VMMC at ICASA 2019

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention was highlighted in a plenary presentation, a satellite session, and 31 presentations and posters at the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Kigali, Rwanda, from 2-7 December 2019.

 

Monday, 2 December

Satellite Symposium

UNAIDS, WHO, PEPFAR and Jhpiego: Amplifying Our Gains in HIV Prevention for Men: Increasing the Impact and Sustainability of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in 2020 and Beyond

Time: 13:00‒15:00

Place: Cheick sidy Modibo Kane (MH 1)

 

Tuesday, 3 December

Special Session

VMMC in an evolving HIV landscape in ESA: evidence of impact and realizing the benefits of reaching adolescent boys and young men

Presenter: Julia Lynn Samuelson

Time: 12:45‒13:15

In: What’s New in HIV Prevention?

Chairs: John Idoko, Anthony Nsiah-Asare 

Time: 12:45‒14:15

Place: Cheick sidy Modibo Kane (MH 1)

Poster Session I

Time: 9:00‒18:00

Place: Poster Area

TUPEC102 – Doubling male circumcision for HIV prevention in Rwanda

Presenter: Muhammed Semakula

 

Wednesday, 4 December

Poster Session II

Time: 9:00‒18:00

Place: Poster Area

WEPEC159 – Strengthening voluntary medical male circumcision program decision making through introduction of a weekly dashboard in Zimbabwe

Presenter: Sinokuthemba Xaba

 

Thursday, 5 December

Abstract-Driven Sessions

THAE1302 – Improving the quality of male circumcision services through continuous quality improvement in Malawi

Presenter: John Byabagambi

In: Championing Male Involvement and Engagement in HIV Service

Chair: MarieRose Kayirangwa

Time: 12:45‒14:15

Place: Prudence Mabele (MH2+ Corridor)

THAE1501 – eLearning platform combats traditional challenges to VMMC provider training

Presenter: Zebedee Mwandi

In: Missing Technology to Improve Prevention, Access and Monitoring of the HIV Response

Chair: Dr. Emmanuel Alhassan

Time: 16:45‒18:15

Place: Prudence Mabele (MH 2+ Corridor)

Poster Session III

Time: 9:00‒18:00

Place: Poster Area

THPEC198 – Development of a sustainability transition implementation plan for the voluntary medical male circumcision program in Zimbabwe, 2018

Presenter: Patience Kunaka

THPEE366 – Solutions for getting older men into voluntary medical male circumcision services: field lessons from Malawi

Presenter: Adrian Musiige

 

Friday, 6 December

Poster Session IV

Time: 9:00‒18:00

Place: Poster Area

FRPEC199 – HIV incidence by age in sub-Saharan African men: implications for medical male circumcision

Presenter: Carlos Toledo

FRPEC200 – Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention

Presenter: Julia Samuelson

FRPEC201 – HIV incidence by male circumcision status in population-based HIV impact assessment (PHIA) surveys from eight sub-Saharan African countries, 2015-2017

Presenter: Carlos Toledo ​​​

​​FRPEC202 – Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Presenter: Julia Samuelson

FRPEC203 – Active surveillance for adverse events associated with Shangring circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya

Presenter: Owuor Nandi

FRPEC204 – Voluntary medical male circumcision VMMC in Southern Africa by Aidsfree

Presenter: Bernard Chanda Chimbele

FRPEC205 – Safe male circumcision in South Africa. A success story

Presenter: Peter Vranken

FRPEC206 – Feasibility and acceptability of a two-way texting intervention for post-operative follow up for voluntary medical male circumcision

Presenter: Vernon Murenje

FRPEC207 – Recruiting men for voluntary medical male circumcision through antenatal care clinics: the Project IQ Malawi experience

Presenter: Wezi Msungama

FRPEC208 – Sexually transmitted infection clinics: a new platform for reaching high-risk men for voluntary medical male circumcision in Malawi

Presenter: Wezi Msungama

FRPEC209 – Financial compensation increases voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among high-risk men in Zambia

Presenter: Mainza Durrell

FRPEC210 – Positive impact for implementing VMMC: a 10-years Jhpiego program in Rwanda

Presenter: Eugene Rugwizangoga

FRPEC211 – Positive impact of device-based circumcision versus conventional surgery: five years' experience from Rwanda

Presenter: Marcel Manariyo

FRPEC212 – Evidence of task shifting early infant male circumcision services in Rwanda

Presenter: Augustin Ntakirutimana

FRPEC213 – Defining sustainability for the voluntary medical male circumcision programme in Zimbabwe

Presenter: Howard Nyika

FRPEC214 – Identifying sustainable service delivery models to maintain medical male circumcision coverage in Western Kenya: baseline and year one pilot findings

Presenter: Owuor Nandi

FRPEC215 – Connecting through Smart Linkages: assessing the linkage of voluntary medical male circumcision clients to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services in Zimbabwe

Presenter: Talent Moyo

FRPEC216 – Male circumcision and HIV Infection in women – systematic review of evidence

Presenter: Tim Farley

FRPEC217 – Barriers to uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among men aged above 24 years in Turkana West Subcounty, Kenya

Presenter: Kennedy Odero

FRPEC218 – Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) adolescent counseling materials and training to make VMMC more adolescent-friendly

Presenter: Maria Carrasco

FRPEC219 – HIV infections averted by voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs through 2018 and expected future impact in four countries

Presenter: John Stover

FRPEC220 – Impact of tetanus vaccine to scale up of voluntary male medical circumcision in Rwanda

Presenter: Arlette Nikokeza

FRPEC221 – Reaching adolescent boys and young men through a voluntary male medical circumcision program in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

Presenter: Juliana Soares Linn

FRPEC222 – Age-specific risk of severe adverse events during voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) – Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015–June 2018

Presenter: Carlos Toledo ​​​​​​​

FRPEC223 – HIV testing services (HTS) yield among voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients in CDC-supported VMMC programs, October 2018–March 2019

Presenter: Carlos Toledo