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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?Clinicians involved in HIV treatment and care, researchers, medical students and Masters and PhD students.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?• The INTEREST meeting offers a unique platform to discuss issues of particular
relevance to the African continent.
• The INTEREST meeting provides a forum for high-level scientific interchange on developments that will improve the prevention of HIV infection and care for people living with HIV in Africa.
• The INTEREST meeting is a critical element for strengthening the African community and forging new collaborations to advance the African medical research agenda.
• The INTEREST meeting will enable you to combine work with pleasure by attending the famous HIFA (Harare International Festival of Arts, 29 April – 4 May) preceding the INTEREST workshop.
“THE AFRICAN CROI”
PROGRAM GRID
TUESDAY 5 MAY 201509.00 h Plenary sessions on Ebola, PMTCT
11.00 h Premium symposium
12:40 h Lunch, poster viewing, meet the expert
14:40 h Premium symposium
17:00 h Opening session
19:00 h Welcome reception
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 201509:00 h Plenary sessions on HIV prevention, PrEP,
Adolescents, structural determinants, key populations
11:30 h Premium symposium
12:55 h Lunch, poster viewing, meet the expert
13:50 h Plenary session continued
15:20 h Oral abstracts
16:50 h Sponsor satellite symposium
17:50 h Debate
THURSDAY 7 MAY 201509:00 h Plenary sessions on treatment, vaccines, TasP, STI
13:05 h Lunch, poster viewing, meet the expert
14:00 h Round table and oral abstract sessions
19:00 h Workshop dinner
FRIDAY 8 MAY 201509:00 h Plenary sessions on drug resistance, VMMC
12:30 h Closure
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEECharles Boucher, MD, PhD Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands
Co-chair
Pierre Marie Girard, MD, PhD Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
James Hakim, MCChB, MMedSci, FFCP Univ of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Co-chair
Cate Hankins, MD, PhD, FRCPC AIGHD, The Netherlands
Scientific chair, Co-chair
Elly Katabira, MD, FRCP Makerere Univ.College of Health Sciences, Uganda
Co-chair
Richard Koup, MD NIAID, NIH, USA
Chewe Luo, MD, PhD UNICEF, USA/ University Teaching School, Zambia
Timothy Mastro, MD, FACP, DTM&H FHI 360, USA
Angela Mushavi, MBChB, MMED Ministry of Health of Zimbabwe
Helen Rees, MD University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Anna Laura Ross, MD, PhD National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS), France
Kenly Sikwese Positive Health Outcomes, Zambia
Papa Salif Sow, MD, MS Dakar Univ. Hospital, Senegal /Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Tapiwa Bwakura, MD Harare Central and Teaching Hospital, Zimbabwe
Cleophas Chimbetete MD, PhD Newlands Clinic, Zimbabwe
Ingrid Landman, MD HIV Clinicians Society, Zimbabwe
Precious Lunga, Econet wireless, Zimbabwe
Agnes Mahomva, MD, PhD Zimbabwe Medical Association, Zimbabwe
Mike Mbizvo, MD University of Zimbawbe, Zimbabwe
Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, FCP, PhD Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, South Africa
Elizabeth Bukusi Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenia
Namwinga Chintu, MD, MMed(Ped), MTrop Society for Family Health, Zambia
Serge Paul Eholié, MD, PhD Hospital BPV3, Ivory Coast
Guido Ferrari, MD Duke University Medical Center, USA
Gabriela Gomez, PhD AIGHD, The Netherlands
Grace John-Stewart, MD, PhD University of Washington, USA
Andrew Kambugu, MBChB, Mmed Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Saidi Kapiga, MD, MPH, ScD Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit and NIMR / LSHTM, Tanzania
Peter Kilmarx, MD, FACP, FIDSA CDC Atlanta, GA & Harare, Zimbabwe
Nagalingeshwaran Kumarasamy, Chennai, MD YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, India
Catherine Kyobutungi, PhD African Population and Health Research Center, Kenia
Mauro Schechter, MD, PhD Univ. Hosp. Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Robert Schooley, MD University of California, San Diego, USA
Coumba Touré Kane, PharmD, PhD CHU Le Dantec, Dakar University, Senegal
François Venter, MD, FCP University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Robin Wood, MBChB, BMBCh Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Debrework Zewdie World bank, USA
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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