Using Embedded Program Science to Improve Equity, Optimize Service Coverage, and Achieve Population-level Impact within HIV and STI Prevention and Care Programs

Morning Session – Chaired by: Marissa Becker, University of Manitoba, Canada

08:00 – 08:10: Welcome and introductions – Sevgi Aral, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
08:10 – 08:40: Keynote address
08:40 – 10:00: Round Table

Discussion: Why is now the right time for a paradigm shift in the way we do science and programming in global public health?
Moderator: James Blanchard, University of Manitoba, Canada
Discussants: Gambo Aliyu, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Nigeria; Ruth Morgan Thomas, Independent Consultant, Scotland; Leandro Mena, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA; Ruth Laibon Masha, National Syndemics Control Council, Kenya; Geoff Garnett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA.
10:00 – 10:15: Coffee break
10:15 – 10:30: Effective Program Coverage framework for embedding science and learning into HIV/STI programming to achieve population-level impact – Leigh McClarty, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:30 – 10:45: A subnational HIV epidemic appraisal in Kenya: A new approach for identifying priority geographies, populations, and programs for optimizing coverage for HIV prevention – B.M. Ramesh, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:45 – 11:00: Applying the Effective Program Coverage framework to assess coverage gaps in the Key Population Program in Nairobi, Kenya – Parinita Bhattacharjee, Partners for Health and Development in Africa, Kenya
11:00 – 11:10: Audience Q&A
11:10 – 11:25: Embedded science and HIV prevention among female sex workers in Zimbabwe –Euphemia Sibanda, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Zimbabwe
11:25 – 11:40: Program Science in Action: Scale up of Pre-exposure prophylaxis for Key Populations in Zambia – Michael Herce, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Zambia
11:40 – 11:50: Audience Q&A
11:50 – 13:00: Lunch

Afternoon Session – Chaired by: Helen Ward, Imperial College London, England

13:00 – 14:20: Panel discussion: Approaches and strategies to meaningful community leadership in Program Science
Moderator: Patricia García, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Panelists: Solange Baptiste, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, South Africa; Ruth Morgan Thomas, Independent consultant, Scotland; Andrew Spieldenner, MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights, USA
14:20 – 14:35: Coffee break
14:35 – 14:50: Academic accountability to local communities and society through Program Science – Patricia García, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
14:50 – 15:00: Audience Q&A
15:00 – 15:15: Wrap-up and concluding remarks – Geoff Garnett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA