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| Plenary Session: Scaling Up Systems for Health |  |
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| Rifat Atun, The Global Fund Jean Pape, GHESKIO Centers Haiti Positive Synergies between Global Health Initiatives and Building Health Systems Badara Samb, WHO |
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| 10:30 – 12:30 |
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| Session 43 | Pediatric Care and Treatment: Keeping Our Children Alive | |||
| Track Women and Children |
196 | Forging Partnership with Community Health Care Workers to Improve Pediatrics HIV Testing and ART Adherence George Owiso, Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program |
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| 200 | Implementing Early Antiretroviral Treatment for Infants in Swaziland Caspian Chouraya, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation |
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| 479 | Plumpynut in the Management of Malnutrition Among Children with HIV and AIDS – Reachout’s Experiences Juliet Aweko, Reach Out Mbuya |
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| 858 | Improving Quality in a Decentralized Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Program: The International
Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) Experience in Rwanda – 2007-2008 Gilbert Tene, Columbia University ICAP Rwanda |
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| 1260 | Keeping our Children Alive and Kicking: Improving Adherence and Retention in Pediatric HIV Care
and Treatment Programs: The Vietnam Experience Rachel Burdon, Family Health International |
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| 1814 | Evaluation of PMTCT Prophylaxis Coverage in Four African Countries: The PEARL Study Elizabeth Stringer, CIDRZ |
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| Session 44 | Injection Safety and Waste Management | |||
| Track Responding to Challenges in HIV Prevention |
216 | Building a Coalition for Sustainable Health Care Waste Management in Haiti Gerald Lerebours, MMIS Haiti/JSI |
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| 843 | Estimating and Managing the Volume of Medical Waste Generated from Routine HIV Counseling and
Testing Programs: Experience from Uganda Rural Health Facilities Martin Mbonye, RTI-International |
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| 1153 | Using Dedicated Trailers to Transport Medical Waste: An Innovative Partnership Initiative Andrew G Magashula, MMIS Botswana/JSI |
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| 1715 | Partnering to Introduce Non-Incineration Waste Management Solutions in Tanzania: An Initiative to Demonstrate Use of Autoclaves in a District Setting Ernest Chenya, MMIS Tanzania/JSI |
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| 1897 | Formulating a Partnership to Recycle Plastic Health Care Waste in Rwanda Mamadou Diallo, MMIS Rwanda/JSI |
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| Session 45 | Human Resource Capacity Planning and Development | |
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| Track Performance-Based Programming and Systems Strengthening |
236 | An Innovative Approach to National Scale-Up of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Services in Ethiopia Asaminew Girma, MSH |
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| 1247 | Institutionalizing the MIPA (Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS) Principle:
Results of the National Expert Client Program in Swaziland Xoliswa Keke, Columbia University ICAP |
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| 1627 | Training Nurses, A Sustainable Strategy To Overcome The Imbalance In HIV/AIDS Service Provision Rose Nazziwa, Reach Out Mbuya |
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| 1865 | Using Disease Specific Funds to Tackle the HRH Dilemma: Example of a Broad Approach in
Central Mozambique James Pfeiffer, Health Alliance International |
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| 1884 | Implementation of Task Shifting at IHVN Supported Sites in Nigeria Asabe Gomwalk, Institute of Human Virology |
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| Session 46 | Overcoming Challenges in Surveying Most at Risk Populations | |||
| Track Effective HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Programs for MSM/Transgender, Drug-Users, Prisons and Sex Workers |
441 | Use of the Capture-Recapture Method to Estimate Population of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
in Cambodia, 2008 Kai-Lih Liu, Family Health International Cambodia |
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| 454 | HIV Prevalence and Related Risk Factors among Male Sex Workers, a Time-Location-Sampling Survey
in Shenzhen, China 2008 Jin Zhao, U.S. Government (CDC China) |
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| 763 | Building Local Capacity for Estimating the Size of the Sex Worker Population in Côte d’Ivoire: Results of Three Capture-Recapture Studies Bea Vuylsteke, Family Health International |
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| 1100 | Developing a System for Collecting Strategic Information on Most-at-Risk Populations (MARPs)
in Zanzibar Frida Godfrey, Columbia University ICAP |
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| 1225 | Respondent-Driven Sampling to Assess HIV and Hepatitis C among Injection Drug Users in
Zanzibar (Unguja), Tanzania Abigail Holman, U.S. Government (CDC Tanzania) |
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| Session 47 | Linking HIV Services with Other Services | |||
| Track Evolving Challenges in Treatment, Laboratory, Care and Support Services |
652 | Successful Implementation of Diagnostic Testing and Counseling (DTC): What Does it Take?
The Mazabuka Case Study Joseph Nikisi, Jhpiego |
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| 1223 | Standardizing Approach to Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Dawit Endale, I-TECH Ethiopia |
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| 1377 | Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Control in the Tanzanian Tea Companies Ezekiel Kagizo, Wakulima Tea Company Limited |
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| 1946 | Incorporating HIV into General Health Services: An Example from Pharmacy Jennie Lates, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Division of Pharmaceutical Services |
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| Session 48 | Approaches and Experiences in Counseling and Testing | |||
| Track Cross-Cutting |
700 | Point of Service Rapid HIV Testing: a Key Strategy for Scaling-Up of Provider Initiated Counseling & Testing Bereket Hailegiorgis, Columbia University ICAP |
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| 969 | Quality Assurance Results from Rapid HIV Testing Done by Non-Laboratory Personnel Edington Dzinotyiweyi, Potentia Health/Namibia |
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| 1312 | Population-Level Changes in Knowledge of HIV Status, Stigma and HIV Risk Behaviors after
District-Wide Door-to-Door Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in Bushenyi District, Uganda Elioda Tumwesigye, Integrated Community Based Initiatives |
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| 1462 | Confirmed Referral for Pre-ART and ART Services: Best Practices from USAID/PSP-Ethiopia Mobile
HIV Counseling and Testing Abenet Berhanu, Abt Associates Inc. |
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| Innovations, Issues and Debates in HIV Testing and Counseling Elizabeth Marum, U.S. Government (CDC/GAP) |
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| Session 49 | Combating Gender Inequality including Gender-Based Violence and Intergenerational Sex | |||
| Track Responding to Challenges in HIV Prevention |
182 | Gender-Based Violence, HIV/AIDS, and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Using Demographic and
Health Survey Data from Kenya, Malawi, and Zimbabwe to Inform Programs and Services Susan Settergren, RTI International/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| 869 | Transactional Sex Among Young Women at High Risk of HIV Yanga Zembe, Medical Research Council |
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| 1125 | Promoting Gender Equity for HIV Prevention in Ethiopia: the PEPFAR Male Gender Norms Initiative Julie Pulerwitz, PATH |
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| 1494 | Scaling-Up Kaka wa Leo to Promote Positive Gender Norms and HIV Prevention among Young Men
in Tanzania Novatus Munaku, Family Health International |
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| 14:00 – 16:00 |
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| Session 50 | Responding to the Needs of Adolescents Living with HIV | |||
| Track Women and Children |
104 | Designing Interventions for Parenting HIV Perinatally Infected Adolescents in Uganda Victoria Kisaakye, TASO (U) Ltd/SCOT Project |
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| 151 | A Community and a Voice: Self-empowerment for Youth Affected by HIV Rodrique Koffi, N’zrama Association |
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| 1695 | Increasing Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care for Youth and Adolescents in Mozambique Ivone Zilhão, Pathfinder International |
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| Disclosure for Adolescents Living With HIV Cécile Peltier, Pediatrician |
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| Lessons Learnt and Challenges for the Future Bruce Dick, WHO |
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| Session 51 | Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector | |||
| Track Performance-Based Programming and Systems Strengthening |
774 | Expanding Access to HIV/AIDS and TB Treatment – Private Sector Participation in Uganda Barbara Addy, Emerging Markets Group |
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| 1110 | Building Results-Driven Collaboration: A Performance Framework for Partnerships Kitrhona Ramday, Accenture Development Partners |
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| 1707 | Integrating Malaria Prevention with an Existing HIV/AIDS Program Batuke Walusiku, World Vision |
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| 1972 | Mobiles In Malawi Anita Smith, The Children’s AIDS Fund |
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| Session 52 | Practical Approaches to Monitoring in the Community | |||
| Track Cross-Cutting |
449 | Stigma and Discrimination Inhibits Community-Based HIV M&E Interventions Kimwaga Ali, Zanzibar AIDS Commission |
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| 529 | Using Outcome Measurements to Improve Service Quality in Community-Based OVC Programs:
Lessons from Ethiopia Samson Radeny, Save the Children USA |
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| 784 | Community-Level HIV/AIDS Program Information Reporting by NGOs: Implementation & Challenges from ACTION Project Experience Kolawole Falayajo, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria |
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| 1404 | Using a Low-Literacy Tool in OVC Programs to Measure Child Well-Being: Baseline Results from Namibia Sandra Dalebout, Project HOPE |
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| Session 53 | Information for Action: Effective Operational Planning | |||
| Track Performance-Based Programming and Systems Strengthening |
1168 | Information for Action: Developing an OVC Assessment and National Action Plan in Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) Charles Pill, Futures Group International |
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| 1647 | Moroccan Experience in Developing Regional Operational Plans Noureddine Chaouki, Morocco Ministry of Health |
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| 1714 | Resource Needs Estimation: A Tool For Enhancing Sustainability Ambrosius Uakurama, Ministry of Health |
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| 1882 | Skills-Building Workshop: Where’s the Evidence? Using the State-of-the-Art Health Systems Assessment Tool to Develop Evidence-Based Approaches to Health Systems Strengthening Gilbert Kambe, Abt Associates Inc. |
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| Operational Lessons Learned and the Self-Assessment Tool Jonathan Brown, World Bank |
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| Session 54 | Management of TB/HIV Co-Infection | |||
| Track Evolving Challenges in Treatment, Laboratory, Care and Support Services |
117 | Examining Drug Default for Treatment of Tuberculosis in an Urban HIV Clinic in Uganda Isaac Lwanga, Infectious Diseases Institute |
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| 706 | Expansion of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling for TB Patients to 14 Provinces in Vietnam, 2007-2008 Nguyen Viet Nhung, National TB Program |
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| 1090 | HIV Testing for TB Patients in the African Region Christian Gunneberg, WHO |
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| 1101 | TB/HIV Co-Infection: Proximate Determinants of Mortality among TB Patients in the Omaheke Region of Namibia Cordelia Zvavamwe, Advanced Community Health Care Services Namibia (CoHeNa) |
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| Session 55 | Linking Care Programs to the Community | |||
| Track Evolving Challenges in Treatment, Laboratory, Care and Support Services |
175 | Decentralized Provision of Antiretroviral Therapy at Local Health Centers in Ethiopia: Opportunities
and Challenges Alan Lifson, University of Minnesota |
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| 791 | The Contribution of Home-Based Care to Systems Strengthening in Cambodia Charanay Chim, KHANA |
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| 879 | Greater Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS (GIPA): A Critical Strategy for Effective HIV Care
and Support Vikas Aggarwal, Project Concern International |
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| 895 | Home Delivery of ARVs to Patients in Remote Rural Areas Improves Treatment Adherence Gottlieb Mpangile, Family Health International |
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| 1078 | Quality Home Care: Empowering Families through Essential Supplies Airah Shikwambe, Directorate of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health & Social Services Namibia |
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| Session 56 | Programs Addressing the Use of Combination Prevention Approach | |
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| Track Responding to Challenges in HIV Prevention |
649 | Scaling Up Rural HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services in India to 195 Districts Using a
Community-Based Link Worker Model Parinita Bhattacharjee, KHPT |
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| 942 | The Namibian HIV Prevention Consultation: Refocusing Namibia’s Prevention Response Norbet Forster, Ministry of Health and Social Services Namibia |
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| 1167 | A Systematic Analysis of Four Promising Approaches to Combination HIV Prevention Programming Sharon Stash, John Snow, Inc. |
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| 1829 | LifeWorks: Living Wages for HIV Prevention Chris Degnan, Family Health International |
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| 16:30 – 18:30 |
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| Session 57 | Pharmacovigilance: Monitoring Adverse Events and Toxicities related to ART | |||
| Track Evolving Challenges in Treatment, Laboratory, Care and Support Services |
60 | Implementation of a Validated Peripheral Neuropathy Screening Tool in Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Mombasa, Kenya Aabid Ahmed, Bomu Medical Centre/New York University Foundation |
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| 488 | Technical Information to Support In-Country Registration of FDA Approved or Tentatively Approved
Antiretroviral Drugs Beverly Corey, U.S. Government (FDA) |
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| 1457 | Incidence of Peripheral Neuropathy among Patients Receiving HAART Regimens Containing Stavudine
vs. Zidovudine in Kenya Julia Njoroge, University of Washington |
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| 1660 | Substitutions of AZT-containing 1st Line ARV Regimens among Patients on HAART in a Tertiary Facility
in Namibia: Is Anemia a Contributory Factor? Assegid Mengistu, Pharmaceutical Control and Inspection |
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| 2078 | The Therapeutics Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre: Namibia’s Approach to Monitoring
Medicine Safety Jude Nwokike, Management Science for Health |
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| Pharmacovigilence Teguest Guerma, WHO |
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| Session 58 | Men, Money, and Primary Prevention of HIV in Women | |
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| Track Women and Children |
962 | Male Partner Testing at Maternity Wards: A Window of Opportunity for Strengthening Men’s Participation in PMTCT, Experience from a Regional Hospital Yimenu Wondale, Columbia University ICAP |
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| 964 | If They Know How to Talk about Them, They Will Use Them: Determinants of Condom Use among
Women in Mozambique Valeriana Rufino, PSI/Mozambique |
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| 1271 | Encouraging Male Involvement in PMTCT: New Approaches in One District of Lesotho Mafusi Mokone, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation |
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| 1281 | Using Microcredit to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior among Young Women in Namibia: Baseline
Evaluation Results from Caprivi & Kavango Regions Andrea Cooper, Project Hope |
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| 1321 | Uptake of HIV Testing of Pregnant Women and their Male Partners in Prevention of Mother-To-Child
HIV Transmission Program in Rwanda – January 2005-November 2008 Elevanie Nyankesha, TRACplus |
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| Session 59 | Diagnosis and Management of OI’s and Cancer in HIV-Infected Patients | |||
| Track Evolving Challenges in Treatment, Laboratory, Care and Support Services |
214 | Ethiopian National Laboratory Logistics System: Overcoming Despair through a Systematic Response Alemayehu Nigatu Endalew, SCMS |
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| 493 | Piloting a National Laboratory External Quality Assessment Scheme for HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections in Uganda William Lali, Central Public Health Laboratories |
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| 612 | Cervical Dysplasia and Human Papillomavirus in HIV Seropositive Women in South Africa (SA) Cynthia Firnhaber, Right to Care |
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| 1348 | Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Hospitalized Patients – Clinical Features, Diagnostics,
Treatment and Outcome Julius Charles Masanika, Mbeya Referral Hospital |
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| 1463 | Antimicrobial Sensitivity of Organisms Isolated From Sputum of HIV-Infected Children’s Center of
Excellence, Kampala, Uganda Denis Kintu, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda |
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