Presentations

Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018  

Presented in Switzerland, 24 July 2018

Presented at International AIDS Conference on behalf of the Senegal PrEP Team

The Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018

Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018

USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) Bangkok, Thailand July 24, 2018

The objectives are to determine national prevalence estimates and related risk behaviors for HIV and syphilis among entertainment workers (EW), to provide data for program planning and management of STI and HIV prevention programs for EW and their clients and to evaluate HIV/syphilis prevalence and behaviors among EW.

This provides information on HIV epidemiology, invesments on AIDS, Quezon City response, challenges, successes, and outcomes of the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) in the Philippines.

The objectives of this presentation are to estimate the prevalence of HIV and syphilis among people who inject drugs (PWID) and people who use drugs (PWUD) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among PWID, to examine HIV risk behaviors among PWID and PWUD: illicit drug use behaviors, substance abuse, and other health issues including healthcare seeking behaviors and exposure to HIV programs and to estimate the national population size of PWID and PWUD by types of drug used.

New data confirm that the practice of child marriage has continued to decline around the world, with accelerated progress in the last 10 years. Progress is insufficient to meet the ambitious target of elimination, as set forth in the SDGs. The global number of child brides is now estimated at 650 million. The number of girls married in childhood each year, according to the latest prevalence and population figures is estimated at 12 million.