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Meet us at AIDS 2024!
We are delighted to participate in AIDS 2024, the world’s leading conference devoted to the fight against HIV and AIDS. As dedicated advocates and professionals in the field, we are committed to contributing to the global effort to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
AIDS 2024 will convene thousands of people living with, affected by and working on HIV to share knowledge, best practices and lessons learnt from the HIV response over the past 40 years, as well as from the responses to COVID-19, Mpox and other public health threats. AIDS 2024 is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow experts and share knowledge.
AFEW International will be represented by:
Yulia Komo,
Director of Programmes and Public Affairs
Ekaterina Nikiforova,
Project Officer
Meet AFEW at the following events:
Monday, 22 July 2024
When: 12.00 – 12.45.
What: A talk show about the importance of storytelling in the framework of the Exhibition ATLAS2024 ‘THIS IS US’.
Where: Global Village.
Who: Yulia Komo, Programmes and Public Affairs AFEW International.
Monday, 22 July 2024
When: 14.00 – 15.00.
What: 21st Annual Resource Tracking Report Launch “Philanthropy’s Response to HIV and AIDS: 2022 Grantmaking”. Register here.
Where: UNAIDS Meeting Room 12.
Who: Yulia Komo and Ekaterina Nikiforova, AFEW International, will be attending.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
When: 12.00 – 13.00
What: Poster presentations by AFEW in Kyrgyzstan.
- “Mechanism for remote registration with AIDS Center for Kyrgyz citizens who find out about their HIV status abroad to facilitate immediate ART initiation”.
- “Psychologist-trained peers’ contribution in reducing HIV infection risks in Kyrgyzstan prisons: results of a pilot clinical trial”.
Where: Poster exhibition area.
Who: Dina Masalimova, Project Manager; Margarita Sabirova, Project Coordinator at AFEW in Kyrgyzstan.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
When: 12.00 – 13.00
What: Poster presentations by AFEW-Ukraine.
- “Resilience of HIV testing and treatment service availability in Ukrainian regions between April – September 2022: comparing availability and adaptations to sustain services in conflict-affected regions with community-led monitoring”.
Community monitors advancing quality of HIV care: lessons learned from introducing the secret client methodology in Ukraine.
Where: Poster exhibition area.
Who: Olena Voskresenska, director of AFEW-Ukraine together with Iryna Grishayeva, PACT.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
When: 13.00 – 14.00
What: Session “Global Fund Breaking Down Barriers Initiative in EECA: Progress so far and next steps till the end of Gran Cycle 7”.
Where: GFAN booth, Global village.
Who: Natalya Shumskaya, Director AFEW in Kyrgyzstan, a presentation on legal barriers in Kyrgyzstan.
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
When: 16.30 – 17.30
What: Session “Emerging patterns: Exploring trends and shifts in drug use”.
Where: Room 1\Channel 2.
Who: Chinara Imankulova, Project Manager at AFEW in Kyrgyzstan , a presentation “Piloting online services for people using new psychoactive substances to assess the prevalence of HIV”.
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
When: 12.00 – 13.00
What: Poster presentation by AFEW International.
- “HIV-infection among key populations in Uzbekistan: epidemiological characteristics in the project cohort (2021-2023)”.
Where: Poster exhibition area.
Who: Yulia Komo, Director of Programmes and Public Affairs at AFEW International.
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
When: 13.00 – 14.00
What: Session “Learning from each other – Best practices on HIV, Key Vulnerable Populations and human rights”.
Where: Global village, German booth.
Who: Natalya Shumskaya, Director at AFEW in Kyrgyzstan, a presentation on Kyrgyz experience.
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
When: 17:00-20:30
What: A Bi-Directional Learning Meeting Convening at AIDS 2024: Emory COMPASS Center (U.S.), GLOWS (Australia, Canada), and RADIAN (Eastern Europe and Central Asia).
Where: Hilton Munich Park, Sapporo Room.
Who: Dina Masalimova, Project Manager at AFEW Kyrgyzstan, a presentation on the Migrants’ Health Project.
Thursday, 25 July 2024
When: 15.30 – 16.30
What: Cross border model for uninterrupted access to HIV services for Central Asian migrants. Session by AFEW-Kyrgyzstan and partners of the “Migrants Health-2” Consortium on HIV and migration.
Where: Global village, EECA space.
Who: Dina Masalimova, Aibek Bekbolotov, Artem Lebedev, AFEW in Kyrgyzstan.
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