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18B. IUSTI Abstracts: Prevention - Sexual and reproductive health strategies to reach vulnerable and remote populations

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Track 2
Friday, September 20, 2024
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
C4.6

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Chairs:
Mandy Charlton, Blood Borne Viruses, Sexually Transmissible Infections and Torres Strait Health Section, interim Australian Centre for Disease Control
James Gray, Health Equity Matters


Speaker

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Dr. Gifty Marley
Post-doctoral Fellow
UNC at Chapel Hill-project China

Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men and male STD patients in China: Interim findings from the PIONEER pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial

10:30 AM - 10:42 AM

Biography

Dr. Gifty Marley is an infectious diseases epidemiologist specializing in HIV, sexual health and social innovations like crowdsourcing, designathons, and pay-it-forward. She received her education from the University of Ghana, Shandong University, and Nanjing Medical University in China. Currently, she is a post-doctoral research fellow with UNC-Project China in Guangzhou, China.
Dr Caroline Watts
Research Fellow
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

The cost-effectiveness of molecular point of care testing for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas in regional and remote primary care health services in Australia.

10:42 AM - 10:54 AM

Biography

Caroline Watts is a health economist at the Kirby Institute. She is interested in the economics of new technologies and models of care which have the potential to improve health outcomes.
Mr. Ethan Cardwell
Phd Candidate
University Of Melbourne

What do young people in Victoria want from an online STI clinic – using co-design to develop an online STI clinic

10:54 AM - 11:06 AM

Biography

Trey holds a MPH from the University of Kentucky. He has worked for U.S. government organizations supporting HIV prevention, domestically and internationally, including 2 years in the U.S. Peace Corps serving Lesotho, Africa. Currently, a PhD candidate; thesis focused on developing a web-based STI testing clinic.
Dr Sadaf Khan
Program Advisor, MNCH
PATH

Improved Screening and Management of Maternal Infections in Ghana: Experience from Bono East

11:06 AM - 11:18 AM

Biography

I am Program Advisor MNCH at PATH. My work has focused on research and programming around technology and service innovations, capacity-building for improving maternal and child survival, optimization of the antenatal care platform, prevention and management of perinatal infections and social and behavior change communication for improving health service uptake
Dr Cecilia Li
Applied Epidemiologist/policy Analyst
Communicable Diseases Branch, Health Protection NSW

Congenital syphilis in New South Wales, Australia: implementation of a multidisciplinary coordinated response

11:18 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Cecilia is an applied epidemiologist/policy analyst at the NSW Ministry of Health Communicable Diseases Branch. She previously worked in HIV surveillance, infectious diseases molecular epidemiology surveillance, and infection prevention and control. She has particular interests in sexually transmitted infections and antimicrobial resistance.
Mr Muhammad Anwar Hossain
Phd Candidate
University of Sydney

Awareness about and use of family planning in young Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh

11:30 AM - 11:35 AM

Biography

Muhammad is a PhD candidate at the Postgraduate Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health at the University of Sydney, working on SRH of young Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. He is also a casual academic in the program, and an Assistant Professor of Sociology (on leave) at Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh.
Mr Adson Belém Ferreira Da Paixão
Biomedical Scientist
Ministry Of Health Of Brazil

Challenges in access and use of HIV self-tests (HIVST) by socially vulnerable populations

11:35 AM - 11:40 AM

Biography

Graduation in biomedical sciences and specialization in public health. Has experience with HIV and other STI diagnosis, surveillance and prevention. Currently works for the Department of HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections at the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
IUSTI World Congress

Questions & Discussion

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography


Chair

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Mandy Charlton
Director
Department Of Health And Aged Care

James Gray
Principal Director, Australia Programs
Health Equity Matters


Judges Invited

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Anne Robertson
Medical Lead Sexual Health Service
Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Ora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral

Anna Yeung
Adjunct Scientist
Unity Health Toronto

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