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An interview with Dr Nyla Lyons

Dr Nyla Lyons, a Public Health Specialist at the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago What do you want people to know about DSD in Trinidad and Tobago? …

Optimizing first six months on ART – Meeting report

This is the meeting report and slides from a half day discussion on optimizing the first six months on antiretroviral therapy that the International AIDS Society (IAS) together with Boston…

MenStar Coalition Strategy

The MenStar Coalition aims to expand the diagnoses and treatment of HIV infections in men – keys to breaking the cycle of HIV transmission and ultimately ending the AIDS epidemic…

IAS 2019 satellite session “Sticky linkage”: Latest evidence and new strategies

What is needed to make linkage effective? How can we ensure our linkage approaches drive improved ART initiation and retention? How can we adapt these approaches for re-engagement of people…

HIV linkage and ART initiation: Key lessons from the PopART study

Professor Helen Ayles, Research Director, Zambart, Zambia Credits: Zambart (2019) The recently completed HPTN 071 (PopART) study implemented a combination HIV prevention package, including universal HIV testing and treatment, to…

Technical consultation on HIV linkage – Meeting report

This is a meeting report from a one-day technical consultation on HIV linkage that the International AIDS Society (IAS) convened in Seattle, USA, on 3 March 2019. The consultation brought…

A broader view of differentiated services for key populations is needed to increase impact

Hally Mahler, Project Director at LINKAGES, and Chris Akolo, Deputy Director for Technical Services at LINKAGES “We FSW [female sex workers], we do not have time, we work at night…

DSD Best Practice Models

Learn more about some best-practice DSD models for specific populations, across the HIV care cascade and from different regions.

Differentiated care & HIV JIAS supplement

The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) launched a supplement entitled "Differentiated care & HIV" guest edited by Ruanne Barnabas (University of Washington, US), Peter Ehrenkranz (Bill & Melinda…

APCOM WEBINAR: COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANISATIONS AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

APCOM, with support from LINKAGES, is hosting a webinar series on COVID-19 and HIV. The first webinar in the series was on 14 August 2020, Community-Based Organisations and innovative solutions…

PrEP and HIVST in Kenya – DSD newsletter interview with Kenneth Ngure and Katrina Ortblad

Photo: Peter Mogere/PHRD Thika "DSD in action" interview: Integrating HIV self-testing into PrEP in Kenya In Kenya, PrEP is dispensed mostly through HIV clinics within public health facilities at quarterly…