Solthis at ICASA 2019
Kigali, Rwanda
From 2 to 7 December 2019 will be held in Rwanda, the 20th edition of the International Conference against HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa, ICASA 2019.
Meet our teams and partners at the conference to discuss the new challenges in the fight against HIV in West and Central Africa: introduction of HIV self-testing with the ATLAS project, 6 years of improving access to viral load testing with the OPP-ERA project, Users empowerment and patient involvement to improve the quality of HIV care: field experiences from the Empower project, and PACTES.
Symposium and posters
ATLAS project will participate to tthe symposium organized by PSI : HIV Self-Testing Looking Forward: Targeted, Scalable and Sustainable, Models for Africa – Wed 4 december 2:45 – 4:15 pm – Room Joël Nada (AD10)
OPP-ERA project for viral load access : 1 oral communication orale, 3 posters and 1 round table
- Communication : HIV virological failure management: give the chance to the patient, not to the first line ART – Friday 6 december, 10:45 tp 12:15 – Room Prudence Mabele (MH 2 + Corridor)
- Poster : HIV viral load: providing access is not enough (OPP-ERA project),WEPEB081 – Poster Exhibition- Wed 4 December 2019 (10:15 – 10:45 ; 12:15 – 12:45 ; 14:15 – 14:45 ; 16:15 – 16:45)
- Poster : Management of HIV virological failure in an associative medical facility in Burundi (OPP-ERA project) WEPEB082 – Poster Exhibition – Wed 4 December 2019 (10:15 – 10:45 ; 12:15 – 12:45 ; 14:15 – 14:45 ; 16:15 – 16:45)
- Poster : Viral load implementation in ANSS, in Burundi: a high virological success rate (OPP-ERA project), WEPEC157 – Poster Exhibition – Wed 4 December 2019 (10:15 – 10:45 ; 12:15 – 12:45 ; 14:15 – 14:45 ; 16:15 – 16:45)
- Round table on the theme “Access to health products and viral load” – Expertise France booth (N°72)- December 4 from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm.
Project Empower en Sierra Leone : 2 posters
- Poster : Pragmatic approach to Strengthening the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality HIV care: Experience of SOLTHIS from Sierra Leone – TUPEE313 – Poster Exhibition Tuesday 3 December 2019 (10:15 – 10:45; 12:15 – 12:45; 14:15 – 14:45; 16:15 – 16:45)
- Poster : Impact of provision of Mobile Phones for communication between Healthcare Workers and People Living with HIV in Sierra Leone – FRPEE323 – Poster Exhibition Friday 6 décember (10:15 – 10:45; 12:15 – 12:45; 14:15 – 14:45; 16:15 – 16:45)
You can also find our various projects : viral load testing (OPP-ERA), HIV self-testing (ATLAS) and Empowerment of caregivers and users in Sierra Leone (Empower) on the Elsa Platform Booth (program to come)