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** ICASA in 2023: The time and place for community leadership and investment
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Join AVAC and partners for the biennial International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (ICASA ([link removed]) ), in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 4-9. More than 30 of our partners will present at the meeting to champion community leadership and amplify the role of communities in shaping local, national and global responses and delivering impactful advocacy. During ICASA this year, we will continue to push for community leadership on a range of issues:
* Accelerate and expand access to proven prevention options that people want and need.
* Dismantle the structural barriers to health faced by key populations.
* Intensify demands for robust domestic and global funding for health.
* Integrate HIV services with sexual and reproductive health.
* And much more.

Scroll down for a roadmap to ICASA’s prevention program, and details on sessions and events that you won't want to miss.

• Download the ICASA Prevention Roadmap ([link removed])
• Visit us and our CASPR partners at booth #9
• Join our partners at the Women’s Networking Zone in the Community Village ([link removed])
• Follow the conversation on Twitter ([link removed])
Sessions of Interest

Sunday, December 3

Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum ([link removed])
09:00-15:00 GMT
The 6th BPHF will be a hybrid event bringing together advocates, civil society representatives, researchers, government officials and front-line providers to explore and discuss the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in biomedical HIV prevention, while emphasizing the importance of choice and its transformative impact on HIV prevention efforts. This is an open event. Register here. ([link removed])

Key Populations Preconference ([link removed])
09:00-15:00 GMT
The Africa Key Populations Experts Group (AKPEG), African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA), the African Network of People Using Drugs (AfricanPUD) and African Queer Youth Initiative (AQYI) Advocates for Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Africa (APHA), Global Black Gay Men Connect (GBGMC) and partners will host a safe platform to deliberate on the state of the HIV epidemic among Key Populations. Register here ([link removed]) .

Monday, December 4

Empowering Intergenerational Leadership for Women-Controlled HIV Prevention Options: A Path to Ending AIDS by 2030 ([link removed])
10:40 – 11:20 GMT
Satellite hosted by ICWEA and APHA will explore the critical role of women-controlled HIV prevention options. Partners will share and discuss the recently launched HIV Prevention Choice Manifesto ([link removed]) .

Shaping the future of choice in prevention: Gearing up for the rollout of the Dual Prevention Pill, the newest MPT in the toolbox ([link removed])
12:25 - 13:10 GMT
This session will discuss the latest learnings from the Dual Prevention Pill (DPP) ([link removed]) , a daily pill combining oral PrEP and combined hormonal oral contraception for dual pregnancy and HIV prevention. The DPP could be introduced in the next two years and would be the only other MPT available in addition to male and female condoms – and the first MPT containing PrEP.

Tuesday, December 5

Advancing Integrated Biomedical Prevention: Best Practices from Zimbabwe (Session 2) ([link removed])
08:45 – 09:30 GMT
This satellite will discuss best practices and lessons learned from the delivery of biomedical HIV prevention, including voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) ([link removed]) . AVAC and partners will launch a global call to action to unite, mobilize, and advocate for continued prioritized funding, sustained commitment, and strategic integration of VMMC.

Catalyzing a sustainable HIV prevention agenda: Approaches to expand local action on global commitments ([link removed])
10:45 – 11:30 GMT
Leveraging new strategic plans for HIV prevention, including the PEPFAR’s 5-year Strategy ([link removed]) and UNAIDS’ Prevention Road Map ([link removed]) , this satellite will discuss combination prevention in the context of a sustainable HIV response and highlight approaches and models that leverage country and stakeholder-led innovations.

Coordinating Implementation Science for CAB for PrEP: BioPIC’s Implementation Study Tracker ([link removed])
12:25 – 12:35 GMT
In this oral abstract session, AVAC will present a new dashboard, ([link removed]) which reflects all currently known activities relating to implementation research, modelling, clinical research, and landscaping for new late-stage biomedical HIV PrEP options, including cabotegravir for PrEP and the dapivirine vaginal ring.

Policy, Politics and HIV Management ([link removed])
13:05 – 13:50 GMT
In this oral abstract session, Princess Mharire from Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT) will present, Beyond Metrics: How the Simple Participatory Assessment of Real Change (SPARC) Tool Provides a Holistic Approach to Advocacy Measurement, and Joseph Njowa of PZAT will share the COMPASS ([link removed]) MERL model in a presentation, Innovative tools for planning, monitoring, and evaluation of advocacy campaigns.

Mobilizing Networks of Faith: Protect human rights and overcome homophobia ([link removed])
17:00 – 19:00 GMT
Faith leaders and LGBTQI+ partners will gather to affirm and support the human and civil rights of all persons to live in dignity, security, and free from the threat of violence or persecution, including sexual minorities in booth 21 at the Faith-based Zone.

Wednesday, December 6

Leveraging Communications for Advocating for PrEP in Africa ([link removed])
8:45 – 9:30 GMT
This session will explore the crucial role of strategic communications in promoting and advocating for the adoption and usage of PrEP in all its forms, and will build on our recent commentary, Bending the curve: What a decade-long roll-out of the anti-HIV pill can teach the world. ([link removed])

A Whole Government Approach: Addressing a Multi-layered Challenge of New HIV Infections, SGBV and Adolescent Pregnancy (Triple Threat) ([link removed])
12:05 – 12:50 GMT
This concurrent session will feature AVAC’s Grace Kumwenda ([link removed]) , Regional Program Manager for Research Engagement.

Friday, December 8

Strengthen integration for better SRHR outcomes ([link removed])
10:45 – 11:30 GMT
This concurrent session will feature CASPR’s Advocates for Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Africa’s (APHA) Yvette Raphael in exploring the links between unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and HIV.

HIV Prevention-Right Place, Right time ([link removed])
13:05 – 13:50 GMT
This concurrent session will feature Maureen Luba of AVAC, Definate Nhamo of PZAT and Yvette Raphael of APHA.

Throughout ICASA, AVAC and partners also have dozens of poster presentations from across our work, as well as full agendas at Networking Zones in the Community Village.
Download our ICASA roadmap ([link removed])

Safe travels to those going to ICASA, and we look forward to working with you there!

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