A portrait article about Matthias Egger was published in the March issue of the journal «The Lancet. Infectious diseases.». In the same issue, the publication «Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study» was also published. Continue reading
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Global Newsletter – March 2019
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NIAID Conference: Statistical
Challenges and Opportunities in HIV/AIDS Research in the Era of
Getting-to-Zero HIV Infections
This workshop has taken place in the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, Philadelphia on 23rd March 2019. IeDEA-EA co-PI Constantin Yiannoutsos participated in the Panel Discussion.
The workshop brought together statisticians and HIV/AIDS topic matter experts and was organized as a pre-conference workshop, to occur in affiliation with Eastern North America Region (ENAR) 2019 for which it is anticipated that many statisticians working in HIV-AIDS would be attending in order to build interest and attendance in this workshop.
IeDEA-related speaker abstracts and biographies:
“Nonparametric and semiparametric inference for the cascade of HIV care under incomplete death ascertainment” by Giorgos Bakoyannis, Ph.D.
“Errors in multiple variables in HIV cohort and electronic health record data: statistical challenges and opportunities” by Bryan Shepherd, Ph.D.
For more information visit the conference website and check out the agenda
Save the date: HIV Nursing 2019 will take place September 21-22, 2019, in Rome, Italy
HIV Nursing 2019 will offer an opportunity for discussion, debate, and networking as nurses from around the world collectively work to improve the prevention, care, treatment, and support services delivered to people affected by HIV. Moreover, the conference will focus on the role of nurse clinical leadership in supporting global programmatic targets (90-90-90) and the Sustainable Development Goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat. Continue reading “Save the date: HIV Nursing 2019 will take place September 21-22, 2019, in Rome, Italy”
ICASA 2019 – Early registration is now open
The 20th ICASA conference will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from December 2 – 7 2019.
Early registration is now open – for more details visit the ICASA 2019 website
AORTIC 2019 – November 5 – 8 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique
The AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa is a unique platform to learn and collaborate. The conference brings together multidisciplinary specialists from the global cancer community to reduce the impact of cancer in Africa.
Registration is now open, for more information and to register visit the AORTIC website.
CROI 2019
Access to selected IeDEA-presentations, the full programme and all the webcasts.
Photos from IeDEA meetings and presentations:
Save the date: 2-4 October 2019
3rd International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence in Nairobi, Kenya
Adolescents are developmentally at a difficult crossroad, which makes it challenging to attract and sustain adolescents’ focus on maintaining their health. Every effort must be made to engage and retain adolescents in care so they can improve and maintain their health for the long term.
Radio interview about the new multi-regional publication on TB drug resistance
Listen to an interview about the new multi-regional publication “Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study” (in French)
Additional media coverage (in German) can be accessed here
The complete paper can be accessed here
SA AIDS Conference Durban – June 11-14 2019
The 9th SA AIDS Conference will be held at the Durban ICC from June 11 – 14 2019.
This is a biannual conference hosted by Dira Sengwe and organised by The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) who also serve as the Conference Secretariat for the Conference Committee Structures.
This conference is the second largest HIV conference in the world, attended by over 3,000 people, 25% of which are from countries other than South Africa.