Singapore AIDS Conference
The 13th Singapore AIDS Conference returns in 2022. Our theme for the 13th SAC is “Empowering Communities to End HIV and AIDS”.
Please check back for more information.
The 12th SAC was held virtually on 27th November and 5th December 2020.
HIV and STI in the Time of COVID-19
The Singapore AIDS Conference has been held every 2 years since 1998.
It is a conference for health care professionals, public health experts, community partners, policy makers, PLWHA, and key populations and affected communities to come together to take stock and share new knowledge and information that will stop the spread of HIV, fight HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and improve care and support for PLHIV Singapore.
The meeting builds on momentum of previous SAC to re-invigorate and re-energise our collective response to stopping HIV in Singapore.
The theme of the 12th Singapore AIDS Conference (SAC) is HIV and STI in the Time of COVID-19.
The conference was held over 2 Saturday afternoons, on the 28th of November and 5th of December 2020.
The programme comprised of 2 Webinars on each Saturday afternoon. They will highlight major themes that are confronting HIV/AIDS and Sexually-transmitted Infections (STI):
Day 1: Saturday, 28th November 2020
Plenary 1: Covid-19 and Its Impact on HIV/STI
Webinar 1: Ending HIV – Updates
Day 2: Saturday, 5th November 2020 (Coming soon)
DAY 1: SATURDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER 2020
Plenary 1: COVID-19 and Its Impact on HIV/STI – Epidemiology, Risk Behaviour, Prevention Programmes
Introduction
Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
Plenary
“Overcoming the Impact of COVID-19 on HIV and STI in Asia and Pacific”
Mr. Eamonn Murphy
Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific
Q & A
Questions & Answers
Panel Presentations
“Overcoming the Impact of COVID-19 On HIV and STI in Singapore”
Facilitator:
Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
Panellists
1. Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical HIV Care in Singapore
2. A/Prof. Martin Chio
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, Department of STI Control
Impact on STI Programme
3. Ms. Sumita Banerjee
Executive Director, AfA
Impact on Community HIV Response
4. Ms. Vanessa Ho
Executive Director, Project X
Impact on Sex Workers
5. Mr. Eamonn Murphy (UNAIDS)
Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific
Discussant Only
Panel Discussion
Questions from online audience
End of Plenary
Break
Webinar 1: Ending HIV – Updates
Introduction
A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
Plenary
“Progress Towards Ending HIV in Asia and Pacific”
A/Prof. Jason Ong
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Q & A
Questions & Answers
Panel Presentations
“Can We End HIV in Singapore? – Update and Progress on the Community Blueprint to end HIV in Singapore”
Facilitator:
Ms. Sumita Banerjee
Executive Director, AfA
Panellists
1. A/Prof. Matthias Toh
Director, National Public Health & Epidemiology Unit, NCID
Update – Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Singapore
2. Mr. Chronos Kwok
MSM Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA
Update – MSM Programme
3. Mr. Terry Lim
Heterosexual Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA
Update – High-Risk Heterosexual Men Programme
4. Dr. Jonathan Ti
Drs Tan and Partners
Update – Community Workforce
5. Mr. Alaric Tan
Founder of The Greenhouse
Update – People Who Use Drugs
Panel Discussion
Questions from online audience
End of Webinar
Feedback Forms for Day 1
DAY 2: SATURDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2020
Plenary 2: PREP Implementation and Scale-Up – Updates
Introduction
Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
Plenary
“PrEP Implementation and Scale Up – Experience From Australia”
Prof. Andrew Grulich
Theme Director, Populations and Prevention and Head, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, The Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney
Governing Council International AIDS Society
Q & A
Questions & Answers
Panel Presentations
“PrEP Implementation and Scale-Up – Updates”
Facilitator:
Mr. Rayner Tan
PhD candidate and HIV researcher
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Panellists
1. Dr. Benson Yeo
Consultant, NSC
Deputy Head, DSC
PrEP Use in DSC Clinic
2. Mr. Rayner Tan
PhD candidate and HIV researcher
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Behavioural and Implementation Science In Prep: Moving From Efficacy To Effectiveness
3. Mr. Calvin Tan
MSM Programme Coordinator Action, AfA
PrEP Adoption in the MSM Community
4. Ms. Rena Janamnuaysook
Program Manager, Transgender Health
Tangerine Clinic, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI), Thailand
Community Participation in Scale-Up of PrEP and Testing Among Transgender Women in Thailand
Panel Discussion
Questions from online audience
Red Ribbon Awards
Awardees
- Mr Anwar Hashim
- Mr Terry Lim
- Prof. Paul A Tambyah
Citations read by Prof. Roy Chan
End of Plenary
Break
Webinar 2: Update on HIV Treatment and Cure
Introduction
Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
Plenary
“Towards a Cure: Advances in the Science and Pathways to the Clinic”
Prof. Sharon Lewin
Director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Professor of Medicine at The University of Melbourne
President-Elect International AIDS Society
Q & A
Questions & Answers
Panel Presentations
“HIV Treatment and Access to Care in Singapore”
Facilitators:
Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
Panellists
1. A/Prof. Vernon Lee
Director of Communicable Diseases, MOH
Where Are We with 90-90-90 in Singapore
2. A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
Update on HIV Treatment
3. Dr. Dariusz Piotr Olszyna
Senior Consultant, Clinical Program Director
HIV Program at National University Hospital
Differentiated HIV Service Delivery
4. Ms. Nurafiqah A
PLHIV
Living and Life with HIV – Conversations and Questions
Panel Discussion
Questions from online audience
End of Webinar
Feedback Forms for Day 2
Overview
These multi sectorial biennial conferences on AIDS have been successfully organised since 1998. Delegates from government and non-governmental organisations, volunteers, the press, and businesses attended the last one.
Attendees
- Health care professionals
- Scientists
- Researchers
- Policy makers
- Volunteers
- Community advocates and activists
- Persons living with HIV and their loved ones
Conference Programme
SAC REPORT
Coming soon