Day 1 - Tuesday, 3 November 2020
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Date(s)
3 Nov 2020 - 27 Nov 2020
Organizer
Platinum Level Support
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International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence 2020
Related Enduring Materials
Enduring Materials
Session 1: Achieving the Promise of Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health -
Keynote Presentation
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Contraceptive Use Among Students in Selected Universities in Zimbabwe: 2019
Mercy Marimirofa
#1
Risk of HIV Infection in Young Peripartum Women (15 – 24 Years) at Tygerberg Hospital
Samukelisiwe Nyamathe
#2
Contextual Considerations to Guide HIV prevention Cascade Optimization for Urban Refugee and Displaced Adolescents and Youth in Kampala, Uganda
Carmen Logie
#3
Day 2 - Thursday, 5 November 2020
Session 2: Knowledge is Power! Enabling Adolescents to Know their HIV Status -
Keynote Presentation
A Primary Care Level Algorithm Increases Yield of HIV Positive Adolescents in a Community Intervention: HPTN071 (PopART) Study, Zambia
Mwate Chaila
#4
The Association Between HIV-Status Disclosure and Stigma Experiences Among Adolescents Living with HIV in South Africa
Wylene Saal
#5
HIV Test Uptake and ART Initiation Rates Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Enrolled to the DREAMS Programme of Zimbabwe
Fungai Mudzengerere
#44
Day 3 - Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Session 3: Business Not as Usual: Young People Inspiring Change -
How Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV Successfullly Tackled the Issuing of Expired Anti-Retroviral Treatment Using Social Media #ourlivesmatter
Cindy Amaiza
#7
Youth in an Intersectional Advocacy Effort against The Indonesian Penal Code Revision that Violates Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Bryant Sabur
#8
Keynote Presentations
Jennifer Kayombo
Afriyan, Tanzania
Day 4 - Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Session 4: Relationship with Pills and Injections: Friend or Foe? -
Keynote Presentation
Acceptability of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Among AYLHIV in South Africa: the Missing Link for Reaching the 3rd 90?
Elona Toska
#9
PrEP Uptake Among AGYW Enrolled Under the DREAMS Programme in Zimbabwe
Dominica Dhakwa
#10
Better, cheaper, more effective: Using a Rapid Cycle Improvement model to improve implementation and outcomes on sport-based VMMC demand creation in Zimbabwe
Jeff DeCelles
#58
Day 5 - Thursday, 19 November 2020
Session 5: Alive and Thriving: Treatment, Care and Support for Adolescents Living with HIV -
Using a Quality Improvement Process to Improve Viral Load Testing Coverage Among Children, Adolescent and Young People Living with HIV
Ann Sellberg
#12
Virological failure is Consistent with Acquired HIV Drug Resistance Among Vertically-Infected Adolescents: Evidence from the EDCTPREADY Study
Debimeh Njume
#13
Reducing Mother to Child Transmission Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
Clare Hofmeyr
#14
Day 6 - Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Session 6: The Quest for Well-Being: Adolescents and Mental Health -
Keynote Presentation
Effect of a Peer-Led Mental Health Intervention on Virological Suppression and Mental Health Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Zimbabwe (Zvandiri-Friendship Bench): a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Nicola Willis
#15
Mental Health and Substance Use in Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV in a Context of Violence.
Monika Kamkuemah
#16
The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnant Adolescents and Young Mothers.
Sharifah Nalugo
#17
Day 7 - Thursday, 26 November 2020
Session 7: The Best Research is Research with Us and by Us - Participatory Research Practices -
Keynote Presentation
Adolescent Girl-Led Participatory Action Research: Early Lessons from a Sport-Based Cluster Randomised Trial in Cape Town, South Africa
Chelsea Coakley
#18
The use of an SMS Messaging platform in COVID-19 Pandemic to share safety tips and know participants wellbeing: the GAP Year cluster randomized trial (RCT) Study Experience
Clarence Yah
#106
Capacity Building to Enhance Adolescents in Research
Harley Edwards
#20
Day 8 - Friday, 27 November 2020
Session 8: Innovative Approaches for GenZ -
Keynote Presentation
Developing a Chatbot for HIV Risk Assessment Among Young People Living in Soweto, South Africa
Mamakiri Mulaudzi
#22
Impact of Conditional Economic Incentives and Motivational Interviewing on Health Outcomes of HIV Adolescents in Anambra State, Nigeria: a Cluster-Randomized Trial
Maureen Anetoh
#23
Overview
Welcome
Adolescents are developmentally at a difficult crossroad, which makes it challenging to attract and sustain adolescents’ focus on maintaining their health. Every effort must be made to engage and retain adolescents in care so they can improve and maintain their health for the long term.
The medical advances that have transformed HIV treatment into a manageable disease have yet to alter the stark reality for young people within key populations, particularly in low to middle-income countries, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even as AIDS-related mortality has decreased overall in recent years, AIDS-related deaths among adolescents increased by 50%. In other words, AIDS is far from over - especially for young people.
At major meetings, advances in HIV management focuses mainly on either adults or children, often excluding adolescents as a key population. We have initiated the International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence to meet this need for international interchange and advance the field by addressing challenges with innovative solutions.
This workshop is set up as an inclusive summit for multidisciplinary experts working with adolescents affected by HIV. The objective will be to share experiences, knowledge, and best practices with the aim of defining a pathway forward for optimizing the care of adolescents living with HIV.
The 2020 program covered the entire spectrum of developmental changes in adolescents including social, behavioral, physiological, and biological aspects and the impact of an HIV-positive status. Prevention programs, testing, treatment, and support services among adolescents were discussed. The barriers encountered in delivering these services and ways to mitigate these barriers were key areas of discussion during the workshop.
Local Chairs 2020
General Information
COVID-19 Update
The International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence 2020 took place as a series of virtual sessions in the month of November 2020 - the HIV & Adolescence month. There were 10 sessions in total, with each session no more than 2,5 hours including invited speakers, discussion, oral abstract presentations, and poster viewing.
We are available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have about your participation. For more information, please contact Rikke Rode at Rikke.Rode@amededu.com
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We are available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have about your participation. For more information, please contact Rikke Rode at Rikke.Rode@amededu.com
To stay updated on developments about this meeting, make sure you are signed up for our newsletter.
Meeting Objectives
• Facilitating the meaningful engagement of adolescents;
• Explore research design solutions for adolescents, including the use of program data;
• Translate the latest research results into best practices to optimize interventions and services for adolescents;
• Identify evidence-based practices that can be translated into programs, policy, and guidelines;
• Highlight the importance of bridging the gap between research and implementation;
• Share experiences with taking innovations and interventions to scale; and
• Stimulate networking and the formation of collaborations.
• Explore research design solutions for adolescents, including the use of program data;
• Translate the latest research results into best practices to optimize interventions and services for adolescents;
• Identify evidence-based practices that can be translated into programs, policy, and guidelines;
• Highlight the importance of bridging the gap between research and implementation;
• Share experiences with taking innovations and interventions to scale; and
• Stimulate networking and the formation of collaborations.
Learning Objectives
• Describe the challenges and barriers faced by adolescents affected by and living with HIV, including systematic and structural barriers;
• Identify effective strategies for youth engagement and leadership to improve health services, implementation of programs, and research;
• Summarize the latest research on new therapeutics and innovative services and their potential impact on adolescent health;
• Describe ways to scale up interventions, and improve the quality and sustainability of programs;
• Identify the need for psychosocial support and how to implement interventions to improve mental health services for adolescents and young people affected by and living with HIV;
• Discuss the role of technologies and mHealth for improved communication and engagement of adolescents and young people in health services; and
• Reflect on how to address challenges and barriers in their own setting along the whole HIV cascade from prevention, testing, and treatment, to care and support.
• Identify effective strategies for youth engagement and leadership to improve health services, implementation of programs, and research;
• Summarize the latest research on new therapeutics and innovative services and their potential impact on adolescent health;
• Describe ways to scale up interventions, and improve the quality and sustainability of programs;
• Identify the need for psychosocial support and how to implement interventions to improve mental health services for adolescents and young people affected by and living with HIV;
• Discuss the role of technologies and mHealth for improved communication and engagement of adolescents and young people in health services; and
• Reflect on how to address challenges and barriers in their own setting along the whole HIV cascade from prevention, testing, and treatment, to care and support.
Practical Information
Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance was sent to participants that completed the final survey of the workshop.
Conference Language
The official language will be English.
Disclaimer
This workshop is intended for education purposes only and aims to offer participants the opportunity to share information. The Organizing Secretariat of this workshop, 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 workshop. Virology Education relinquishes all liability for injuries or losses of any nature incurred by individuals attending the workshop.
Photographs, Audio and Video Recordings
We do not permit recordings of official meeting sessions either via photograph or other audio/video recording devices.
Payment of Online Registration
The registration fee of individual participants can be paid only by credit card. Your registration will be processed and confirmed after receipt of payment. Payment can be processed either online or by credit card authorization. The registration fee is valid on the day of the receipt of credit card details. If your payment or credit card information has not been received within 2 weeks of the online registration your registration will be cancelled without further notice.
Committees
Local Committee
Youth Reference Group
The Youth Reference Group (YRG) consist of young people from key networks and organizations across all regions. They come together on regular basis to advise the organizing committee on program and format as well as led on youth focused content. The main aim is to maximize meaningful youth engagement in the workshop.
Scientific Committee
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Aveneni Mangombe, Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Children, Zimbabwe
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Boyd Mkandawire, Grassroots Soccer, Zambia
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Chelsea Coakley, Grassroots Soccer, South Africa
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Daniel Were, Jhpiego, Kenya
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Igor Kuchin, Y+, Russia
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Jane Ferguson, Independent, Switzerland
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Kossy Umeh, Y+, Nigeria
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Laura Bonareri Oyiengo, Ministry of Health, Kenya
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Linda Barlow Mosha, Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda
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Lloyd Mulenga, Ministry of Health, Zambia
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Luann Hatane, PATA, South Africa
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Mastidia Rutaihwa, National AIDS Control Program Tanzania/UNICEF, Tanzania
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Nadia Sam-Agudu, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
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Nametsego Tswetla, NACA, Botswana
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Natella Rakhmanina, EGPAF / Children’s National Research Institute, United States
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Nicholas Niwagaba, UNYPA, Uganda
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Nicola Willis, Zvandiri, Zimbabwe
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Nyaradzo Mavis Mgodi, University of Zimbabwe-University of California San Francisco, Zimbabwe
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Saiqa Mullick, WITS, South Africa
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Sarah Bernays, University of Sydney, Australia
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Shirley Mark, UNICEF East Asia, Thailand
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Tom Churchyard, Kwakha Indvodza, Swaziland
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Webster Mavhu, CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe
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Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
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Wole Ameyan, WHO, Switzerland
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Zandile Masangane, Ministry of Health, Eswatini
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Zanele Mabaso, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa
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