Day 1 - Thursday, 15 October 2020
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15 Oct 2020 - 17 Oct 2020
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APACC 2020
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Opening of the conference - 14:00
14:00 ICT
Opening Words
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, MBBS, FRACP, FAMM, FASc, HonLLD Monash, DPMP
University of Malaya
14:05 ICT
Welcome Remarks
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
PL-1: Opening Session -
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, FRACP, HonLLD (Monash)
Chairs
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
Mark Boyd, BA, BM, BS, DCTH&H, MHID, MD, FRACP
University of Adelaide, Australia
Patrick Li, MBBS, FHKCP, FHKAM, FRCP, FRCP
Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
14:10 ICT
What Will It Take to End AIDS in Asia
President and Pro Vice Chancellor, Monash University, Malaysia
14:30 ICT
No Pain, No Gain: Crisis, Resilience, and Winning Trust from SARS to COVID-19 Response in Taiwan
14:50 ICT
Discussion
15:30-16:30 ICT
ViiV-supported Symposium: Putting the Person Back into Person-Centered Care and Treatment
PA-1: Infectious Diseases Stigma: From Theory to Action -
Chair
Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, AM
UNC Chapel Hill
Mark Nelson, MD
Imperial College London / Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
16:30 ICT
Crowdsourcing to Decrease Hepatitis Stigma
16:45 ICT
Addressing Stigma Against TB: From Theory to Action
17:00 ICT
Key Population-led Health Services to Combat Transgender Stigma
17:15 ICT
Discussion
PA-2: HIV Prevention -
Heather-Marie Schmidt, BMedSc (Hon), MPH, PhD
Chairs
Iskandar Azwa, MBChB, MRCP, DIP GUM, DIP HIV
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Thana Khawcharoenporn, MD, MSc
Thammasat University, Thailand
16:30 ICT
HIV Incidence and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Smartphone Application in Beijing, China: an Open Cohort Study (#O_01)
Prof. Minying Zhang
School of medicine, Nankai University
16:40 ICT
High PrEP Awareness and Intention to Use but Suboptimal Uptake Among Hornet Users in the Asia-Pacific (#O_02)
UNAIDS Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand and the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programme, World Health Organisation, Switzerland
16:50 ICT
Is risk Compensation Real? The Effect of Perceived Level of HIV Transmission Risk on Risk Behavior in an Open-label Pilot PrEPbased Intervention in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia (#O_03)
Kelsey A. Rankin
Yale School Of Medicine
17:00 ICT
Situational Analysis of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay Men, Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Myanmar (#O_04)
Aung Than Oo
Myanmar Medical Association
17:10 ICT
PrEP or Condoms, or Both? Insights on Risk Compensation Through a Discrete Choice Experiment on PrEP Preferences Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men (#O_05)
Rayner Kay Jin Tan
School Of Public Health, National University Of Singapore
17:20 ICT
Discussion
Capacity-building Sessions - 18:00-19:00
Stephen Kerr, BPharm(Hons), MIPH, PhD
Kenneth H. Mayer, MD
18:00-19:00 ICT
Capacity-building Session 1: Creating "Super" Models: A Biostatistics Workshop
HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
19:15-20:15 ICT
Capacity-building Session 2: JIAS Scientific Writing Workshop: How to Write and Submit a Research Manuscript
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / The Fenway Institute / Harvard Medical School, United States
20:30-21:30 ICT
Capacity-building Session 3: Love at First Sight: Crafting Appealing Infographics
21:30 ICT
End of Day 1
Day 2 - Friday, 16 October 2020
Poster Tour 1: Empowering Healthcare Provider -
Moderator
Patrick Li, MBBS, FHKCP, FHKAM, FRCP, FRCP
Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
13:00 ICT
Measuring HIV stigma and discrimination among healthcare providers in Taiwan, 2018-2019
Chung-Eng Hung
School Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University
13:10 ICT
Is the city ready for the Olympics? - Language barriers in sexual healthcare services and low awareness of HIV prevention tools in doctors in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
Haruko Hoshino
National Center For Global Health And Medicine
13:20 ICT
An Assessment in Hanoi, Vietnam: City-wide Training Targeting Understanding and Trust Improved Undetectable=Untransmittable Message Delivery Among Healthcare Workers
Thao Vu
HAIVN
Poster Tour 2: Impact of COVID-19 Among People Living With HIV in Asia -
Moderator
Phillip Chan, MBChB, MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
13:00 ICT
Home delivery to sustain safe, uninterrupted access to HIV antiretroviral treatment during COVID-19 in Asia: experiences from Indonesia, Nepal, and Laos
Michael Cassell, MD
FHI 360
13:05 ICT
Operationalizing policy, mobilizing provider engagement, and ensuring service quality during COVID-19: Use of WhatsApp in Jakarta, Indonesia
Aulia Human
Fhi 360
13:10 ICT
Accessing Universal Health during COVID-19 in PH: Risk profile, social determinants of health, and attitudes of Filipino GBMSM toward accessibility of health services in times of pandemic
Rodenie Olete
Gabay Sa Pulang Laso Inc.
13:15 ICT
Digital health services during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study of Chinese MSM
Yuan Xiong
Sesh Global
Roundtable Discussion: COVID-19 & HIV -
Moderator
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, MBBS, FRACP, FAMM, FASc, HonLLD Monash, DPMP
University of Malaya
14:05 ICT
Impacts of the COVID-19 Epidemic on HIV Services in Japan
14:17 ICT
Disruption of HIV Prevention Services During COVID Response in Bangkok
14:29 ICT
COVID-19 in South Korea and Medical Support Project for Foreign Workers
14:41 ICT
Advocacy of U=U and Its Impact on HIV Decriminalization During COVID Response
14:53 ICT
Prevalence of Anxiety or Depression and Its Associated Factors Among People Living with HIV in Guangzhou During the COVID-19 Outbreak
15:05 ICT
HIV and COVID-19 Stigma and Discrimination, History Repeating Itself?
15:30-16:30 ICT
Gilead-supported Symposium HIV Management During COVID-19: What to Do & What Not to Do?
PA-3: Social Networks -
Chair
Nicholas Paton, MD, FRCP
National University of Singapore, Singapore
16:30 ICT
Using Social Networks in HIV Research
16:50 ICT
Network Analysis of the Sexual Relationship and HIV Transmission in MSM – Studies in Hong Kong
17:10 ICT
Discussion
PA-4: Clinical Management - 16:30-17:30
16:30-17:30 ICT
Chair
Grace Chung-Yan Lui, MBChB (Hons), FHKCP, FHKAM
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mark Boyd, BA, BM, BS, DCTH&H, MHID, MD, FRACP
University of Adelaide
16:30 ICT
HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Who Inject Drugs in the Asia-Pacific: an Observational Cohort Study (#O_07)
Win Min Han
Kirby Institute, Univerity of New South Wales, Sydney
16:40 ICT
Prevalence Trend of Transmitted Drug Resistance in a Prospective Cohort of Thai People with Acute HIV Infection (#O_08)
Camilla Muccini
The Thai Red Cross Aids Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
16:50 ICT
Prevalence and The Impact of Low-level Viremia Among People Living With HIV Taking Protease Inhibitors or Dolutegravir-based Antiretroviral Therapy (#O_09)
Guan-jhou Chen
National Taiwan University Hospital
17:00 ICT
High retention but low virological suppression rates among HIV-infected infants with early antiretroviral treatment in the Thai national program
17:10 ICT
Lower Prevalence of TB Infection Before Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy After Treatment at Any CD4 in the Thai HIV National AIDS Program (#O_06)
Watsamon Jantarabenjakul, MD
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
PL-2 Opportunistic Infections: TB/Fungal -
Kenneth H. Mayer, MD
Thuy Le, MD, DPhil
Chairs
Shinichi Oka, MD, PhD
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Jeremy Ross, MD
TREAT Asia/ amfAR
18:00 ICT
TB Therapeutic Strategies
18:20 ICT
HIV and STI: Addressing Infectious Syndemics in the Current Era
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / The Fenway Institute / Harvard Medical School, United States
18:40 ICT
Towards Diagnostic-driven Approach to Prevention of HIV-associated Invasive Fungal Infections
Duke University; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, United States / Vietnam
19:00 ICT
Discussion
PA-5: Clinical ART Management -
Chair
Thuy Le, MD, DPhil
Duke University, USA; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Evy Yunihastuti, MD, PhD
Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia
19:30 ICT
Current Issues in Antiretroviral Therapy in Pregnancy
19:40 ICT
ART and Pregnancy: a Case-based Discussion
19:50 ICT
Discussion
20:00 ICT
Weight Gain and Antiretroviral Therapy: What’s Going On, and What Should We Do?
20:20 ICT
Discussion
PA-6: High Burden of STIs -
Chairs
Man-Po Lee, MBBS, MSc, FHKCP, FHKAM, FRCP
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Reena Rajasuriar, Mpharm, PhD
University of Malaya
19:30 ICT
Comparison of Digital and Facility-based HIV/Syphilis Self-testing Secondary Distribution Modes Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China (#O_11)
Yongjie Sha
University Of North Carolina Project - China
19:40 ICT
Modified Self-obtained Pooled Sampling to Screen for Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection in Men Who Have Sex With Men (#O_12)
Naokatsu Ando, MD
National Center For Global Health And Medicine
19:50 ICT
HCV Surges Among Thai MSM With HIV, Fueled by Crystal Methamphetamine and Group Sex (#O_13)
Aswathy Varma
SEARCH Thailand Organization
20:00 ICT
Associated Factors With Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men in Taiwan (#O_14)
Yi Ting Chen
National Taiwan University Hospital
20:10 ICT
Cost-Saving of Pooled HCV RNA Testing to Diagnose Acute HCV Infection in High-Risk Populations (#O_15)
Hsin-yun Sun
National Taiwan University Hospital
20:20 ICT
Discussion
Capacity-building Session 4: Grant Workshop 101 -
Moderator
Phillip Chan, MBChB, MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Applicant Perspective
Reviewer Perspective
Funder Perspective
21:45 ICT
End of Day 2
Day 3 - Saturday, 17 October 2020
Poster Tour 3: PrEP -
Moderator
Fan Yang, PhD, MSc
University of North Carolina Project-China
13:00 ICT
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in Cambodia
Keo Vannak
FHI360
13:05 ICT
Low rates of persistence to daily pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent men who have sex with men and transgender women at-risk for HIV in Thailand
13:10 ICT
Patterns of PrEP use among men who have sex with men in Japan
Yuzuru Ikushima
Place Tokyo
13:15 ICT
Occurrence of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention: Results from Malaysia’s first PrEP demonstration study
Carmen Pajarillo
Yale School Of Medicine
Poster Tour 4: Co-morbidities and Complications Among People Living with HIV -
Moderator
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, MD, ScM, PhD
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
13:00 ICT
Factors associated with high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and cirrhosis in people living with HIV on combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) in the Asia-Pacific
Dhanushi Rupasinghe
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia
13:05 ICT
Association of body mass index with immune recovery, virologic failure and cardiovascular disease risks among people living with HIV
Win Min Han
Kirby Institute, Univerity of New South Wales, Sydney
13:10 ICT
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Body Weight Change among Patients Switching to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide
Ling-ya Chen
National Taiwan University Hospital
PL-3: Viral Hepatitis -
Chair
Hsi-Hsun Lin, MD, PhD
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
14:00 ICT
Hepatitis C Treatment in Thailand: Spotlight on C-Free Study. Community-based Testing & Treatment for People Who Use Drugs
14:20 ICT
The Elimination of Hepatitis C in Australia - the Importance of Engaging With Prisoners
14:40 ICT
Discussion
PL-4: Cure Research -
Chairs
Eugene Kroon, MD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
Annette Sohn
TREAT Asia/amfar - The Foundation For AIDS Research
15:05 ICT
Functional Cure of HIV-1 Infection by PD1-vaccine-based Immunotherapy
15:25 ICT
Gene Silencing Strategies: si/shRNA for HIV Control
15:45 ICT
Discussion
PL-5: PrEP Implementation: Learning from PrEP Experts -
Heather-Marie Schmidt, BMedSc (Hon), MPH, PhD
Chair
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
16:10 ICT
Session Introduction
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
16:20 ICT
Overview of PrEP in the Asia-Pacific
UNAIDS Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand and the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programme, World Health Organisation, Switzerland
16:40 ICT
PrEP for KP Youth
17:00 ICT
PrEP, Chemsex and STIs
17:10 ICT
PrEP, Chemsex, and STIs
17:20 ICT
Universal Coverage of PrEP in Thailand
17:40 ICT
Q&A with the Audience
Closure of the conference - 18:00
18:00 ICT
Closing Remarks
Mark Boyd, BA, BM, BS, DCTH&H, MHID, MD, FRACP
University of Adelaide
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation
Overview
What's New
APACC 2021 is tentatively scheduled to take place in a virtual format in June 2021. To stay updated on developments about APACC 2021, make sure you are signed up for our newsletter.
The very successful Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-infections Conference (APACC) 2020 took place virtually from 15 to 17 October.
The Organizing Committee would like to thank all invited speakers and participants for their contribution to this conference!
We would like to thank our supporters including ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences, Mylan, and Thailand Convention Exhibition Bureau for making this event possible.
Meeting materials such as presentations and videos will be soon available on https://academicmedicaleducation.com/ (given that speakers have provided their permission).
A certificate of attendance will be sent by email after filling in the post-conference survey. APACC 2021 is tentatively scheduled to take place in June 2021 virtually.
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Program Chairs 2020
General Information
Unique Features
- A program with a special focus on the needs in Asia and the Pacific
- A true scientific platform for regional clinicians and clinical researchers to present their data
- Insights into important clinical developments and updates on ongoing and new trials
- Capacity building workshops and career development sessions for young professionals
- A great opportunity to network with your colleagues throughout Asia
- A true scientific platform for regional clinicians and clinical researchers to present their data
- Insights into important clinical developments and updates on ongoing and new trials
- Capacity building workshops and career development sessions for young professionals
- A great opportunity to network with your colleagues throughout Asia
Meeting Objectives
This meeting aims to:
- Promote the dissemination and successful translation of new knowledge regarding HIV and co-infections while facilitating a neutral environment
- Foster new and lasting cross-disciplinary partnerships and collaborations between researchers in HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, policymakers, and NGOs, among others, in order to improve knowledge sharing, with the end goal of improving healthspan within the rapidly growing HIV/AIDS population
- Attract, showcase, and maintain new, early career, and underrepresented investigators to this multidisciplinary area of research and to translate novel findings into clinical practice
- Promote the dissemination and successful translation of new knowledge regarding HIV and co-infections while facilitating a neutral environment
- Foster new and lasting cross-disciplinary partnerships and collaborations between researchers in HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, policymakers, and NGOs, among others, in order to improve knowledge sharing, with the end goal of improving healthspan within the rapidly growing HIV/AIDS population
- Attract, showcase, and maintain new, early career, and underrepresented investigators to this multidisciplinary area of research and to translate novel findings into clinical practice
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the major achievements and challenges in antiviral therapy for HIV and/or hepatitis-positive patients in the Asia Pacific region
- Identify improved treatment options for their patients
- Initiate (research) collaborations to further improve the level of knowledge on clinical management in the Asia Pacific region
- Use gained knowledge to make/advocate for appropriate adjustments to policies in public, institutional, and private settings
- Describe the major achievements and challenges in antiviral therapy for HIV and/or hepatitis-positive patients in the Asia Pacific region
- Identify improved treatment options for their patients
- Initiate (research) collaborations to further improve the level of knowledge on clinical management in the Asia Pacific region
- Use gained knowledge to make/advocate for appropriate adjustments to policies in public, institutional, and private settings
Practical Information
Certificate of Attendance
A digital certificate of attendance was sent to participants upon request by email.
Language
The official language of the conference was English.
Translation was not provided.
Translation was not provided.
Enduring Materials
Enduring materials will be available here shortly after the conclusion of the conference.
Disclaimer
This conference is intended for educational purposes only and aims to offer participants the opportunity to share information. The conference secretariat of this event, Virology Education, cannot accept any liability for the scientific content of the sessions or for any claims which may result from the use of information or publications from this meeting. Virology Education disclaims all liability for injuries or losses of whatever nature incurred by individuals attending the conference.
Liability and Insurance
By registering for the conference participants agree that the organizers do not accept responsibility for medical-, travel- or personal insurance. Participants are advised to take out their own insurance policies.
Photographs, Audio, and Video Recording
Photographs, audio, and video recordings are not permitted at the official meeting sessions. Only the official medical writer appointed by the organization may make recordings. All presentations will be posted here as soon as possible after the conference is finished, provided that the speaker has given permission to do so.
Committees
Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Scientific Committee
The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.
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