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Session H: Programatic examples of successful integration of services to address hepatitis C, HIV and the wellbeing of people who use drugs

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Thursday, February 20, 2020
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Central 2 & 3

Speaker

Miss Lina Saguti
Training And Advocacy Manager
MdM Tanzania

Addressing viral hepattis among people who use drugs through microplanning in Tanzania: MdM Temeke Model

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM

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Dr Gabriel Wishik
Medical Activities Manager for PWUD
Medecins Sans Frontieres (OCG), Maputo, Mozambique

MSF (Mozambique)

1:40 PM - 1:50 PM

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Biography

Gabriel Wishik is a harm reduction advocate and an internist trained in addiction medicine. He has extensive experience engaging PWUD in care through adaptive outreach strategies. He is currently working with MSF to implement a comprehensive harm reduction program (including methadone treatment and a needle/syringe program) in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Mr Kunal Naik
Directeur de Plaidoyer et Communication
PILS

PILS (Mauritius)

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM

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Biography

Kunal Naïk is the Advocacy Manager at PILS, a Mauritian-based NGO leading the AIDS response in Mauritius, where he is involved in advocacy at national and international level. His advocacy work has been mainly around Harm Reduction, Drug Policies, and Key Populations. He is also the chair of the Mauritian Country Coordinating Mechanism (MCCM), which oversees the Global Fund Grant to fight AIDS in Mauritius.
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Dr Taha Brahni
Medical Doctor - Project Manager
Association De Lutte Contre Le Sida - ALCS

ALCS (Morocco)

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM

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Biography

Medical Doctor & Advocacy Project Manager in Association de Lutte Contre le Sida (ALCS), with notable experience in advocacy and work in prevention programs for/with communities in Arabic Muslim country, where HCV healthcare access still be limited and communities have been suffering from stigma and discrimination. Currently, leading the Hepatitis C advocacy project in ALCS with collaboration with Coalition PLUS and funded by Unitaid.
Matilda Mohale
COSUP

COSUP (South Africa)

2:10 PM - 2:20 PM

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Panel

Questions & Discussion

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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Chair

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Ahmed Mohamed Said
Project Coordinator
AfricaNPUD

Catherina Timmermans
Technical Manager, Strategy
Unitaid

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