Below, please find a listing of all USAID related sessions and abstracts. For a full listing of events, please visit the official AIDS 2014 website.
Friday, July 18
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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18:00 - 21:00 Savoy 1 Grand Hyatt Melbourne |
Gathering the evidence from within and outside of the HIV sector: PEPFAR's "Predicting long term outcomes for children affected by AIDS"
Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS |
Gretchen Bachman | Children and HIV: Start Early Start Now "Integrated interventions for young children born into HIV-affected families" |
Saturday, July 19
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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8:30 - 10:00 Savoy 1 Grand Hyatt Melbourne |
PEPFAR's special initiative: "Integrating OVC, Pediatric HIV care and PMTCT through an ECD Platform"
Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS |
Gretchen Bachman | Children and HIV: Start Early Start Now "A conversation: The global convergence of initiatives around early child development: How can we make these HIV-sensitive?" |
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10:30 - 12:00 Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne Room |
Addressing Funding Disparities: Keeping the Pressure Up!
USAID, Futures Group |
Cameron Wolf | MSM Global Forum, Pre-conference session |
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13:30 - 15:00 Melbourne Town Hall Yarra Room |
#MSMTransTech: Documenting ICT Promising Practices, Strategies, and Approaches among MSM and Transgender People
USAID, Futures Group |
Cameron Wolf Darrin Adams |
MSM Global Forum, Pre-conference session “Leveraging Networked and Digital Technologies for HIV Prevention, Education, and Care for Gay Men, Other MSM, and Transgender Communities” |
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18:00 - 21:00 Melbourne Room 1 |
AS-ILF/CIPHER Thematic Roundtable on Paediatric HIV
AS-ILF/CIPHER |
Ugochukwu Amanyeiwe | Roundtable discussion |
Sunday, July 20
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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15:45 - 17:45 Room 101 - 102 |
Global Partners’ Forum on Children and HIV and AIDS
UNICEF |
Ugochukwu Amanyeiwe | Panel discussion |
|
15:45 - 17:45 Room 104 |
From Research to Practice to Impact: Lessons from the VMMC Scale-Up
Jhpiego/MCHIP |
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli | Non-commercial Satellite Session |
Monday, July 21
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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7:00 - 8:30 Room 104 |
Changing the Course of the Epidemic: Using Data, Modeling, Economic Analyses, and Innovation to Improve Program Impact
PEPFAR |
Ambassador Birx, David Stanton |
Non-commercial Satellite Session |
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13:00 - 14:00 Room 105 - 106 |
Trading Sex and Building Capital: Sexual Identity and the Programmatic Challenge of Reaching Young African MSM
PSI Zimbabwe |
Ugochukwu Amanyeiwe |
Oral Poster Discussion Session: Track D “The Social and Cultural Context of Risk Prevention” |
|
13:00 - 14:00 Room 104 |
Piloting Early Infant Male Circumcision Using Two Devices in Zimbabwe: A Randomized Trial
PSI Zimbabwe |
Webster Mavhu |
Oral Poster Discussion Session: Track C “Voluntary Male Circumcision: Assessing Impacts, Barriers and Facilitators” |
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16:30 - 18:00 Melbourne Room 1 |
Creating Stigma-free Health Facilities: Lack of HIV Care Policies, Protocols, Materials, Exacerbate Health Worker Fear of HIV Transmission and Stigmatizing Avoidance Behaviors, Evidence from Six Country Settings
Health Policy Project |
Laura Nyblade |
Oral Abstract Session: Track E “Health Systems for HIV: How Can We Make Them Work Better?” |
|
16:30 - 18:00 Plenary 1 |
Responding Appropriately to the Complex Health Needs of Most-at-risk Populations in Hard-to-reach Areas: Improving HIV Outcomes through Integrated Service Delivery to Fishing Communities of the Sigulu Islands in Uganda
USAID/Uganda, STARE East Central Project, John Snow Inc. |
Samson Kironde |
Oral Poster Discussion Session, Track E, “Integrated HIV, Health and Human Development Programmes” |
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18:30 - 20:30 Plenary 1 |
Key Programmatic Challenges of the Acceleration of VMMC for HIV Prevention: Cost, Demand Creation, Efficiencies and Quality of Services
Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) |
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli | Non-commercial Satellite Session |
Tuesday, July 22
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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11:00 – 11:10 Main Stage |
Transcendents – Fighting HIV through Performance Art in Bangkok
USAID/Washington |
Cameron Wolf | Art exhibition/performance GV Dance |
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18:30 - 20:30 Melbourne Room 1 |
Can New Technologies Improve Efficiency in VMMC and EIMC Scale up?
PSI, FHI360, Population Council |
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli | Non-commercial Satellite Session |
Wednesday, July 23
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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18:30 - 20:30 Room 111-112 |
The role of the private sector in stepping up the pace of supply for HIV/AIDS commodities
Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM), John Snow, Inc. (JSI), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Imperial Health Sciences (IHS) |
Gordon Comstock, Jay Heavner, Iain Barton |
Non-commercial Satellite Session |
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16:30 - 18:30 Crown Hotel |
Funding for the trans* HIV response
amfAR, Global Action for Trans* Equality, International Transgender Reference Group, Open Society Foundations |
Cameron Wolf | Panel Discussion |
Thursday, July 24
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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14:00 - 15:00 TBD |
Proposed “Donor Discussion” on Inclusive Disability Programming for HIV
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Ugochukwu Amanyeiwe | Panel discussion |
|
14:30 - 16:00 Plenary 3 |
Costing of Mozambique’s HIV Acceleration Plan: Strategically Using Costing Data to Step up Financial and Human Resources to Successfully Reach those Most at Need
Health Policy Project |
Arin Dutta |
Oral Abstract Session: Track E “Stepping Up National Coordination and Ownership of HIV Programming” |
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16:30 - 18:00 Plenary 2 |
Community Involvement in Government Agencies: A Perspective from USAID
USAID |
Gretchen Bachman | Symposia Session: The Role of Community in Global Policy Making |
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16:30 - 18:00 Plenary 3 |
Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV: Performance of Different Models of Care for Initiating Lifelong Antiretroviral Therapy for Pregnant Women in Malawi (Option B+)
Dignitas International |
Monique van Lettow |
Oral Abstract Session: Cross-Track “Option B+: Benefits and Challenges” |
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16:30 - 18:00 Plenary 3 |
Contribution of Lay Health Providers in Scaling Up Option B+ Interventions: A Case of Concerted Efforts of Mentor Mothers through Psychosocial Support Groups in East Central Uganda
USAID/Uganda, STARE East Central Project, John Snow Inc. |
Sarah Auma |
Oral Abstract Session: Cross-Track “Option B+: Benefits and Challenges” |
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18:30 - 20:30 Plenary 1 |
Strategic Roles for Health Communication in Combination HIV Prevention and Care Programs (JAIDS Supplement Launch)
Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) |
Sten Vermund | Non-commercial Satellite Session |
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18:30 - 20:30 Room 111-112 |
Women and ARV-based HIV Prevention
FHI360, USAID |
Kate MacQueen, Timothy Mastro, Michael Stalker, Amy Corneli |
Non-commercial Satellite Session |
Friday, July 25
| Time and Location | Title | Presenter | Session Type and Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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11:00 - 12:30 Room 109 - 110 |
Age, Adverse events, HTC uptake and HIV prevalence: Results from a 6-week joint Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision campaign in Malawi
MOH Malawi |
Amon Nhkata |
Oral Abstract Session, Track E “Making the Cut: Advancing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision” |
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