Are you attending IAS 2019 in Mexico City? Hear the latest SOAR results during satellite sessions, oral presentations, and posters.
SUNDAY, 21 JULY
Lung Vu, Population Council
“Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) to improve ART initiation and retention among female sex workers in Tanzania” (9:00 am)
Satellite Session SUSA01—”Sticky linkage”: Latest evidence and new strategies
Project SOAR/Population Council
Co-chairs: Eileen Yam, Population Council/Project SOAR and Sam Kalibala, Palladium/Project SOAR
Session SUSA17—Making evidence accessible and usable: Meaningful engagement of communities, programmes, and policymakers in HIV implementation science
MONDAY, 22 JULY
George Eluwa, Population Council
“Characteristics and health service utilization of key populations living with HIV in Nigeria recruited through facility-based services versus outreach services” (Abstract no. MOPEB259)
Julie Pulerwitz, Population Council
“Effects of the community responses program on HIV testing and treatment for men and women: Findings from a randomized controlled trial in informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa” (Abstract no. MOPED571)
Kathryn Spielman, Population Council
“Depressive symptoms and ART adherence among caregivers of vulnerable children in Southern Malawi” (Abstract no. MOPED610)
TUESDAY, 23 JULY
Vincent Tukei, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
“Adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-positive women in the era of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain elevated compared with HIV-negative women in Lesotho” (Abstract no. TUAB0102)
Joseph G. Rosen, Population Council
“Disability in adult caregivers of young people living with HIV: characterizing risks in a structurally vulnerable, priority population for positive prevention programming” (Abstract no. TUPED762)
WEDNESDAY, 24 JULY
Sanyukta Mathur, Population Council
“Effect of DREAMS interventions on HIV risk among out-of-school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with higher and lower HIV vulnerability: results from Malawi” (Abstract no. WEPEC500)
Lung Vu, Population Council
“Depression among HIV-positive female sex workers in Malawi is associated with prior treatment default, experience of violence, and low income” (Abstract no. WEPEC504)
Lung Vu, Population Council
“Differences in ART provider expectations and client knowledge about viral load testing in northern Namibia: a qualitative assessment” (Abstract no. WEPED852)
Lung Vu, Population Council
“Impact of a community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery program for female sex workers (FSWs) in Tanzania—results of a quasi-experimental study ” (Abstract no. WEPED879)