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DNDi participation – Satellite Session
Adapting AHD for routine care and outbreak response: Country implementation experiences
Date: 28 July 2026
Time: 18:00-19:30
Moderators: Soo Fern Lee, Remilekun Roland Peregrino
| Setting the scene Duration: 5 minutes Speakers: Remi Peregrino, Aurum Institute, Ghana; Miguel Abrahams, Aurum Institute, South Africa |
| Welcome remarks Duration: 8 minutes Speakers: Carmen Pérez Casas, Unitaid; Lesley Odendal, Fight AIDS Coalition |
| Decomplexifying AHD models of care Duration: 7 minutes Speaker: Suleiman Lakoh, Disease Prevention and Control, Sierra Leone |
| Histoplasmosis care integration in Africa: defining our pathways to diagnosis and treatment Duration: 7 minutes Speaker: Dr. Elvis Temfack (Africa CDC, Ethiopia) |
| Protecting at-risk populations: Integration of Mpox and AHD: Perspective from DRC Duration: 7 minutes Speaker: Dr. Aime Mboyo, National HIV Program, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Children and AHD integration: Country applications — how can delivery respond to children and adolescents? Duration: 5 minutes Speaker: Dr. Juli Switala, Aurum Institute, South Africa |
| Child-friendly tools: Awareness video launch — simplifying AHD for children and caregivers. Duration: 5 minutes Speaker: Miguel Abrahams, Aurum Institute, South Africa |
| Q&A Duration: 6 minutes |
| Panel Discussion: Designing AHD care as a system and lessons translating community needs into policy, access, and delivery Duration: 30 minutes Speakers: Pam Pillay, Market Access Africa, South Africa; Suleiman Lakoh, Disease Prevention and Control, Sierra Leone; Dr. Maria Salvat Ballester, PAHO, United States; Cesar Mufanequico, Matram, Mozambique; Dr. Njeri Kamane, Aurum Institute, South Africa; Remi Peregrino, Aurum Institute, Ghana |
| Closing remarks Duration: 19:17 Speakers: Remi Peregrino, Aurum Institute, Ghana; Justine Odionyi, Drugs For Neglected Diseases initiative, Kenya |
Posters
Decentralization of advanced HIV disease in services through hub–and-spoke model in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Richard Ingwe, Michel Diyi, Caroline Murerwa, Chirac Bulanga, Florent Mbo, Aime Mboyo, Justine Odionyi, Janice Lee
