The PANGEA HIV International Consortium

NameRAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM
Activity TitleThe PANGEA HIV International Consortium
DetailsThe scientific conference had a rich menu spread over the four days that comprised cross cutting topics including. - HIV transmission dynamic by age and sex in Uganda, Zambia and Malawi - Social science study of HIV transmission in fishing villages in Uganda - Overview of epidemiological, immunological and clinical studies at the MRC Uganda unit - Several multisite study updates exploring innovative ways of care provision to hard-to-reach population subsets - Updates in HIV drug resistance and sequencing - Session on COVID, emerging epidemics and Global Health that included talks on Molecular Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Uganda and the UK, Overview of initial Omicron detection and predictions on where the next variant will come from and updates on the Monkey pox outbreak. - Other exiting topics explored included updates on HIV Latent reservoir studies in Rakai, Phylogenetic integration of HIV-1 genetic features into vaccine candidate selection, Ethical considerations for phylogenetics, What’s next in HIV prevention? Preliminary Analyses of PANGEA-HIV Genomes, Finding HIV transmission pairs among all possible combinations and Estimating time since HIV infection
CompetenceGeneral Medicine
Start Date01-12-2022
End Date03-12-2022
Event Time09:00 AM
LocationSERENA HOTEL- KIGO
Cost (UGX)0
CPD Points24