Title

PrEP enrolment and continuation works better for adolescents and youth when integrated with the provision of other services: lessons learned and challenges post-COVID-19 from Brazil and South Africa

Code

SA40

Session Type

Satellite

Track

Not applicable

Channel

Channel 3

Date Time

21 July 08:00- 09:00

Local Date Time

08:00 - 09:00 W. Europe Daylight Time

Co-Chairs:

Ines DOURADO, UIniversidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Saiqa MULLICK, Wits RHI-University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Moderator:

Heather INGOLD, Unitaid, Switzerland

Organizer:

FIOTEC - Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico em Saúde

PrEP is an integral prevention tool to reduce HIV acquisition risk among different populations and at the country level. Giving the complexities in providing optimal PrEP services for adolescents and youth girls, and adolescent's key population of MSM and TGW, this satellite aims to present lessons learned in PrEP programming for adolescents in Brazil and South Africa, and challenges post-COVID-19. The session sponsored by UNITAID will highlight PrEP service aspects on youth-friendly environments; multi-disciplinary and innovative PrEP care pathways; barriers to uptake; point of care protocol for STI; knowledge and acceptability of new modalities of PrEP among adolescents such as ED-PrEP and LA-CAB; the role of peer navigators and educators to reach, link, and retention of adolescents in HIV prevention services.

Presentations
Session recording

4 min	Opening – Overview Dale HALLIDAY, Switzerland

8 min	HIV combination prevention and new PrEP modalities for youth, key and vulnerable populations: lessons learned from Brazil, perspectives and challenges post-COVID-19 pandemic Ines DOURADO, UIniversidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

8 min	HIV combination prevention and new PrEP modalities for youth, key and vulnerable populations: lessons learned from South Africa, perspectives and challenges post-COVID-19 pandemic Saiqa MULLICK, Wits RHI-University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

6 min	Implementation of new modalities of PrEP to adolescents, young adults, and key populations Robin SCHAEFER, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes, WHO, Switzerland

6 min	Implementation research gaps for STI management in the context of both PrEP and youth services Maeve DE MELLO, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes, WHO, Switzerland

6 min	STI care and other secondary services related to PrEP in South Africa Laura COX, Wits RHI, South Africa

6 min	STI prevalence among MSM and TGW adolescents and point of care management in Brazil Mateus WESTIN, Federal University of MInas Gerais, Brazil

6 min	Discrimination, mental health and psychosocial support to MSM and TGW adolescents in PrEP clinics in Brazil Dulce FERRAZ, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

6 min	Gender-based violence, mental health and psychosocial support to AGYW in PrEP clinics in South Africa Alison KUTYWAYO, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, South Africa

4 min	Closing Remarks Rachel BAGGALEY, Switzerland