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EACS 2021 – Abstract submission deadline extended!

The deadlines for the abstract submission for the European AIDS Conference and the European Hector Research Award have been extended to July 8, 2021.

Submit your abstract here.

AORTIC Virtual – registration open

The registration for the AORTIC Conference is now open. The conference will take place virtually from November 5-10, 2021.

For more information visit their website.

IeDEA 2021 Global Meeting

The presentations of the online global meeting remain accessible to registered participants through October 7 on the meeting website.

All early-stage investigator video posters can be found on the IeDEA YouTube channel.

New IeDEA Working Group Leadership

We are pleased to welcome new leadership for IeDEA’s Working Groups. Marcel Yotebieng, co-PI of Central Africa IeDEAis joining Jonathan Golub of IeDEA Asia-Pacific as co-Chair of the Tuberculosis and Lung Health Working Group. Chad Achenbach of NA-ACCORD and Jessica Castilho, who works with both CCASAnet and NA-ACCORD, will co-Chair the Cancer Working Group. Our new TB-Sentinel Research Network will be co-Chaired by Olivier Marcy (West Africa) and Leslie Enane (East Africa), which will begin a multiregional, prospective cohort study across six IeDEA regions in 2021.

Thanks to our outgoing co-Chairs Amita Gupta (TB and Lung Health) and Julia Bohlius and Jeff Martin (Cancer) for their many years of support.

IeDEA Grant Renewal

US NIH renews the IeDEA global consortium for another 5 years!

Between 2016-2020, IeDEA has published over 500 regional and multiregional papers, making substantial contributions to advancing the fields of HIV-related clinical and social science, epidemiology, and data methods and harmonization. Our 7 regions are ready to implement a new set of innovative research agendas that will leverage the HIV cohort databases we have been building for 15 years and the partnerships we have established with local investigators in 44 countries.

Thanks (and congratulations) to the many people around the world who have helped IeDEA to become a force for inclusive science and collaboration.

Global Newsletter – March 2021

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IWHOD Webinar Series – keeping the IWHOD spirit alive

NEXT WEBINAR

26th April 2021 15:00 hrs – 16:00 hrs (BST)

How HIV has helped us respond to COVID: voices from the frontline

Simon Collins (HIV i-base, London) will be interviewing HIV experts taking a lead in the COVID-19 response:

Prof Karine Lacombe (Clinician at St Antoine Hospital, Paris)

Prof Andrew Boulle (Public Health specialist at University of Cape Town, Cape Town)
Prof Miguel Hernan (Methodologist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston)
Prof Roger Kouyos (Modeller at University Hospital, Zurich)
Prof Julia Del Amo (Policymaker at Ministry of Health and Social Policy, Madrid)

For more information and to register, please visit the IWHOD Website

Global Newsletter – July 2020

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Davy-Mendez, Thibaut; Napravnik, Sonia; Eron, Joseph J.; Cole, Stephen R.; van Duin, David et al. (2021). Current and Past Immunodeficiency Are Associated With Higher Hospitalization Rates Among Persons on Virologically Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy for up to 11 Years. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 224 (4), S. 657–666. http://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa786.

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Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; An, Ming-Wen; Frangakis, Constantine E.; Musick, Beverly S.; Braitstein, Paula et al. (2008). Sampling-Based Approaches to Improve Estimation of Mortality among Patient Dropouts: Experience from a Large PEPFAR-Funded Program in Western Kenya. PLoS ONE, 3 (12), S. e3843. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003843.

Vreeman, Rachel C.; Wiehe, Sarah E.; Ayaya, Samwel O.; Musick, Beverly S. & Nyandiko, Winstone M. (2008). Association of Antiretroviral and Clinic Adherence With Orphan Status Among HIV-Infected Children in Western Kenya. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49 (2), S. 163–170. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318183a996.

Geng, Elvin H. (2008). Sampling-Based Approach to Determining Outcomes of Patients Lost to Follow-Up in Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Programs in Africa. JAMA, 300 (5), S. 506. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.5.506.

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Braitstein, Paula; Nyandiko, Winstone; Vreeman, Rachel; Wools-Kaloustian, Kara; Sang, Edwin et al. (2009). The Clinical Burden of Tuberculosis Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children in Western Kenya and the Impact of Combination Antiretroviral Treatment. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28 (7), S. 626–632. http://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31819665c5.

Seebregts, Christopher J.; Mamlin, Burke W.; Biondich, Paul G.; Fraser, Hamish S. F.; Wolfe, Benjamin A. et al. (2009). The OpenMRS Implementers Network. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78 (11), S. 711–720. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.09.005.

Kigozi, Isaac M.; Dobkin, Loren M.; Martin, Jeffrey N.; Geng, Elvin H.; Muyindike, Winnie et al. (2009). Late-Disease Stage at Presentation to an HIV Clinic in the Era of Free Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 52 (2), S. 280–289. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ab6eab.

Nyandiko, MasterWM; Mwangi, A.; Ayaya, So; Nabakwe, Ec; Tenge, Cn et al. (2010). Characteristics of HIV-infected children seen in Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 86 (8). http://doi.org/10.4314/eamj.v86i8.54156.

An, Ming-Wen; Frangakis, Constantine E.; Musick, Beverly S. & Yiannoutsos, Constantin T. (2009). The Need for Double-Sampling Designs in Survival Studies: An Application to Monitor PEPFAR. Biometrics, 65 (1), S. 301–306. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.01043.x.

Yiannoutsos, Constantin T. (2009). Modeling AIDS survival after initiation of antiretroviral treatment by Weibull models with changepoints. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 12 (1), S. 9–9. http://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-12-9.

Wools-Kaloustian, Kara; Kimaiyo, Silvester; Musick, Beverly; Sidle, John; Siika, Abraham et al. (2009). The impact of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief on expansion of HIV care services for adult patients in western Kenya. AIDS, 23 (2), S. 195–201. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e32831cc0e6.

Tierney, William M.; Achieng, Marion; Baker, Elaine; Bell, April; Biondich, Paul et al. (2010). Experience implementing electronic health records in three East African countries. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 160 (Pt 1), S. 371–375.

Siika, A. M.; Wools-Kaloustian, K.; Mwangi, A. W.; Kimaiyo, S. N.; Diero, L. O. et al. (2010). Risk factors for death in HIV-infected adult African patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy. East African Medical Journal, 87 (11), S. 443–451.

Geng, Elvin H.; Nash, Denis; Kambugu, Andrew; Zhang, Yao; Braitstein, Paula et al. (2010). Retention in Care among HIV-Infected Patients in Resource-Limited Settings: Emerging Insights and New Directions. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 7 (4), S. 234–244. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-010-0061-5.

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Ochieng-Ooko, Vincent; Ochieng, Daniel; Sidle, John E.; Holdsworth, Margaret; Wools-Kaloustian, Kara et al. (2010). Influence of gender on loss to follow-up in a large HIV treatment programme in western Kenya. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88 (9), S. 681–688. http://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.09.064329.

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Zhou, Jialun; Jaquet, Antoine; Bissagnene, Emmanuel; Musick, Beverly; Wools‐Kaloustian, Kara et al. (2012). Short‐term risk of anaemia following initiation of combination antiretroviral treatment in HIV‐infected patients in countries in sub‐Saharan Africa, Asia‐Pacific, and central and South America. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 15 (1), S. 5–5. http://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-15-5.