Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy
Tracks
Track 3
| Friday, August 14, 2026 |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM |
Speaker
Lubinda Chingumbe
Independent Consultant
Center for Public Health Promotion
Leveraging HIV Prevention Platforms to Integrate Hepatitis B and C Screening Among Key Populations in Zambia: Insights from the Latu Human Rights Foundation and the Center for Public Health Promotion
11:10 AM - 11:13 AMBiography
Lubinda Chingumbe is a public health expert and human rights advocate with over 20 years’ experience leading HIV, SRHR and health systems programs across sub-Saharan Africa. As an independent consultant, he advances community-led, rights-based approaches to viral hepatitis and HIV prevention, care, research and policy advocacy.
Laurel Bates
Senior Consultant
Aquarius Population Health
Advancing elimination targets for viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus in Australia: estimating the cost-effectiveness of emergency department opt-out testing for blood-borne viruses
11:15 AM - 11:18 AMBiography
Prof Joseph Doyle is currently Professor in Infectious Diseases at Monash University, and is jointly appointed at Burnet Institute as Deputy Director of Disease Elimination Program and Head of Infectious Diseases Clinical Research. He continues to work in clinical practice as a senior infectious diseases specialist at Alfred Health.
MS Grace Hogan
Communications And Partnerships Manager
Hepatitis Australia
Harnessing targeted messaging to advance hepatitis C elimination among people with historic risk factors
11:20 AM - 11:23 AMBiography
Grace Hogan brings extensive experience working in hepatitis communications and partnerships, including delivery of major national initiatives such as World Hepatitis Day in Australia. She has significant expertise in executing communications, social media strategy, event management, media and health literacy strategies.
Mrs Nicola Caine
Nurse Practitioner
Hepatitis Foundation NZ and Te Whatu Ora Bay of Plenty
Hepatitis Delta in Aotearoa/New Zealand
11:25 AM - 11:28 AMBiography
Nicola is a Hepatology Nurse Practitioner: Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty and Hepatitis Foundation NZ. Trained in the UK, Nicola has lived and worked in the Bay of Plenty for the past twenty years. She brings extensive expertise in hepatology nursing, with a clinical focus on viral hepatitis.
Miss Annabelle Stevens
Manager
NSW Health
Driving Hepatitis C Elimination in NSW: Scaling Access, Equity and Impact
11:30 AM - 11:33 AMBiography
Annabelle is the Manager of the Hepatitis Programs and Policy Unit in the Centre for Population Health, overseeing implementation of the NSW Hepatitis Strategies to support hepatitis elimination. She is also completing a PhD at UNSW, focused on evaluating hepatitis C diagnostic testing strategies to improve access.