The legal, ethical, gender, human rights and public health implications of HIV self-testing scale-up

THE LEGAL, ETHICAL, GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF HIV SELF-TESTING SCALE-UP
BROCHER FOUNDATION, GENEVA
8 – 9 APRIL 2013

Proposed agenda

DAY ONE: 8 April 2013 08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Dr Rachel Baggaley
HIV/AIDS Department
WHO, Geneva Welcoming remarks
Introduction and overview: why debate HIV self-testing?

Session One: Accuracy and Efficacy
Session Chair: Dr Miriam Taegtmeyer- Senior Lecturer, LSTM
09:15-09:35 Dr Elliot Cowan
Regulatory Expert, USA Approval process for the first over-the-counter home-use rapid HIV test in the U.S.
09:35-09:55 Ms Anita Sands
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology, WHO, Geneva WHO prequalification and evaluation of oral testing
09:55-10:15 Dr Liz Corbett
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK/Malawi Accuracy of self-testing and linkage to care and treatment
10:15-10:35 COFFEE BREAK

Session Two: Public Health and Health Systems
Session Chair: Ms Annrita Ikahu- Head of HTC, LVCT, Kenya
10:35-10:55 Dr Nicola Desmond
and Mr Moses Kumwenda
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust, Malawi Social impacts of HIV self-testing
10:55-11:15 Prof Francois Venter
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Potential models for self-testing in clinical settings
11:15-11:35 Dr Sam Kalibala
Population Council, USA Targeting health care workers
11:35-12:00 DISCUSSION

12:00-13:30 LUNCH

Session Three: Ethics, Gender and Human Rights
Session Chair: Mr Jason Sigurdson- UNAIDS Human Rights and Law Officer
13:30-13:50 Prof Anne Scott
Dublin City University, Dublin Autonomous choices and relational responsibilities
13:50- 14:10 Dr Mark Heywood
SECTION27, South Africa Self-testing and human rights
14:10-14:45 DISCUSSION
14:45-15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00-17:00 Discussion on Experiences from the Field on Self-testing
Panel: Dr Paul Semugoma, Dr Peter Cherutich and Dr. Sally Theobald
Opportunity for participants to share field experience
17:00-17:30 SUMMARY, CLOSING REMARKS
19:30 DINNER IN GENEVA

DAY TWO: 9 April 2013 09:00-09:10 Dr Rachel Baggaley
HIV/AIDS Department, WHO Geneva Overview of day one
09:10-09:20 Dr Miriam Taegtmeyer
Senior Lecturer, LSTM Introduction to day two
09:20-9:40 COFFEE BREAK
9:40-12:00 Session One: Action and policy to scale up self-testing
Session Facilitator: Dr Elizabeth Marum- HIV/AIDS Department, WHO
Note: each working group will have a facilitator to be determined
Small working groups
Policy and normative guidance issues
Access, affordability, logistics and procurement
Priority populations for impact
Self-testing as part of combination prevention
Social and Ethical issues for policy and implementation
Confirmatory testing and quality assurance
12:00-12:30 Reporting back from session one
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-16:00 Session Two: Setting The Operational Research Agenda
Session Facilitator: Dr Miriam Taegtmeyer- Senior Lecturer, LSTM
Research gaps in low-income settings and priorities for future research
Process and development of papers for a special issue
16:00-16:30 Reporting back from session two
16:30-16:50 COFFEE BREAK
16:50-17:30 Session Three: Closing Session
Plan for dissemination of meeting discussions
Dr Rachel Baggaley- HIV/AIDS Department, WHO