YouthPower Event: Achieving 90²: Young People, HIV Testing Services and Linkage to Treatment. Slides
Journal Supplement Webinar
When: Thursday, August 10th, 9 - 11 am ET
Achieving 90²: Young People, HIV Testing Services and Linkage to Treatment
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This webinar presented research results, published in the supplement to the journal AIDS, to improve HIV testing and linkage to care among adolescents and young people.
Currently, rates of HIV diagnosis and treatment initiation among adolescents and young people ages 15–24 are low, and new infections among adolescents and youth are increasing. Recent studies reveal significant gaps in the HIV clinical cascade among young people, as the global community pursues the UNAIDS 90–90–90 targets. Efforts need to be extended to reach youth and adolescents who are most at risk, aiming for early diagnosis and treatment initiation for those who are HIV positive. At the same time, appropriate primary prevention needs to be ensured, so that those identified as HIV negative remain so.
The speakers presented selected articles that focus on the need for youth engagement, the role of voluntary male medical circumcision, new strategies such as self-testing, and the pressing needs of adolescents, regarding HIV testing and linkage to care in the United States and internationally. Facilitated by experts in the field, this webinar provided an opportunity for program planners, donors, policy makers, youth and other participants to discuss this topic and ask questions.
Moderators: Vincent J. Wong, MSc, BA (USAID) and B. Ryan Phelps, MD, MPH (USAID) Julie Denison, PhD (Johns Hopkins University),
Speakers:
Calvin Robinson, MPH (USAID),
Michelle Kaufman, PhD (Johns Hopkins University),
Pitchaya Indravudh, MA (Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program), and
Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD (Emory University).