STI & HIV 2019 WORLD CONGRESS JOINT MEETING OF THE 23RD ISSTDR & 20TH IUSTI

WHO/HRP PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME

WORLD STI AND HIV CONGRESSMonday July 15, 2019

S05 Symposium 5 Community engagement, mobilization and empowerment16:15 - 17:45 Location: MR 2+3

Chairpersons: Maryam Shahmanesh, Institute for Global Health, University, College London, UK and Igor Toskin, World Health Organization

Tuesday July 16, 2019

S10 Symposium 10 STIs in low and middle-income countries: Resurgent infections and evolving control measuresChairpersons: Craig Cohen, UCSF, USA and T eodora Wi, World Health Organization

10:45 - 12:15 Location: MR 8+15

S10.4 Self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights

- Manjulaa Narasimhan, World Health Organization

S12 Symposium 12 New approaches for STI vaccinesChairpersons: Anna Wald, University of Washington, USA and Sami Gottlieb, World Health Organization

16:15 - 17:45 Location: MR 2+3

Sunday 14 July 2019

Wednesday 12 July 20

CONGRESS FEATURING HRP/WHO

Come and meet us at Booth #411 in the Exhibition Hall

PRE-CONGRESS FEATURING HRP/WHO PRE-CONGRESS FEATURING HRP/WHO

Sunday July 14, 2019

Symposium 4 - Shaking the trees: Optimizing treatment and antimicrobial stewardship for STIs08:00-12:00 Location: MR 1

Talk 1. Global STI trends and priorities for antimicrobial resistance- Teodora Elvira Wi, HRP, World Health Organization

Symposium 6 - The role of brief behaviouralinterventions in a combination prevention approach to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV WHO focal points: Igor Toskin, Soe Soe Thwin, World Health Organization

08:00-12:00 Location: MR 7

08:00 - 08:20 WHO perspective on behavioural interventions- Igor Toskin, HRP, World Health Organization

Symposium 12 - Sexually transmitted infection vaccines - opportunities for research, development and implementation13:00 - 17:00 Location: MR 1

13:25 - 13:40 STI vaccine roadmap- Sami Gottlieb, World Health Organization

15:55 - 16:40 Implementation challenges in public health (panel discussion) Moderated by:

- Scott Lamontagne, University of Washington, USA

- Sami Gottlieb, HRP, World Health Organization

- Bonnie Henry, Government of British Columbia, Canada

- Manish Sadarangani, Vaccine Evaluation Centre, Canada

- Peter Dull, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sunday July 14, 2019

Symposium 13 - Accelerating development and implementation of point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections: Challenges, achievements, and way forward13:00 - 17:00 Location: MR 9

PART I - STI POCT Global State of Affairs13:00 - 13:15 WHO Initiative on STI POCT: vision, progress and way forward- Igor Toskin, HRP, World Health Organization

PART II - Country Perspective and Current WHO STI POCT Evaluation Studies15:15 - 15:40 Independent multi-country clinic-based evaluation of STI POCTs: Study design, methodology, research instruments, data management system and current status- Soe Soe Thwin, HRP, World Health Organization

- Karel Blondeel, HRP, World Health Organization

Symposium 14 - Preparing Sexual Health Services for Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria: A Global Perspective13:00 - 17:00 Location: MR 2+3

The workshop will provide a cross-disciplinary approach to the challenge of anti-microbial resistant (AMR) bacteria causing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Antimicrobial resistance is a complex challenge, most of the data and published work is focused on high income settings, but the main burden of disease due to drug resistance will occur in low and middle income (LMIC) countries.

13:00 Session 1 - Setting the scene

Talk 1. WHO perspectives on the threat of AMR – global challenges of surveil-lance- Teodora Wi, World Health Organization,

Come and meet us at Booth #411 in the Exhibition Hall

Come and meet us at Booth #411 in the Exhibition Hall