Closing Ceremony
- December 7, 2019
Colonel (DR) Alain AZONDEKON, the Chief Rapporteur presented the main conclusions and recommendations. He highlighted that political leaders have to promote...
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Plenary Session 3
- December 7, 2019
Community-led based monitoring for quality service delivery: Miss Wame Mosime from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition presented the community treatment ...
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ENHANCING THE HIV EMERGENCY RESPONSE TROPICAL CYCLONE IDAI IN THE SOFALA PROVINCE, MOZAMBIQUE: DEMAND CREATION FOR HIV AND TB TREATMENT SERVICES
- December 7, 2019
Ms sara SAIJA and Ms. Nonhlanhla Xaba explained that the purpose of the session was to share lessons learned from recent HIV emergency responses, including the use of social protection...
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- December 7, 2019
A Pan-African partnership dialogue among trans-communities, government and UN agencies to interrogate ways trans-communities in Africa can deliver on the SDGs in an integrated ...
Read More →Documentary film of 15 years’ celebration of PEPFAR achievement in Rwanda: Journey with the community
- December 7, 2019
The master of the ceremony introduced the Ambassador of USA in Rwanda, Peter Hendrick Vrooman, the Director of ICASA, Mr. Luc Bodea, the Director General of RBC Sabin Nsanzimana...
Read More →CCM EVOLUTION AND THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR AFRICA
- December 7, 2019
Maziko Matemba from Malawi gave the overview of the country coordination mechanism (CCM) evolution and the CCM Plus Project.....
Read More →FACING THE LAW: BREAKING LEGISLATIVE AND CYBER BARRIERS TO HIV/SRHR SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- December 6, 2019
Prosperity Ndlovu, LGBT activist from Zimbabwe, was the first presenter. His presentation was about ’’the sexual rights center...
Read More →WHO: STI IS CRITICAL IN HIV AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- December 6, 2019
Teodora Wi, Medical Officer, Sexually transmitted infections at the World Health Organisation, made a presentation on Burden of STIs, challenges and priorities in STI Control....
Read More →THE PRIVATE SECTORS CONTRIBUTION TO DOMESTIC FINANCING: MYTH OR REALITY?
- December 6, 2019
Private sector is Part of the economy run by individuals and companies for profit, Engaged in all aspects of life (health, service, education, transport, banking)....
Read More →UNFPA: PROMOTING A TOTAL MARKET APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE CONDOM PROGRAMMING IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING A FINANCING LANDSCAPE
- December 6, 2019
Ade Fakoya, Global Fund presented on investing for scale and impact. The five key investment principles he highlighted were allocative efficiency, implementation quality and efficiency...
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Viral Load and Linkage
- December 6, 2019
Breton.G discussed managing virological failure in people living with HIV: giving the patient a chance not the first line...
Read More →PLANNING FOR THE LOST 10-10-10: WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?
- December 6, 2019
The 2019 ICASA is a huge success by many standards – the planning, implementation, smooth operations, and communication among others...
Read More →STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY AND FAITH BASED ORGANISATION: LEADERSHIP IN HIV AND TB PREVENTION AND CARE: AN IMPORTANT ACTION POINT
- December 6, 2019
Morenike Ukpong: She highlighted the need for civil society organisations to recognise their space as the forth arm of government...
Read More →PLENARY SESSION DAY 3
- December 6, 2019
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO ACHIEVE EMTCT AND 90-90-90 GOALS FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA –DR DOROTHY MBORI-NGACHA. It is important to super fast-track targets for pregnancy woman...
Read More →COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO END HIV
- December 5, 2019
The session was debuted by screening of a documentary called “From Durban to tomorrow”. The documentary featured five advocates from five different countries who....
Read More →ENHANCING PEDIATRIC SERVICE DELIVERY: A KEY TO CLOSING THE TREATMENT GAP FOR CHILDREN
- December 5, 2019
The session was organized by UNICEF. The session had speakers from different organizations and countries who presented and shared testimonies of their efforts at closing the HIV treatment gap for children.....
Read More →KEY POPULATION ORGANIZING IN AFRICA; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP TRANSITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE HIV RESPONSE
- December 5, 2019
The session focused on identifying how to create an inclusive society where everyone living in Africa be recognized....
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LESS HIV MORE YOU, THRIVING WITH HIV
- December 5, 2019
The session was organized by VVIV/healthcare and the speakers were Sibongile Kubheka, Yvette Rapheal and Nneka Nakwakolo. Linda-Gail Bekker chaired the session...
Read More →HOW TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT WHO RECOMMENDED HIV TESTING STRATEGIES AND TRANSFORM YOUR HIV PROGRAMME FOR 2020 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT
- December 5, 2019
This session presented the latest guidance and recommendations to support countries to a achieve high quality HIV testing services as well as focused scale up of HIV testing services....
Read More →SAA, WHO AFRO and MINISTRY OF HEALTH RWANDA: PROMOTING HEPATITIS B AND C TESTING AND TREATMENT
- December 5, 2019
This was a special session that focused on the scaling up testing and access to treatment for viral hepatitis. The moderator noted that viral hepatitis causes an estimated 1.4 million deaths....
Read More →IAS, CIPHER: The drive to thrive-How are the children and adolescents HIV-exposed yet uninfected doing?
- December 5, 2019
Dr. Amy Slogrove gave a presentation about the universal risk factors affecting all children but which occur more often in children of women living with HIV....
Read More →WHO: ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE ON ENDING THE EPIDEMICS OF HIV, TB AND MALARIA AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- December 5, 2019
Overview of universal health coverage: The session started with a talk that gave the overview on Universal Health Coverage: a central, but complex aspiration....
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TWENTY YEARS AFTER ABUJA, WHAT NEXT?
- December 5, 2019
A special session was organized by the Society for AIDS in Africa at the ongoing 2019 ICASA Conference, holding at Kigali, Rwanda. This session was one with a difference....
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HIV, MENTAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE ACROSS AFRICA
- December 5, 2019
Prof Oche Agbaji chaired the session he gave a brief talk titled ‘Our Best Thinking Got Us Here: The Problems that we face can't be solved by the same level of thinking that created ...
Read More →THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY LEADERS IN HIV RESPONSE AND DEVELOPMENT RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
- December 5, 2019
Sage Semafara from Rwanda: The Strategic Investment Framework, published in 2011, identified community responses as a ‘critical enabler’. ...
Read More →THE TAP ‘CLOSES’: ENHANCING THE RESPONSE OF THE KEY POPULATION TO HIV: THE IMPERATIVE FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION, INNOVATION AND HUMAN INVOLVEMENT.
- December 4, 2019
Key population living with HIV still face unique barriers at each stage of the HIV continuation of care. Taking Ghana as an example, despite tremendous progress toward...
Read More →UNAIDS: FILLING THE GAPS IN HIV PREVENTION
- December 4, 2019
Despite the progress made against HIV over the past 15 years and the availability of proven prevention and treatment methods, the annual number of new HIV infections...
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DIFFERENTIAL SERVICE DELIVERY FOR PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED HIV DISEASE
- December 4, 2019
The session was organized by ICAP/Empowering Health. Speakers at the session were Wafaa EL-Sadr (ICAP, Columbia University), Peter Preko (ICAP at Columbia), and Camen Perez Casas ...
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COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT THE FRONTLINE FROM HIV TO INTEGRATED HEALTH
- December 4, 2019
The session had a speaker, Dr Jean Damour Ndahimana, who made a call to community health care workers at the frontline to integrated HIV...
Read More →FAST TRACK TARGETS 2025: TAKING STOCK AND MOVING FORWARD
- December 4, 2019
The aim of the session was to inform participants about the state of progress of the AIDS response and its impact on the epidemic ; about the process through which UNAIDS is leading the way...
Read More →ADDRESSING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS AND DIVERSE POPULATIONS: MIGRANTS, MSM, SEX WORKER
- December 4, 2019
Shingwenyana Ntiyiso discussed about the sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV migration programming across migration corridors in Six SADC countries. He tackled the problem...
Read More →ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN AFRICA
- December 4, 2019
The Guest of Honor at the session was the First lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame. There were also important dignitaries at the session. ..
Read More →MEANINGFUL YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS AN AIDS FREE AFRICA: YOUTH LEAD THE WAY
- December 4, 2019
The session started with the moderator setting the stage by highlighting the session was a young people session so that everyone should feel free...
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- December 4, 2019
Dr Mary Diouf of Senegal a presenté " Le marrainage des femmes enceinte seropositives parles sage femmes comme strategie d'elimination de la transmission ..
Read More →HIV/AIDS PREVENTION: ABSTRACT DRIVEN SESSION
- December 4, 2019
Assessment of HIV Service Packages for Men who have Sex with other Men in 13 African countries – McCallum Lou ..
Read More →PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND GBV SERVICES
- December 4, 2019
UNFPA West and Central Africa regional office hosted the session. The session was a testimony sharing period for different people living with disabilities...
Read More →Plenary Session Day 2
- December 4, 2019
Operationalizing the implementation of innovative biomedical prevention (PrEP, microbicides, and long acting ARVs) - Prof. Linda-Gail Bekker ..
Read More →THE GLOBAL FUND PLATFORM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMMUNITIES. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA)
- December 4, 2019
The theme of the session was sustainability, transitioning and co-financing Global Fund. The regional platform MENA is divided into two: the platform for the English and Portuguese speaking countries and the platform for the French speaking countries. ..
Read More →THE CASE FOR SCALING UP PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE SRHR SERVICES FOR THE 2030 AGENDA
- December 4, 2019
The session kicked off with a background on the World Health Organization case for integration. Integration is defined as “the organization and management ..
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SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV
- December 4, 2019
The first presentation kicked off with the introduction from the International community of women living with HIV & AIDS ..
Read More →ASSESSING SUCCESS OF THE HIV PREVENTION AND SERVICES ROADMAP: COUNTRIES REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS; WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS?
- December 4, 2019
The first presentation kicked off with the introduction from the International community of women living with HIV & AIDS ..
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WHAT IS NEW IN HIV PREVENTION
- December 3, 2019
The session had a range of speakers who discussed critical needs for the HIV response. The first speaker was Dr Aliyu Gambo...
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Plenary Session Day 1
- December 3, 2019
Towards Developing a Globally Effective HIV Vaccine: Prof. Corey highlighted how HIV is still the most important global health issue; and why the world needs...
Read More →TOWARDS A FUTURE FREE FROM AIDS FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
- December 3, 2019
The session was facilitated by Christine Stephanie. She told us the story of a girl born with HIV but was not informed about her status till she was 15 years old. ...
Read More →UNAIDS: THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTION TO ELIMINATE HIV-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION
- December 3, 2019
La session a debuté avec l’introduction sur tous les points clés: La stigmatisation liée au VIH (attitudes, comportements, et jugements irrationnels ...
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POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN UPSCALING SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE HARD-TO REACH GROUPS TO END AIDS AND STIs in AFRICA
- December 3, 2019
The session brought together different speakers from different organizations including HIV- AIDS advocates and representatives of the faith base organisations....
Read More →HIV DRUGS RESISTANCE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE THIRD 90
- December 3rd, 2019
Teto George presented about "C Terminal p7 Gag polymorphism and protease drug resistance mutations profile in HIV-1 infected patients failing protease inhibitors treatment"...
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OPTIMISATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LONG TERM HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN AFRICA
- December 3rd, 2019
The session was organized by MYLAN, one of the partner of ICASA2019. Speakers at the session were Dr Serge Etholie (Cote D’Ivoire), Dr James Hakim...
Read More →HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT
- December 3rd, 2019
This session was led by Dr. Seni Kouanda. The session was conducted in French. The objectives of the workshop was to help participants learn how to develop a manuscript...
Read More →ENDING AIDS: LEVERAGING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- December 3rd, 2019
The speakers at the session were Chrispin Chomba, Pedro Garcia, Penny Learmonth and Dr. David Bitira Chrispin Chomba talk was titled ‘Working with Leaders to Champion and Lead to HIV responses to end AIDS by 2030’ ...
Read More →HIV AND DISABILITIES
- December 3rd, 2019
The 3RD of December each year is the International Day of Persons Living with Disabilities. This year’s theme is “the future is accessible for persons with disabilities. ...
Read More →CHAMPIONING MALE INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN HIV SERVICE
- December 3rd, 2019
Mercy Zimba Chisashi made a presentation titled: The Zambia male characterization study: Who are sexual partners of Dreams adolescent girls and young women? ...
Read More →ACHIEVING THE 1ST 90: THE KEY TO ENDING AIDS IN AFRICA BY 2030
- December 3, 2019
The meeting was opened by Dr. Deborah L. Birx. She also gave Musa, the Executive Director of UNAIDS Global Network of Black People working in HIV...
Read More →LONG-ACTING TECHNOLOGY FOR HIV AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- December 3, 2019
Antiretroviral treatment has been one of the most developed pharmaceutical revolution of all times. ..
Read More →THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV SELF-TESTING: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES AND USE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- December 3, 2019
During the Orasure Technologies session that held on the 2nd of December 2019 at AD10 during the 2019 ICASA Conference..
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- December 3, 2019
During the Orasure Technologies session that held on the 2nd of December 2019 at AD10 during the 2019 ICASA Conference, ..
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LEADERSHIP OF AFRICAN LADIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS
- December 2, 2019
The session was organized by the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD)...
Read More →THE AFRICA LEADERSHIP MEETING: INVESTING IN HEALTH EVENTS
- December 2, 2019
The Africa leadership Meeting on investing in health events is an Africa-led initiative to boost investments in health on the continent....
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SLM, CHAI, EGPAF, UNICEF, UNITAID: MULTI-DISEASE INTEGRATED TESTING, TREATMENT AND CARE INNOVATION
- December 2, 2019
The session was hosted by Jeanne Gapiya. The session speakers were Dr Meg Doherty (HIV Treatment and Care Coordinator, World Health Organisation), ...
Read More →FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN HIV/AIDS RESPONSE
- December 2, 2019
Today 2nd December 2019, we heard from Manju Chatani-Gada at the 2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention..
Read More →GHIG: ADVANCED HIV DISEASE IN AFRICA: THE LABORATORY DRIVER
- December 2, 2019
The session kicked off with a presentation on the use of CyFlow Counter, a fully equipped compact desktop flow..
Read More →STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION: HOW TO WIN THE BATTLE
- December 2, 2019
Today 2nd December 2019, we heard from Manju Chatani-Gada at the 2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention..
Read More →OPENING CEREMONY
- December 2, 2019
The opening ceremony for the 20th ICASA 2019 held in Kigali, Rwanda was graced by His Excellency Paul Kagame, ..
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WHAT DO WOMEN HAVE FOR HIV PREVENTION – OPTIONS OR CHOICES?
- December 2, 2019
Today 2nd December 2019, we heard from Manju Chatani-Gada at the 2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention..
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RESEARCH ETHICS IN AFRICA – THINKING DIFFERENTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY GOOD
- December 2, 2019
A valid research must pass two tests – the science and the ethics test. ..
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CAN WE EVER DO AWAY WITH CONDOMS?
- December 2, 2019
At the 2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum, an official pre-conference of the 2019 ICASA..
Read More →FROM GUIDELINES TO REALITY: ACCELERATING ACCESS TO OPTIMAL TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH HIV
- December 2, 2019
The session started with a speech from Tatiana AMEGNRAN, a young ambassador from Growing Up Network. ..
Read More →ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES: LEADING TOGETHER: THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV SELF-TESTING
- December 2, 2019
The session was chaired by Jeanne Gapiya. Speakers at the session were Dr Meg Doherty, the HIV ..
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ICASA 2019 Programme Report
- September 20, 2019
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), organisers of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs..
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Enjoy ICASA 2019 10% DISCOUNT at IAS 2019
- July 8, 2019
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), organisers of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs..
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Enjoy ICASA 2019 Scholarship
- July 4, 2019
If it were not for the support of sponsors and donors, attending the International Conference
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ICASA 2019 Volunteer Appication Open
- July 4, 2019
If it were not for the support of sponsors and donors, attending the International Conference
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ICASA 2019 QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER
- May 4, 2019
The International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) is the ...
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Opening of Regular Registration
- April 16, 2019
ICASA 2019 Regular registration is opened on 16th April - 31st July 2019. Take advantage of the...
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INVITATIONAL BID TO HOST THE 21st ICASA 2021
- March 13, 2019
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) represented by its President; Prof. John Idoko, hereby invites...
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