IAS 2025 DSD events

Access resources from the satellite sessions organized by the DSD programme of IAS – the International AIDS Society at IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, 13 to 17 July 2025. Discover the DSD IAS 2025 roadmap with more DSD conference content below.

Building forward: Differentiated service delivery as a catalyst for sustained and integrated HIV services amid funding uncertainty

Satellite, 14 July 09:30 – 11:00, room AD12, link to online programme

This session will explore the consequences of the US foreign aid funding freeze on HIV service delivery and highlight the resilience and leadership demonstrated by countries and communities in the face of this challenge. We will hear from civil society representatives about the real-world impacts on communities, including disruptions in care and access to essential HIV services. Governments will discuss how they responded to changes in health system funding, including strategies to protect the essential package of HIV services. It will also provide a forward-looking discussion on opportunities for strengthening health systems through alternative funding mechanisms and diversifying financial support. Key lessons in resilience, innovation, and leadership will be shared, offering insights for maintaining robust public health systems in the face of funding shifts. The session targets civil society, government leaders, programme implementers, health officials, researchers and funders.

PRESENTATIONS

Welcome and framing remarks, Ingrid KATZ, GHSD/PEPFAR, United States and Maaya SUNDARAM, Gates Foundation, United States

Confronting a new reality for HIV service delivery, Anna GRIMSRUD, IAS, South Africa

Lessons from Zambia: DSD plans and agreeing on a minimum package, Suilanji SIVILE, Ministry of Health, Zambia

Lessons from Uganda: DSD plans and integration, Mina NAKAWUKA, Ministry of Health, Uganda

Lessons from South Africa: Impact of funding cuts on service delivery, Ndivhuwo RAMBAU, Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa

Lessons from Malawi: DSD plans and agreeing on a minimum package, Stephen MACHESO, Ministry of Health Malawi, Directorate of HIV, STI and Viral Hepatitis, Malawi

Launch of the JIAS Supplement “Differentiated service delivery – beyond HIV treatment for integration and other health needs”

Satellite, 16 July 12:15 – 13:15, room AD12, link to online programme

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.

PRESENTATIONS

Introduction and presentation of the JIAS Supplement

Aligning HIV treatment and hypertension clinic visits and dispensing as a first step toward service delivery integration in South Africa, Oratile Mokgethi (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

High acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of a direct-to-pharmacy differentiated PrEP delivery model in public health HIV clinics in Kenya: Perspectives of PrEP clients and healthcare providers, Emmah Owidi (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya)

The need to differentiate at re-engagement: Lessons from South Africa and Zimbabwe’s re-engagement algorithms, Lynne Wilkinson (IAS, South Africa)

A prospective cohort study of the SEARCH integrated HIV/hypertension community health worker-led intervention in rural Kenya and Uganda, Matthew Hickey (UCSF, United States)

Wrap up and Q&A