimize Mobilization for MSM
3b: Community-led Monitoring for dHTS
Co-Moderators: Bactrin Killingo, ITPC & Nicholas Vako, RIP+ Cote d’Ivoire
Panelists:
- Helen Etya’ale, ITPC
- Krista Lauer, ITPC
- Anele Yawa, TAC South Africa
- Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS Sierra Leone
- Jeffrey Walimbwa, ISHTAR Kenya
- Godwin Nyirenda, CHAI Malawi
- Jonah Onentiah Magare, MOH Kenya
- Mtemwa Nyangulu, CDC Malawi
- Marline Jumbe, ICAP Kenya
3c: Data-driven HTS Target Setting
Co-Moderators:
Fred Chungu, NZP+ Zambia & Marvin Lubega, CHAI Uganda
Panelists:
- – Céline Lastrucci, WHO: Framing Remarks
- – Patrick Mantiziba, CHAI Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned from a CHAI Target-setting Tool
- – Stone Mbiriyawanda, MOH Malawi: Malawi GOALS Model
- – Gerald Pande, MOH Uganda: Estimating KP Population Size
- – Maaya Sundaram, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
12:30– 2PM
Lunch
2 – 3:30PM
Session 4: Parallel Sessions | Country Breakout Sessions
3:30 – 4PM
Tea Break
4PM – 5PM
Session 5: Single Country Action Planning
Wednesday 15 March
7:30 – 8AM
Registration
8AM – 8:30
Session 6: Plenary Session
Moderator: Gang Sun, UNAIDS
Keynote Address: Community Engagement in dHTS
Jeffrey Walimbwa, ISHTAR Kenya & Kennedy Otieno, MAAYGO Kenya
8:30 – 10AM
Session 7: Plenary Session | Panel Discussion – Implementing Differentiated Status-Neutral Testing
Co-Moderators: John Bosco Matovu, ICAP Kenya & Soukeye Ndiaye, RNP+ Senegal
Panelists:
- Magdalena Sea Barr-Dichiara, WHO
- David Miller, PEPFAR: Differentiated HTS in PEPFAR COP23
- Lynne Wilkinson, IAS: Delivering Status-Neutral Testing
- Alarice Lenders, NDOH South Africa: Implementation Progress of Status Neutral HTS in ANC
- Getrude Ncube, MoHCC Zimbabwe: Linkage from Testing to Prevention and Treatment Services
10AM – 10:30
Tea Break
10:30 – 12:30
Session 8: Parallel Sessions | Triple Elimination, Social Network Testing Services, and Quality Management
8a: Triple Elimination: Testing for HIV, HBV, and Syphilis During Pregnancy
Co-Moderators: Rachel Mudekereza, ICAP CI & Priscilla Lumano-Mulenga, MOH Zambia
Panelists:
- Morkor Newman, WHO (pre-recorded): The Case for Triple Elimination
- Su Wang, World Hepatitis Alliance: The Voices of Women with HBV (pre-recorded)
- Magdalena Sea Barr-Dichiara, WHO: Global Guidance and Policy
- Amos Mulbah, Liberia MOH: Duotesting – from Policy to Program Scale-up
- Stanley Ngoma, MOH Malawi: Supporting Triple Elimination
- Discussants:
- Nwakaego Chukwukaodinaka, MOH Nigeria
- Fatou Fall, MOH Senegal
- Audrey DJOMO, MOH Cameroon
8b: Social Network Testing Services
Co-Moderators: Stella Kentutsi, NAFOPHANU & Chris Akolo, FHI360
Panelists:
- Gift Kamanga, EpiC Liberia: Social Network Services – The “Whys” and “Hows”?
- Bhekizitha Sithole, EpiC Eswatini: Using SNS to Improve Case-finding and Linkage to Post-test Services in Eswatini
- Ima-John Dada, MOH Nigeria: SNS Improves HTS Coverage Among Key Populations in Nigeria
- Linah Mwango, CIHEB Zambia: Scaling up SNS for Adolescents and Young People in Zambia
- Jocelyne Carmen Babodo, MOH Cameroon: Use of SNS to Enhance HIV Case Identification Among KPs in Low-Prevalence Settings: A Case Study of Cameroon
8c: Quality Management of dHTS
Co-Moderators: Martin Msukwa, ICAP & Idrissa Songo, NETHIPS Sierra Leone
Panelists:
- Geoffrey Taasi, MOH Uganda: Quality of HIV Testing Services – Establishing a System to Monitor Safe and Ethical HIV Testing Services in Uganda
- Zeye Masunga, Tanzania MOH: Quality of HIV Testing Services – Certification of HIV Rapid Testers in Tanzania: A Country Progress
- Ava Mrima, Jinsiangu Kenya
- Mtemwa Nyangulu, CDC Malawi
12:30 – 2PM
Lunch
2PM – 3:30
Session 9: Breakout Sessions | Country Breakout Sessions
3:30 – 4PM
Tea Break
4PM – 5PM
Session 10: Single Country Action Planning
Thursday 16 March
7:30 – 8AM
Registration
8AM – 8:30
Session 11: Plenary Session
Moderator: Jonathan Mwangi, CDC Kenya
Keynote Address: Opportunities for HIVST within the Future of Testing
- Megan Ginivan, CHAI & Khumbo Namachapa, MOH Malawi
8:30 – 10AM
Session 12: Plenary Session | Panel Discussion – Differentiated Linkage
Co-Moderators: Violet Oramisi, ICAP Kenya & Bactrin Killingo, ITPC
Panelists:
- Ginika Egesimba, MOHS Sierra Leone: dHTS and Linkage to Prevention
- Clorata Gwanzura, MoHCC Zimbabwe: dHTS and Linkage to Treatment
- Baker Bakashaba, TASO Uganda: dHTS and Linkage to Re-engagement
10AM – 10:30
Tea Break
10:30 – 12:30
Session 13: Parallel Sessions |Linkage to Prevention, Treatment, and Re-Engagement
13a: dHTS and Linkage to Prevention
Co-Moderators: Cassia Wells, ICAP NY & Onesimo Maguwu, USAID Zimbabwe
Panelists:
- Peter Cherutich, WHO: WHO Guidance on Linkage to Prevention: M&E and Lessons Learned
- Lenhle Dube, MOH Eswatini: Improving Linkage to PrEP in Eswatini
- Melb Simiyu, AWAC Uganda: Linkage to Prevention Services for Key Populations
- Jonah Onentiah, MOH Kenya: Linkage to Combination Prevention in Kenya
13b: dHTS and Linkage to Treatment
Co-Moderators: Mirtie Getachew, MOH Ethiopia & Peter Preko, ICAP Eswatini
Panelists:
- Amadiva Kibisu, MOH Kenya: Linkage to Treatment and Early Retention in Kenya
- Prince Anyawu, ICAP Nigeria: Community Testing and Linkage
- Olivia Edem Dotse, JSI Ghana: Linkage to Treatment for KP in Ghana
- Madjo Leopoldine, MOH Cameroon: Linkage to Treatment for Adolescents in Cameroon
- Charles Mukoma, ASWA: Linkage to Treatment for Sex Workers
- Richard Nininahazwe, INPUD Burundi: Linkage to Treatment for People Who Use Drugs
13c: dHTS and Linkage to Re-Engagement
Co-Moderators: Baker Bakashaba, TASO Uganda and Nkechi Okoro, NEPWHAN Nigeria
- Maureen Syowai, ICAP Kenya: Framing Remarks
- Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, MOH Ghana: Understanding Re-testing Rates
- Khumbo Namachapa, MOH Malawi: Re-testing as a Pathway to Re-engagement
- Pido Bongomin, Georgetown University, Eswatini: Characteristics of Clients Re-testing in Eswatini
- Jean-Jacques M’bea: M&E of Re-engagement in Burundi
- Lindiwe Simelane, Eswatini AIDS Support Organization
12:30 – 2PM
Lunch
2PM – 3:30
Session 14: Parallel Sessions | Country Breakout Sessions
3:30 – 4:30PM
Session 15: Closing Session
Co-Moderators: Peter Preko, ICAP Eswatini & Jonathan Grund, CDC Tanzania
Panelists:
- Peter Ehrenkranz, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Céline Lastrucci, WHO
- Rose Wafula, NASCOP/MOH Kenya
- Ava Mrima, Jinsiangu Kenya
4:30 – 5PM
Tea