Concurrent Session 1B: Ending Mother-to-Child Transmission: triple elimination what’s working
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Ballroom 2 |
Details
Stopping mother-to-child transmission is critical to reducing hepatitis B incidence and its impacts across our region. This session brings together speakers and research from across the Asia Pacific to examine persistent funding gaps, access to essential commodities, and lessons learned from local and regional efforts. Expect discussions on financing, supply chains, research priorities, and practical case studies showcasing what it takes to achieve and validate triple elimination for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
Speaker
Professor Benjamin Cowie
Director
WHO CC for Viral Hepatitis
Pathways to Validation
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Professor Benjamin Cowie is an infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist, with appointments at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Doherty Institute. He is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Infectious Diseases, the University of Melbourne. In 2015, Ben was named the inaugural Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis at the Doherty Institute.
Dr Caroline Van Gemert
Working Group Head
Burnet Institute
An overview of triple elimination in Asia and the Pacific
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Ms Aleesha Kalulu
Burnet Institute Associate
Burnet Institute
PPBY: Implementation of WHO guidelines in Vanuatu
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr Elsie Williams
Research Officer
Burnet Institute
Advances in point of care testing
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Dr Michael Nunan
Ceo
Bes
Hepatitis B in Kiribati: data management solutions
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Ms Brooke Dickson
Papua New Guinea and Pacific Program Manager
ASHM
Supporting Triple Elimination in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Brooke Dickson is a Registered Nurse with a Masters of International Public Health. Her current focus is delivering Sexual and Reproductive health programs in low resource settings. Brooke has worked on health system strengthening and clinical workforce development programs throughout Australia and the Pacific for the last 15 years.
Chairperson
Nicole Allard
Researcher
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis
Nafisa Yussf
Board Chair, Co-founder
Hepatitis B Voices Australia
