The PEPFAR Uganda 2023 Science Summit on HIV and TB: Following the Science and Sustaining the Gains as PEPFAR Turns Twenty

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The PEPFAR Uganda 2023 Science Summit on HIV and TB: Following the Science and Sustaining the Gains as PEPFAR Turns Twenty

This report is a record of the virtual summit organized by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Uganda for its stakeholders; Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) including its Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP), implementing partners, and other Ugandan health researchers.

Tuesday January 31st and Wednesday February 1st 2023, 8:00AM- 4:00PM

Location: Hotel Africana, Kampala (In-person and Virtual)

Objectives:

  • To disseminate key findings from recent HIV- and TB- related scientific research and programs in Uganda
  • To discuss implications for national HIV and TB programs and for PEPFAR Country Operating Planning (COP2023)

Participants:  US government PEPFAR team and implementing partners, Government of Uganda (including but not limited to Ministry of Health and Public Health Fellowship Program), health scientists, civil society and development partners.  [Estimate=180 in-person attendees plus max 500 virtually].

Organized under PEPFAR 2023’s Pillars:

  1. Health Equity for Priority Populations
  2. Sustaining the Response
  3. Public Health Systems and Security
  4. Transformative Partnerships
  5. Follow the Science

Presentations with * Due to preliminary analyses and unpublished data shared with the PEPFAR Uganda stakeholders, the presenters have requested that these presentations not be shared with the public at this time.  When data can be shared, presentations will be added.

List of Presentations by day, PEPFAR Strategic Pillar, Session# and Co-chairs

Day 1 Tuesday 31st JAN 2023

Pillar #5 Follow the Science, Session#1: Studies, Trials, Surveys and Surveillance, co-chaired by; Estella Birabwa from Dept of Defense (DOD) and Rhoda Wanyenze Makerere Univ. School of Public Health (MUSPH)

  • Risk of birth defects and adverse birth outcomes among women living with HIV and HIV-negative women in Uganda, 2015–2021 | Robert Serunjogi | Makerere University John Hopkins University Research Collaboration (MUJHU) *
  • HIV incidence among non-migrating persons following a household migration event: a population-based, longitudinal study in Rakai, Uganda | Robert Ssekubugu | Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)*

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#1: The first 95: HIV Testing including Assisted Partner Notification (APN) co-chaired by; Rose Apondi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Peter Mudiope (Ministry of Health- AIDS Control Program)

  • A comparative analysis of Spectrum PLHIV estimates and PEPFAR targets: Focus on HTS_POS | Rebecca Nsubuga | Strategic Information Technical Support Program (SITES)*

Public Health Fellowship Program HIV and TB Project Poster Session

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#2: The second 95: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) and Interruptions In Treatment (IIT), co-chaired by; Rachel Kwezi, PEPFAR Coordinating Office (PCO) and Andrew Kambugu Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

  • Cyclical Acquired HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance: Focusing on Dolutegravir in Uganda | Christine Watera | Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)*

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#3: The third 95: Viral Load Testing and Viral Load Suppression (VLS) co-chaired by; Steve Reynolds, National Institutes of Health and Elijah Kakande, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#4: EID and PMTCT co-chaired by; Sam Sendagala, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Dithan Kiragga, Baylor Uganda

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#5: Non-Communicable Diseases and Cervical Cancer co-chaired by; Julius Kalamya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Cordelia Katureebe, Ministry of Health- AIDS Control Program

Pillar #2 Sustaining the Response, Session#6: Tuberculosis co-chaired by; Deus Lukoye, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Raymond Byaruhanga, National TB and Leprosy Program Ministry of Health

Day 2 Wednesday 1st FEB 2023

Pillar #1 HEALTH EQUITY FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS, Session#1 Key and Priority Populations: co-chaired by; Gladys Tugume, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Richard Lusimbo, Uganda Key Populations Consortium

  • Quantifying burdens of HIV, TB and STIs and Assessing Trends in HIV Service Uptake among Key Populations Receiving Routine Services in Uganda, 2017-2021 | Julius Ssempiira | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)*
  • Impact of floods and on HIV Risk Behaviors, Sero-Prevalence, and Virologic Suppression in a Hyperendemic Fishing Village in Uganda | Hadijja Nakawooya | Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)*

Pillar #1 HEALTH EQUITY FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS, Session#2 Children and Adolescents: co-chaired by; Miriam Nakanwagi, Ministry of Health- AIDS Control Program Grace Namayanja Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Pillar #3 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SECURITY, Session#1 Data Systems and Data Utilization: co-chaired by; Jenny Ward, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Herbert Kiyingi, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • HIV Recency Testing & Surveillance Public Health Response in Masaka Region Uganda: Progress | Andrew Ssentongo | Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)*

Pillar #3 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SECURITY, Session#2 Ebola and COVID-19: co-chaired by; Estella Birabwa, US Department of Defense and Rogers Kisame, Baylor Uganda

  • Population trends in HIV service delivery, viral suppression, and HIV incidence before and during the COVID-19 era in Rakai, Uganda | Victor Ssempijja | National Institutes of Health (NIH)*
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Variants Surveillance in South-Central Uganda | Charles Ssuna | Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)*

Pillar #3 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SECURITY, Session#3 Differentiated Service Delivery Models, (DSDM), Community Service Delivery and Multi-Month Dispensing (MMD): co-chaired by; Emilio Dirlikov, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Joseph Kagaayi, Rakai Health Sciences Program

Pillar #4 TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, Session#1 Partnerships: co-chaired by; Norma Ojehomon, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Kenneth Mwehonge CLM HEPS Uganda

FEATURED PRESENTATIONS with high-level representation and media participation, Co-chaired by; Stella Alamo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Wilford Kirungi, Ministry of Health AIDS Control Program

  • Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy Scale-Up in Uganda, 2016–2022 | Deus Lukoye | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)*

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By | 4 March, 2023 | Topics: Exclude, Health Issues

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