Advanced HIV Disease Series
Hosted by the CDC Mycotic Diseases Branch and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and Unitaid.
Monthly, every second Wednesday
9:30-11:00 a.m. ET; 7:30-9:00 a.m. MT; 2:30-4:00 p.m. GMT; 3:30-5:00 p.m. WAT; 4:30- 6:00 p.m. CAT/SAST; 5:30-7:00 p.m. EAT
French translation is available.
Starting in April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Mycotic Diseases Branch hosted a series of 7 webinars on Advanced HIV Care in the context of COVID-19 supported by the CDC Foundation. Sessions addressed a global audience of healthcare providers and those working in public health and lasted until July 2020.
In November 2020, CDC, CHAI and Unitaid relaunched the Global AHD series in collaboration, with the following objectives:
- Evidence driven advocacy targeted at Ministry of Health decision makers, academics, donors and implementing partners to prioritize continued AHD programming and service delivery in the time of COVID-19
- Contribute to training and continuing medical education for AHD during the pandemic
- Provide key AHD updates to continue to support field implementation
Sessions in this series include:
- AHD screening in the out-patient setting
- STOP-AIDS: Addressing pediatric Advanced HIV Disease
- Decentralization of AHD: referral and linkage for AHD service
- Histoplasmosis: A neglected killer
- Short course TPT regimens: research, policy updates and implementation experiences
- Severe bacterial infections in AHD
- Cryptococcal meningitis case management (AMBITION updates)
- Future of AHD management: research and product pipeline update
- Severe bacterial infections in AHD
Organizers of this series: Amir Shroufi (CDC Foundation), Tom Chiller (CDC), Alexander Jordan (CDC), Ikechukwu Amamilo (CHAI), Richard Borain (CHAI), Alaina Altamura (CHAI)
For more information please contact Amir Shroufi (CDC Foundation) or Ikechukwu Amamilo (CHAI) .
Session Archive
January 13
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Martina Penazzato – A Package of Care for children and adolescents with Advanced HIV disease: STOP AIDS
- Herb Harwell - Advanced HIV Disease in Children - Evidence Gaps, Priorities and Key Ongoing Research
- Mats’itso Mohoanyane - Lesotho's approach to addressing Pediatric AHD
- Aida Berhan - Experience implementing the AHD package of care in children & adolescents
December 9
- Video (English)
- Video (Spanish)
- Video (French)
- Tom Chiller - WHO/PAHO Guidelines for Histoplasmosis and HIV
- Rita Oladele - Histoplasmosis in Africa: A disease hiding in plain sight
- Antonio Flores - Practical challenges in the identification and management of histoplasmosis
- Juan Luis Rodriguez Tudela - HIV-Associated Histoplasmosis in Guatemala
November 17
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Tom Chiller - Advanced HIV Disease Care and COVID 19
- Ana Moore (CHAI) - CD4 testing as a critical component of the AHD screening package
- Cordelia Katureebe (National AIDS Control Program, MOH, Uganda) - Expanding CD4 Access: progress and challenges
- Tom Heller - Advanced HIV disease care at Lighthouse clinics in Malawi - How far have we come
July 8
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Video (Spanish)
- Tom Chiller - The future of cryptococcal disease management
- Tadeo Kiiza Kandole - The semi quantitative CrAg test and its potential usefulness in CrAg screening
- Rae Wake - Potential advantages of using cryptococcal meningitis treatment regimens in pre-emptive therapy
- Joe Jarvis - What future role for liposomal amphotericin B in cryptococcal meningitis management
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Video (Spanish)
- Tom Chiller-Introduction-Diagnosing Advanced HIV Disease
- Ikwo Oboho - PEPFAR Guidance - Use of CD4 and the Diagnosis of AHD
- Master Chisale - Disease staging, its correlation with CD4 and challenges for identifying AHD
- Ademola Osigbesan - CHAI Optimal AHD project -Early Market Access Vehicle (EMAV)
- Zee Ndlovu - Diagnosis of AHD at different health care levels
- Chiedza Mupangari - Access to CD4 count in Zimbabwe- Current situation and next steps
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Video (Spanish)ID-19 pandemic (Spanish)
- Tom Chiller-Introduction-Ensuring we continue to find and manage tuberculosis & cryptococcal meningitis during COVID-19 pandemic
- Sam Phiri-Unintended Consequences of the COVID-19 response on TB program
- Yuri van der Heijden-Unintended consequences of the COVID-19 response on the TB program
- Nazir Ismail-Impact of COVID-19 interventions on TB detection
- Greg Greene-Impact of COVID on CrAg testing and cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis following lockdown in South Africa
- Santiago Izco-Integrating AHD care in TB-program activities, including home-based contact-tracing (Reach-AHD study) The experience of Manhica, Mozambique
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Video (Spanish)
- Tom Chiller-Screening for Cryptococcal Disease
- Katy Godfrey-PEPFAR technical guidance for AHD during COVID-19
- Naoko Doi-CD4 Testing Update
- Nathan Ford-Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV
- Heather Paulin-Session 3. Panel discussion and QandA- Implementing the AHD package of care during COVID-19 – Challenges and innovations
- Video (English)
- Video (French)
- Tom Chiller-Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) - Maintaining care in the COVID-19 response
- Amir Shroufi - Details of access to Amphotericin B, Fluconazole and Flucytosine
- Bruce Larson - Cost analysis of CM treatment options
- Lee Abdelfadil - Outline of support for relevant commodities
- Richard Borain - CHAI support for procurement of CM treatments & progress update
- Paul Nyasulu - Progress and challenges in accessing flucytosine in Malawi
- Laura Trivino-Duran - The South African flucytosine access programme
- Questions and answers
- Focus on Cryptococcal Disease (English)
- Tom Chiller-Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) - Maintaining care in the COVID-19 response
- Tom Chiller-Maladie VIH à un stade avancé (AHD) : Maintien des soins dans la réponse au COVID‐19
- Halima Dawood-5-Flucytosine experience
- David Meya-Cryptococcal Meningitis Management
- David Meya-Prise en charge de la méningite à Cryptocoques