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1 WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2014 SA HIV Clinicians Society Conference Excelling in Clinical Care : Programme 12h00-19h00 REGISTRATION 10h00-14h00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Metropolitan Health sponsored session: Clinical HIV for the busy health care practitioner (generalist and those specialising in HIV) Michelle Moorhouse, Moeketsi Mathe, Dave Spencer, Francesca Conradie, Francois Venter RSVP only; additional fee applies OFFICIAL MEETING BEGINS 14h00-15h30 SKILLS BUILDING SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING SKILLS BUILDING SKILLS BUILDING 15h30-16h00 16h00-17h30 Case study session Presenters: Sipho Dlamini, Colin Menezes, Sarah Stacey Blinded Panel: Gary Maartens, Sarah Fidler, Prue Ive, Chris Lippincott Chair: Yunus Moosa Key populations panel: What should DoH do next? Sex Workers: Maria Sibanyoni MSM: Kevin Rebe Young women: Linda-Gail Bekker Chair: Otto Chabikuli Nurse skills A comprehensive assessment of the HIV patient - Focus on history taking, the general assessment and JACCOL: Talitha Crowley, Helen Woolgar, Stacie Stender Tea, Exhibits, Posters OPEN Debate: Can we treat our way out of the epidemic No: Gary Maartens Yes: Richard Chaisson Panel: Eric Goemaere, Mark Blecher, Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Graeme Meintjes, Ian Sanne, DoH Rep Chair: Linda-Gail Bekker 17h45 19h00 OPENING PLENARY Welcome: Francesca Conradie PEPFAR: The role of donors and country ownership Keynote presentation: Can TB be eradicated? - Richard Chaisson Chair: Francois Venter 19h00 21h00 WELCOMING RECEPTION Paediatric case study session Presenters/Panel: James Nuttall, Helena Rabie, Lee Fairlie, Ashraf Coovadia Chair: Mo Archary How to do a perfect FNA (RSVP essential): Colleen Wright Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

2 THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER h30-08h15 08h30-10h00 Meet the professors Advice to aspirant researchers Helen Rees, Ian Sanne, Gary Maartens, Linda-Gail Bekker Chair: Michelle Moorhouse PLENARY Tackling retention and adherence Fixing the cascade : Pierre Barker Evidence-based adherence strategies: Catherine Orrell MSF models: what works and what doesn t in HIV and TB: Vivian Cox MDR TB: How to succeed in a disease that has lots of resistance: Iqbal Master Chair: Andrew Kambugu 10h00 10h30 Tea, exhibits and posters 10h30 12h00 SYMPOSIA ETHICS SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING HIV and the neonate Preventing HIV in the high risk newborn: Max Kroon HIV testing during the neonatal period: Gayle Sherman ART during the first month of life: James Nuttall Chair: Brian Eley Is marriage protective against acquisition of HIV? Pro: Olive Shisana Con: Francois Venter Panel: Linda-Gail Bekker, Helen Rees Chair: Ian Sanne Extending prescribing beyond doctors roundtable Profiles of other countries challenges and successes: Andrew Kambugu Prescribing in SA, what s next; Other Drugs: Andy Gray Challenges from a nursing perspective: Stacie Stender Chair: Tom Boyles Clinical management of TB TB DILI: Colin Menezes TB IRIS: Graeme Meintjes TB & pregnancy, & MDR: Rebecca Berhanu Hard cases in TB: Francesca Conradie Chair: Andrew Black 12h00 13h30 Lunch, exhibits and posters SATELLITE SATELLITE SATELLITE To be advised To be advised IeDEA: Understanding high ongoing HIV-associated mortality in the ART era in WC: Andrew Boulle The impact of aging on adult ART outcomes: Morna Cornell Implementation of Option B+ and retention in care in Malawi: Olivia Keiser/Lyson Thentani The outcomes of perinatally HIV-infected adolescents: Mary-Ann Davies Malignancy in HIV-infected adult and paediatric patients on ART: Mazvita Sengayi Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

3 Growth outcomes of HIV-exposed uninfected infants: Erna Morden 13h30-15h00 SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA ETHICS SKILLS BUILDING SYMPOSIA Pointless? Point of view? Will PoC make any difference? Monitoring & diagnostics CD4 and viral load testing: Teri Roberts Wendy Stevens (practical experience) Chair: Henry Sunpath Best Abstract Session Chair: Francois Venter The Hippocratic oath in practice: the ethics, challenges and strategies for healthcare worker reporting: Prinitha Pillay Ask the clinician: Perspectives on hard clinical cases Paeds/Adolescents: Sabrina Kitaka Taking ARVs on an empty stomach: Andrew Kambugu Prevention: Linda-Gail Bekker HIV and SMD s: Greg Jonsson Is IPT a priority? Robin Wood vs. Harry Hausler Discussants: Gary Maartens, Tom Boyles, Richard Chaisson Chair: Francesca Conradie Complex metabolic complaints: Amita Gupta Chair: Graeme Meintjes 15h00-15h30 Tea, exhibits and posters 15h30 17h00 SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING SKILLS BUILDING PMTCT (getting to zero 2015) Setting the Scene: Louise Kuhn Targeting patient-related factors for emtct: Coceka Mnyani Stepping up the pace and challenges of achieving emtct in low resource settings: Sabrina Kitaka Chair: Landon Myer ARV Stewardship "Do not go gently into that good night - Lessons to be learned from our slide into the post-antibiotic era: Marc Mendelson Getting it right first time - Identifying patients at high risk of failure and strategies to improve outcome: Francesca Conradie Unprepared, under taught and overwhelmed; HIV counsellors as ARV stewards A critical appraisal of training programmes: Fiona Mendelson Might sound crazy BUT thinking outside of the box to improve adherence: Tom Boyles Chair: Marc Mendelson Entry and retention in care HCT to care: models that work: Heidi van Rooyen Prisoners to community: Liesl Paige Shipp The Leaky cascade: where exactly are patients LTFU: Andrew Boulle Reducing loss to follow up after diagnosis of HIV infection at the PHC site: Henry Sunpath Chair: Andrew Boulle Master class OI On the road with HIV: Yunus Moosa PCP: Andrew Kambugu Cryptococcal Meningitis: Graeme Meintjes Hepatitis B: Monique Andersson Chair: Gary Maartens Interpreting resistance tests using the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database (strictly RSVP only): Cloete van Vuuren 17h15 18h30 SKILLS BUILDING SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING SKILLS BUILDING ETHICS Adult guideline, Mental Health Practical lessons learned in the Scientific writing c/o IAS An approach to an HIV- Ethical responsibilities Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

4 & PEP guideline development, implementation and evaluation of mhealth: Past, Present and Future of mhealth in South Africa: Justin Yarrow NHLS mhealth from the Lab to the Patient: Lynsey Lsherwood MSF Examples of implementation protocols and evaluation from defaulter tracing to improving linkage to care through SMS messages to Viral Youth Support Groups: Bella Hwang Jembi Open source, open standards and interoperability What it matters for clinicians?: Chris Seebregts Chair: Bella Hwang NIH grant writing: Steven Smith infected adolescent Guidelines: Mo Archary Contraception: Lee Fairlie MH/disclosure Toolkit: Candice Fick Chair: Melanie Pleaner towards displaced populations; Launch of guidelines: Laurie Bruns, Paul Spiegel, Tom Ellman FRIDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER h30 08h15 AGM 08h30 10h00 PLENARY Cure: Steven Deeks Adolescent care in Africa: Sabrina Kitaka Should we treat acute HIV: Sarah Fidler Chair: Salim Karim 10h00 10h30 Tea, exhibits and posters 10h30 12h00 SYMPOSIA ETHICS SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA CNS disease in HIV-infected children: Kirsty Donald Management of common and troublesome CNS problems in paediatric HIV: Jo Wilmshurst Advances in imaging in neurohiv: Jacky Hoare Chair: Brian Eley Ethical issues in HIV informed consent (mental health, disclosure) Bioethics and informed Consent: Lucy Allais Informed consent in vulnerable HIV infected participants: Mark Blockman Panel: Graeme Meintjes, Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Rita Thom Chair: Heidi Van Rooyen Epidemiology of HIV Behaviours: Incidence/demographics: Olive Shisana Modelling, where are we going: Leigh Johnson ARV programs and outcomes: Andrew Boulle Effect of ART on incidence, prevalence and life expectancy: Frank Tanser Is HIV Incidence going down: Salim Karim Treatment optimisation Approved ARVs: Gavin Steel Pathway from FDA/EMA approval of new drugs to guideline recommendations, procurement and practice: Dave Ripin Overview of treatment optimisation trials: Andrew Hill Chair: Polly Clayden Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

5 Chair: Jeff Klausner 12h00-13h30 Lunch, exhibits and posters SATELLITE SATELLITE SATELLITE To be advised To be advised To be advised 13h30-15h00 PLENARY Overview of prevention Helen Rees How to fix our district health system Gustaaf Wolvaardt Big picture overview of the State of the Epidemic an updated and South Africa-centric version of Opening Plenary and the Melbourne AIDS Conference Salim Karim Chair: Moeketsi Mathe 15h00 15h30 Tea, exhibits and posters 15h30 17h00 SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING Reproductive health HIV drug resistance & stewardship STIs Hot topics in HIV Gynae complications in HIV: National strategy surveillance/lab: Update on STI vaccines & what they Self-testing without Howard Manyonga Sergio Carmona mean for HIV: Sinead Delany-Moretlwe counselling: Andy Gray Fertility: Natasha Davies Clinical: Francesca Conradie Asymptomatic STIs: Kevin Rebe Programmatic approach to HIV prevention in Serodiscordant 3 rd Line programme: Gavin Steel Gonococcal resistance: Ranmini ID recent infections: couples: Catherine Martin Case studies, what we are Kularatne Wendy Stevens Medical male circumcision: Dino learning HPV: Cindy Firnhaber Can we afford the HIV Rech Panel: James Nuttall, Mo Archary, Chair: Landon Myer programme: Mark Blecher Chair: Landon Myer Gary Maartens, Marc Mendelson Co-formulation HIV Chair: Theresa Rossouw prevention and contraception: Helen Rees Chair: Gustaaf Wolvaardt SKILLS BUILDING Interpreting resistance tests using the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database (strictly RSVP only): Cloete van Vuuren 17h15 18h30 SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING ETHICS SYMPOSIA Test & Treat PoPART: Sarah Fidler MSF test and treat programme: Gilles van Cutsem Africa Centre programme: Collins Iwuji Chair: Sarah Fidler Stop Stock Outs: Monique Lines Overview of new drugs (HIV and TB) Which of the old drugs are worth saving?: Andrew Black Where we are with MDR TB: Graeme Meintjes Review of the studies in the new firstline TB treatment: Ian Sanne Chair: Dave Spencer Why has bioethics neglected infectious diseases? Lucy Allais Should we decriminalise sex work and the AIDS epidemic - ethical and practical challenges: Marlise Richter Chair: Lauren Jankelowitz NSP Review: Viral load and retention in care: Francesca Conradie, Eric Goemaere, Wendy Stevens Chair: Marcus Low 19h00-22h00 Celebratory dinner, RSVP only (additional fee applies) Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

6 SATURDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER h00-08h15 Meet the clinicians Steve Deeks, Marc Mendelson, Francesca Conradie, Moeketsi Mathe Chair: Dave Spencer 08h30 10h00 PLENARY Long-term antiretroviral therapy: From Foetus on Louise Kuhn Metabolic complications over lifetime Amita Gupta Aging - Steve Deeks Chair: Yunus Moosa 10h00-10h30 Tea, exhibits and posters 10h30 12h00 SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA SKILLS BUILDING 12h00 13h30 13h30-15h30 Strategic use of lab data NHLS: Nozipho Sangweni Clinic-lab interface: Tim Tucker Learning from the HIV programme: Wendy Stevens Chair: Saggie Pillay Q/A : Lauren de Kock Technology use within HIV Aviro App: Musaed Abrahams InPractice: Ed King HIV Clinical Guide: Siraaj Adams Chair: Jesse Coleman SYMPOSIA Haematological conditions in HIV DVT: Andrew Black Anaemia: Rosie Burton The bleeding patient: Sarah Stacey Management of diabetes, hypertension & cholesterol in HIV+ patient: Dave Spencer Chair: Cloete van Vuuren SKILLS BUILDING How to do a perfect FNA (RSVP essential): Colleen Wright Lunch, exhibits and posters SATELLITE SATELLITE SATELLITE To be advised To be advised To be advised CLOSING PLENARY Health systems Nurse challenges: Hester Klopper Next steps in legislation: Saul Kornick Treatment priorities for next 5 years: Gary Maartens Chair: Bongani Mayosi Conference closure: Francois Venter Please note that the programme is subject to change /07/23

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