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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

ORGANIZERS

PARTNERS

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