18 CME Points received from Delhi Medical Council

| Pre-Conference Workshop: HIV Self Test (HIVST) in SAARC Thursday, 16th March 2023: 4 to 8 pm |
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| HIV LEAP SAARC | ||
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 4-00 - 4-15 PM | Welcome Address | Dr. Ishwar Gilada |
| 4: 15 - 4:30 PM | Role of HIV Self Testing in Achieving 95-95-95 Goal | Dr. Glory Alexander, ASHA Foundation. India |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Steps in HIV Self-test implementation and funding perspective |
Dr. Ashish Shrestha, FHI 360 Nepal |
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Community Engagements in Myanmar and their perspectives | Dr. Khin Zarli Aye, PATH |
| 5:00 - 5:15 PM | Establishing Usability for Self-test: Key Considerations, Protocol & Pilot Experience. | Dr. Sathya Herath (NSACP, Sri Lanka) |
| 5:15 - 5:30 PM | Driving Demand for HIV Self-Test – Key Implementation Experience – PATH | Dr. Chinmay Laxmeshwar, PATH India. |
| 5:30 - 5:45 PM | The Three A’s: Focusing on accessibility, availability, and awareness to scale HIV self-testing in Myanmar | Mr. Yashwinder Singh, The Humsafar Trust |
| 5:45 - 6:15 PM | Panel: Accelerating HIV Self-Test Implementation – Way Forward | SAARC DELEGATES |
| 6:15 - 6:30 PM | Group Photo & Thank You Note | Group |
| 7:30 pm onwards | Dinner | |
| ACADEMIC PARTNERS : NACO I CTD I IAS I UNAIDS I PATH I CART | ||
| Day 1 | 14th National Conference of AIDS Society of India - ASICON 2023 | March 17, 2023 |
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Welcome Remarks and Scientific Program Outline | Dr. S. K. Guha, Kolkata |
| Dr.Ruby Bansal, Ghaziabad | ||
| Dr. Atul Gogia, Delhi | ||
| 09:20 - 10:00 | Oral Abstract Session–I (1 - 4) | Co-Chair: Dr. VHT Swamy, Mysuru Dr. Ashish Shreshta, Nepal |
| 09:20-09:30 | Metabolic derangements encountered on long-term exposure to cART | Dr. Lingala Rajeshwari, Puducherry |
| 09:30-09:40 | A Phase-IV Non-Interventional Study to Assess Virological Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Dolutegravir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1 Infected Indian PLHIV | Dr. Nishant Raman, Delhi / Arunachal Pradesh |
| 09:40-09:50 | HIV testing and diagnosis at AIIMS, New Delhi: Impact of 3 years of COVID-19 pandemic | Dr. Shesh Prakash Maurya, Delhi |
| 09:50-10:00 | Which came first? : Diagnostic clues in a HIV-Visceral Leishmaniasis co-infection | Dr. Shruthi Yalamanchili, Delhi |
| Session I | HIV Epidemic – Where are we ? | Co-Chairs: Dr. Ashutosh Biswas, AIIMS, Odisha Dr. Kalpana Somji, Mumbai |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Global Epidemiology and Strategies for Elimination of HIV | Mr. David Bridger, UNAIDS |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | HIV scenario in India | Dr. Anoop Kumar Puri, NACO |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Collateral Damages due to Covid Pandemic | Dr. Randeep Guleria, Delhi |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Strengthening Supply Chain Management System | Dr Rajesh Rana, PLAN India |
| Discussion | ||
| 11:25 - 11:45 | Tea Break | |
| Session II | Plenary 1 | Co-Chairs: Dr. Jyoti Dhar, UK Dr. Po-Lin Chan. WHO |
| 11:45 - 12:10 | Challenges in Implementation of 95 - 95 - 95 | Dr. Meg Doherty, WHO HQ |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | Inaugural Ceremony and Felicitations | Guests of Honour: Dr. Anoop Puri, NACO Mr. David Bridger, UNAIDS Dr. Po-Lin Chan, WHO Mr. Chitranjan Dar, ITC Hotels |
| 12:40-13.10 | Keynote Address: Global Challenges in Pandemic Preparedness | Dr. Stefano Vella, Italy |
| 13:10 -14:00 | Lunch | |
| Session III | Plenary 2 | Co-Chairs: Dr. George Oommen, Mumbai Dr. S N Mothi, Mysuru |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Recent Update on PrEP and its implications for implementation in India | Dr. Kenneth Mayer, USA |
| Session IV | Point - of - Care- Way forwrad for testing (ABBOTT session) | Co-Chairs: Dr. Tejaswi Diwakar, Patna Dr. Rajiv Jerajani, Mumbai |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Diagnosis of Acute HIV infection in Primary health care settings | Dr. Vanita Gupta, Chandigarh |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Self - testing - Can we implement this in India? | Dr. Kimberly Green, PATH, Vietnam |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Need for CD4 in Test and Treat Era | Dr. Ishwar Gilada, Mumbai |
| Discussion | ||
| Session V | HIV - TB (Cepheid) | Co-Chairs: Dr. Prakash Bora, Mumbai Dr. Basavraj Sajjan, Hubli |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | HIV and TB: Changing Scenario | Dr. Rajendra Joshi, CTD, GOI |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Newer TB medications - When to use them? | Dr. G Narendran, NIRT/ICMR |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Newer diagnostics for Tuberculosis | Dr. Sara Girdwood, South Afrrica |
| Discussion | ||
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Tea Break | |
| Session VI | Debate: Long Acting Injectable ARVs for India | Moderators: Dr. Naresh Goel, GFATM Dr. (Brig) Kuldeep Ashta, Lucknow |
| 17:10 - 17:40 | For: Dr Dilip Mathai, Vellore Dr Revuri Harikrishna, Guntur |
Against: Dr. Vikas Deswal, Gurugram Dr. Monalisa Sahu, Hyderabad |
| Discussion | ||
| Session VII | Co-Morbids (GILEAD) | Co-Chairs: Dr. Satish Khanna, Delhi Dr. Pooja Gori, Mumbai |
| 17:40 - 17:55 | Guidelines for Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) | Dr. S.K Guha, Kolkata |
| 17:55-18:10 | Managing Cryptococcal Meningitis | Dr. Neha Gupta,Gurugram |
| 18:10 - 18:30 | Managing HCV and HBV | Dr. S. K.Sarin, Delhi |
| 18:30 - 18:50 | HIV - Associated Malignancy | Dr. Franco Buonaguro, Italy |
| Discussion | ||
| 18:50 - 19:30 | ASI Annual General Body Meeting | |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Cultural Programme and Dinner | |
| ACADEMIC PARTNERS : NACO I CTD I IAS I UNAIDS I PATH I CART | ||
| Day 2 | 14th National Conference of AIDS Society of India - ASICON 2023 | March 18, 2023 |
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| Session VIII | Short Communications and Challenges | Co-Chairs: Dr. Ketan Ranpariya, Surat Dr. Pooja Khosla, Delhi |
| 09:00 - 09.10 | HIV in Immunocompromised | Dr. Neha Rastogi, Gurugram |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | Interesting case of Ois in HIV | Dr. Gopal Bohra, Jodhpur |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | HIV with Red Eyes | Dr. Harsh Toshniwal, Ahmedabad |
| 10:05 - 10:25 | Prevention of Violence against Healthcare Professionals | Dr. Glory Alexander, Bangalore |
| 09:45 - 10.00 | Same Day ART-Is it possible in India? | Dr. Sajith Kumar, Kottayam |
| Session IX | HIV manifests beyond…(Emcure) | Co-Chairs: Dr. A R Pazare, Mumbai Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mattoo, CTD, GOI |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Neurological complications in HIV | Dr. Vijay Yeldandi, Hyderabad |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Cardiac complications of HIV | Dr. Atul Gogia, Delhi |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Uncontrolled Diabetes in HIV | Dr. Anivita Aggarwal, Delhi |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Emerging STIs among PLHIV | Dr. Jyoti Dhar, U K |
| Discussion | ||
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Tea Break | |
| Session X | State of ART: Optimizing the Old, Bringing the New(Viatris) | Co-Chairs: Dr. Sathya Herath, Srilanka Dr. Meka Sathyanarayan, Hyderabad |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Can we recycle TDF for Second line following treatment failure? | Dr.Trupti Gilada, Mumbai |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Two drug Regimens- newer evidence | Dr. Stefano Vella, Italy |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Rapid Start | Dr. Anton Pozniak, London |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Long acting ARVs for Treatment | Dr. Constance Benson, USA |
| Discussion | ||
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Session XI | Plenary 3 | Co-Chairs: Dr. Raj Pahwa, USA Dr Glory Alexander, Bangaluru |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Viral Evolution and implications of resistance in various subtypes to current ARVs | Dr. Rami Kantor, USA |
| Session XII | COVID era in HIV | Chairs: Dr. Suneela Garg, Delhi Dr. G Venkataramana |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | COVID in HIV-What happened? | Dr. Naveet Wig, Delhi |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Antivirals for COVID | Dr. N.Kumarasamy, Chennai |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Post COVID complications : really disturbing…. | TBD |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Immune response to SARS CoV - 2 vaccine- Do we need boosters? | Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, Delhi |
| Discussion | ||
| 16:05 - 16:25 | Tea Break | |
| Session XIII | Panel Discussion | Chairs: Dr. Ishwar Gilada, Mumbai Dr. Bibhuti Saha, Kolkatta |
| 16:25 - 16:50 | Keynote: Role of Media during Pandemics | Prof. Madhav Nalapat, Sunday Guardian |
| 16:50 - 17:30 | NACO's response to HIV epidemic | Dr. Anoop Kumar Puri, NACO Dr. S Anuradha, Delhi Dr. B B Rewari, WHO Ms. Shobha Shukla, CNS News Community Representative |
| Session XIV | Interactive Clinical Discussion | Moderator: Dr. Vinay Kulkarni, Pune Dr. Atul Kakkar, Delhi Discussants: Dr. Dilip Mathai, Vellore |
| 17:30 - 17:40 | HIV and Multiple Ois: A Challenging Case | Dr. Jatin Ahuja, Delhi |
| 17:40 - 17:50 | HIV- A challenging Case | Dr. Chhavi Gupta, Delhi |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Fungal Menace in HIV -Case Based | Dr. Ankita Baidya, Delhi |
| 18:00 - 18:10 | A Saga of Child with Multi Drug Resistant HIV | Dr. Deepti Suri, Chandigarh |
| Discussion | ||
| 19:00 Onwards | Cultural Program Dinner | |
| ACADEMIC PARTNERS : NACO I CTD I IAS I UNAIDS I PATH I CART | ||
| Day 3 | 14th National Conference of AIDS Society of India - ASICON 2023 | March 19, 2023 |
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| Session XV | Caring Special Populations and Special Issues | Chairs: Dr. Bharatraj Yalgi, Hubli Dr. Rajya Shree Kunwar, Nepal |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Women’s Health along HIV management | Dr. S.Poongulali, Chennai |
| 09:20 - 09:35 | Self Care in Health | Mr. Neeraj Jain, PATH |
| 09:35 - 09:50 | Growing with HIV -Impact of Newer ART in Pediatric HIV | Dr. Dinesh Kaul, Delhi |
| 09:50 - 10:05 | Caring Adolescents with HIV | Dr. Neha Mishra, Bengaluru |
| 10:05-10:20 | Immunization for PLHIV | Dr. Ruby Bansal, Ghaziabad |
| Session XVI | Plenary 4: Strategies in pipeline for Cure of HIV | Chairs: Dr. Mahafuzer Rahman Sarkar, Dhaka Dr. G Samaram, Vijaywada |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Triple elimination of MTCT HIV, Syphilis and Viral Hepatitis - | Dr. Po-Lin Chan, WHO |
| 10:40-11:00 | Tea - Break | |
| Session XVII | Living with ART- Newer syndromes | Chairs: Dr. Richa Dewan, Delhi Dr. Sushila Kataria, Gurugram |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Dr. Robert Schooley, USA |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Weight gain with Integrase Inhibitors - Is it a real threat? | Dr. Sanjay Pujari, Pune |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Ageing and Fraility in HIV | Dr. Savita Pahwa, USA |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Challenges in accessing uninterrupted ARVs | Mr. Manoj Pardesi, Pune, Community |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Ethics in introducing newer drugs | Dr. G D Ravindran, Bangalore |
| 12:40 - 13:10 | Code of Medical Ethics | Dr. Arun, Delhi Dr. Girish Tyagi, Delhi |
| Discussion | ||
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Valedictory Function Future Directions |
NACO, New Delhi Dr. Ishwar Gilada, Mumbai Dr. Dilip Mathai, Hyderabad Dr. N. Kumarasamy, Chennai |
| 14:00 Onwards | Lunch | |