Kigali, Rwanda
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Register for this eventThe IAS Conference on HIV Science presents the latest HIV research and innovations that move science into policy and practice. This year, experts from O’Neill’s Center for Innovation in Global Health will be in attendance once again to share insights and lessons learned.
Schedule
Building Resilience: Strengthening National Leadership, Integration, and Sustainable HIV Programs in an Era of Funding Transition
Sunday, July 13, 2025 | 9:00 – 17:45
Organizers: Government of Malawi; Government of Rwanda; Africa-led HIV Control Working Group; and Center for Innovation in Global Health, Georgetown University
By the end of the convening, participants will have:
- Taken stock of the impacts of the ongoing funding disruptions on HIV prevention and treatment services, including emerging risks to sustainability, equity, and innovation.
- Highlighted positive national leadership examples, including pre-existing innovations and new actions (e.g., legislative, executive, and financial reforms) — that are strengthening the resilience of HIV responses in Africa.
- Discussed evolving strategies for scaling up new HIV prevention modalities, such as long-acting injectable PrEP (CAB-LA, LEN), and identified systems adaptations needed to sustain access, especially for key populations.
- Explored practical models for maintaining and expanding services for key and vulnerable populations (KPs) in a constrained funding environment, including through social contracting, NGO partnerships, and health system integration with stigma mitigation.
- Developed shared priorities for national action and regional collaboration to ensure a sustainable, resilient HIV response aligned with universal health coverage and broader health system strengthening.
Leadership in Action: Strengthening HIV Prevention Systems and Advancing Innovation in Malawi
Monday, July 14, 2025 | 15:00 – 16:30
Co-Chairs: Sara Allinder, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Georgetown University;
Beatrice Matanje Mwagomba, Malawi National AIDS Commission
Fragmented health systems challenge HIV prevention delivery and limit the potential for sustainable, country-led programs. Introducing new tools, like long-acting injectable PrEP, into broken systems undermines their uptake and potential impact. The role of national and district leadership in building resilient health systems and sustainable HIV prevention responses has never been more critical.
This satellite will present how Malawi has demonstrated national and district leadership, by strengthening its HIV prevention systems at national and district-levels and systematically advancing injectable PrEP introduction. Malawi is an example for other countries looking for innovative approaches to strengthen and sustain their HIV response and achieve the promise of new tools. National and district leaders will share insights, successes, and challenges from their experience expanding access to HIV prevention choices while addressing the systemic needs required for sustainable implementation.
Launch of the JIAS Supplement “Differentiated service delivery – beyond HIV treatment for integration and other health needs”
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | 12:15 – 13:15
Co-Chairs: Charles Holmes, Georgetown University; Anna Grimsrud, International AIDS Society; Linda Sande, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office
This satellite will launch the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) Supplement “Differentiated service delivery – beyond HIV treatment for integration and other health needs” and feature presentations from Supplement contributors. Given the growing emphasis on the sustainability of HIV programmes, this Supplement highlights the importance of acknowledging the contributions of DSD in reducing the burden of HIV care on the health system and ensure its continued integration into health programming.
This vision encompasses a DSD framework that extends beyond HIV treatment and includes a broader spectrum of health needs. Beyond HIV, applying a DSD model to non-communicable disease service delivery, such as for individuals with controlled hypertension, could promote sustained adherence and effective management. Similarly, leveraging DSD systems for other health commodities, like family planning, could enhance access and help address unmet contraceptive needs.