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An Update on the STI R&D Pipeline and Investments

AVAC and Impact Global Health, previously Policy Cures Research, co-hosted a webinar on the current STI R&D pipeline. This discussion featured leading experts sharing the latest advancements in STI diagnostics and treatments, discussing their potential impact on public health and where investments stand.

Speakers:

  • Mandisa Mdingi, Foundation for Professional Development, South Africa
  • Cécile Ventola, Senior Technical Officer at Impact Global Health
  • Birgitta Gleeson, FIND, Switzerland

Recording / Alison Footman Slides / Mandisa Mdingi Slides / Cécile Ventola Slides / Birgitta Gleeson Slides

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Launch of CIFF/Global Fund Initiative for the PrEP Ring

This webinar helped kick-off the launch of the PrEP Ring Early Market Access Vehicle (EMAV), recently announced by CIFF in partnership with the Global Fund. This initiative will provide up to US$2 million to purchase up to 150,000 dapivirine vaginal rings in countries implementing Global Fund HIV grants.

During the session participants heard from advocates about the importance of choices for HIV prevention, a bit of background on the ring itself and future vaginal ring products as well as an overview of the EMAV, how to benefit from it and resources to support countries in developing their requests for and introduction of the ring.

Recording / Slides / Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Early Market Access Vehicle (EMAV) landing page

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The Road Ahead – SRH Integration Advocacy

Join Copper Rose Zambia, as a part of CASPR, for a webinar, The Road Ahead – SRH Integration Advocacy. The webinar will launch the SRH Integration Advocacy Roadmap, and feature healthcare providers, advocates, and more to discuss the future of sexual and reproductive health integration.

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Integrating HIV and PrEP Services in US Correctional Facilities

This webinar explored the integration of HIV prevention and PrEP services in diverse US correctional settings and during the critical period following release. It also highlighted innovative HIV status-neutral approaches, fostering holistic and comprehensive HIV care, treatment, and prevention services in these settings.

Presenters:

  • Jeannette Webb, BS, University of Chicago
  • Russell Brewer, DrPH, University of Chicago
  • Chad Zawitz, MD, Cook County Health, Chicago
  • Gjvar Payne, Capitol Area Reentry Program, Baton Rouge
  • Louise Bienvenu, JD, Frontline Legal Services, New Orleans

Recording / Slides / Resources

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Breaking New Ground: Expanding Access to Lenacapavir—Lessons from Dolutegravir and the Future of HIV Prevention

This UAN Call, titled Breaking New Ground: Expanding Access to Lenacapavir—Lessons from Dolutegravir and the Future of HIV Prevention, brought together global health experts, community advocates, and civil society organizations to discuss the challenges and opportunities in ensuring equitable access to Lenacapavir.

This webinar was hosted by Unitaid.

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Sustainability of the HIV/AIDS Response – Getting to 2030 & Beyond

The state of the HIV/AIDs endemic is reaching a critical point requiring evaluation of the current state of the global response, progress made thus far, and planning for post-2030 goals. The National Academy of Medicine is hosting a timely international meeting to facilitate discussion on these issues.

This one-day workshop is being held on September 18, 2024, from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Eastern. Ambassador John N. Nkengasong, the Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the US State Department, will deliver the opening remarks. His address will set the stage for discussions across three subsequent panels.

Broadly, the goals of this workshop are to:

  • Explore how we can re-energize the global HIV response to reach the 2030 goals but also to look beyond.
  • Craft strategies to increase and sustain political commitment.
  • Highlight global accountability and domestic-donor financing.

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS:

Introduction and Welcome

  • Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine
  • Carlos del Rio, Emory University and National Academy of Medicine

Opening Remarks

  • John N. Nkengasong, U.S. State Department

Post-2030 Strategy: Achieving 2025 Goals & Optimizing Future Response

  • A summary of response since the setting of the 2030 agenda – successes, shortfalls, areas to evolve – and discussion of how to build upon momentum to design impactful, sustained response post-2030.

Sustaining Political Commitment to Ending HIV as a Public Health Threat

  • Discussion of how to sustain and increase global political support for prioritizing the HIV response to end the epidemic and sustain support post 2030.

Global Accountability: Domestic and Donor Support

  • A conversation on strategies to garner joint accountability as well as domestic and donor support for current and future financing of the HIV response.

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Do Vaginas Demand Perfection? Implications for Event-Driven PrEP

Dr. Jenell Stewart (University of Minnesota, Hennepin Healthcare) joined The Choice Agenda to discuss and analyze recent research on HIV PrEP and implications for event driven PrEP across sex and gender.

Recording / Slides

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Vaccinology of HSV

Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, turned her focus to SARS-CoV-2 soon after reading the first reports coming out of China, before COVID-19 surfaced in the United States. Though she has long been recognized for her work within the scientific community, her work around COVID-19 has raised her media profile considerably. She is frequently quoted by newspapers and reporters, and has amassed a huge Twitter following of people seeking out her research updates. (Iwasaki believes that public education is a key ingredient for slowing the spread of the virus.)

This webinar is in partnership with Herpes Cure Advocacy.

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Innovations in GPP

This webinar featured speakers from around the world with experience implementing GPP at research sites, within networks, and at the sponsorship level.

They illustrated how GPP can expand beyond the more familiar (but always reliable) CABs and town hall meetings to newer ideas like partnership-based approaches, the creation of a community scorecard, and more.

Moderator and Presenter:

  • Ntando Yola, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

Presenters:

  • Sarah Read, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Clever Chilende, Treatment Advocacy & Literacy Campaign (TALC)

Recording / Clever Chilende Slides / Sarah Read Slides / Ntando Yola Slides

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Let’s Talk LEN: What global advances in HIV prevention mean for Black communities in the US

Groundbreaking results from the PURPOSE 1 trial conducted among cisgender Ugandan and South African women have changed the injectable PrEP global landscape. This webinar explored the implications of these findings for US Black populations.

This webinar was co-hosted by PrEP in Black America, Black Public Health, Federal AIDS Policy Partnership (FAPP), AVAC, and APHA.

Recording / Bekker Resource / Campbell Resource