Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES project as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in Action series.
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On October 5th, the USAID– and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the first webinar in a new webinar series entitled Key Populations: Evidence in Action. This inaugural webinar included presentations on social network interventions to improve HIV case finding among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs.
Stephen Mills, FHI 360/LINKAGES/Thailand
Introduction and the purpose of social networking interventions in the HIV cascade
Kiira Gustafson, Population Services International/Myanmar
Innovative active HIV case finding in Myanmar for key populations: A focus on the most underprivileged and underserved groups
Olga Denisiuk, Alliance for Public Health/Ukraine
Optimized case finding as a strategy to improve the HIV care continuum for people who inject drugs
Wame Dikobe, FHI 360/LINKAGES/Botswana
How the enhanced peer outreach approach improved HIV yield among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Botswana
This webinar series is intended to be a platform for (1) sharing state-of-the-art knowledge, emerging evidence, and promising practices for achieving greater impact on the HIV epidemic through programs for key populations; (2) addressing pressing questions and controversial issues from the perspective of key population experts and community members; and (3) fostering dialogue among a broad set of partners working in key-population-focused research, programming, and advocacy.
The webinars will cover a range of topics, including introduction and scale-up of HIV self-testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis for key populations; cascade monitoring and data use; information and communication technology-based interventions; effective strategies for addressing violence, stigma, and discrimination; differentiated models for delivering antiretroviral therapy; and community empowerment.
This webinar series is open to anyone interested in key populations, including program implementers, researchers, policy-makers, advocates, funders, and community members.