29 July 2022 | Informations
MALIADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CARECommunity mobilisation and health promotionFighting HIV / AIDS
Solthis participated to the 24th edition of the AIDS conference, AIDS 2022, to present the results of the ATLAS HIV self-testing project in West Africa.
Watch the replay of the intervention of Joseph Larmarange (IRD), in charge of the project research component:
- “Self Testing, Empowerment and Self Care: perspectives from lessons learned in implementing HIV self testing in West Africa” lors du symposium “ Self-testing to enhance HIV, Hepatitis C and Covid-19 diagnosis and integrated, differentiated service delivery”, le vendredi 29 juillet à 14.45 – 16.15 (Heure Montréal).
2 other studies of the ATLAS project were also presented at the conference :
- “Identifying population specific HIV diagnosis gaps in Western Africa and assessing their impact on new infections: a modelling analysis for Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal.” : An analysis that was conducted to measure HIV diagnosis gaps among people living with HIV, including key populations (KP) such as female sex workers (FSW), their clients, and men who have sex with men (MSM), and the impact of these gaps on new HIV infections in Mali, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire.
- Estimating the impact of HIV self testing on HIV testing, diagnoses, and treatment initiation at the population level with routine data : the example of the ATLAS program in Côte d'Ivoire : study conducted to try to understand the impact of HIV self-testing, introduced by the ATLAS project, on general HIV testing in Côte d’Ivoire, and treatment initiation.
