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Singapore AIDS Conference 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) was 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 sessions on each Saturday afternoon, highlighting major themes that are confronting HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Infections (STIs).

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

DAY 1: SATURDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER 2020

Plenary 1: COVID-19 and Its Impact on HIV/STI – Epidemiology, Risk Behaviour, Prevention Programmes

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  • 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

 

  • 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

Presentations and Panellists:

1. Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical HIV Care in Singapore

Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme

2. Impact on STI Programme

A/Prof. Martin Chio
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, Department of STI Control

3. Impact on Community HIV Response

Ms. Sumita Banerjee
Executive Director, AfA

4. Impact on Sex Workers

Ms. Vanessa Ho
Executive Director, Project X

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Mr. Eamonn Murphy (UNAIDS)
Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific

 

  • PANEL DISCUSSION

  • END OF PLENARY

Webinar 1: Ending HIV – Updates

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  • 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

  • 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

Presentations and Panellists:

1. Update – Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Singapore 

A/Prof. Matthias Toh
Director, National Public Health & Epidemiology Unit, NCID

2. Update – MSM Programme

Mr. Chronos Kwok
MSM Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA

3. Update – High-Risk Heterosexual Men Programme

Mr. Terry Lim
Heterosexual Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA

4. Update – Community Workforce

Dr. Jonathan Ti
Drs Tan and Partners

5. Update – People Who Use Drugs

Mr. Alaric Tan
Founder of The Greenhouse

  • PANEL DISCUSSION

  • END OF WEBINAR

DAY 2: SATURDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2020

Plenary 2: PREP Implementation and Scale-Up – Updates

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  • 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

  • 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

Presentations and Panellists:

1. PrEP Use in DSC Clinic

Dr. Benson Yeo
Consultant, NSC
Deputy Head, DSC

2. Behavioural and Implementation Science In Prep: Moving From Efficacy To Effectiveness

Mr. Rayner Tan
PhD candidate and HIV researcher
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

3. PrEP Adoption in the MSM Community

Mr. Calvin Tan
MSM Programme Coordinator Action, AfA

4. Community Participation in Scale-Up of PrEP and Testing Among Transgender Women in Thailand

Ms. Rena Janamnuaysook
Program Manager, Transgender Health
Tangerine Clinic, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI), Thailand

  • PANEL DISCUSSION

  • RED RIBBON AWARDS

Awardees:

– Mr Anwar Hashim
– Mr Terry Lim
– Prof. Paul A Tambyah

Citations read by Prof. Roy Chan

 

  • END OF PLENARY

Webinar 2: Update on HIV Treatment and Cure

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  • 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

  • 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

Presentations and Panellists:

1. Where Are We with 90-90-90 in Singapore

A/Prof. Vernon Lee
Director of Communicable Diseases, MOH

2. Update on HIV Treatment

A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID

3. Differentiated HIV Service Delivery

Dr. Dariusz Piotr Olszyna
Senior Consultant, Clinical Program Director
HIV Program at National University Hospital

4. Living and Life with HIV – Conversations and Questions

Ms. Nurafiqah A
PLHIV

  • PANEL DISCUSSION

  • END OF WEBINAR