Conference Archives:
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Fast-Track Cities 2023 conference was the fourth in-person gathering of the Fast-Track Cities network. More than 700 delegates joined us for the conference September 25-27, 2023, in Amsterdam, sponsored by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) in partnership with the Fast-Track Cities Institute (FTCI), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and GGD Amsterdam.
This archive page houses the conference general session and oral abstract presentations. If there is not a presentation or video linked to a session or speaker, there is not a presentation or video associated with the session or speaker. The conference organizers request that any use of a presentation should include citation to both the presenting author and relevant conference information (e.g., Fast-Track Cities 2023, September 25-27, 2023, Amsterdam).
DISCLOSURE
The Fast-Track Cities 2023 conference was made possible through grants and sponsorships from AbbVie, GGD Amsterdam, Gilead Sciences, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and ViiV Healthcare.
CONFERENCE ARCHIVE
Overall
View the Fast-Track Cities 2023 Program book.
View the Fast-Track Cities 2023 Oral Abstracts book.
View the Fast-Track Cities 2023 e-Poster Abstracts book.
September 25, 2023
September 26, 2023
September 27, 2023
Monday, 25 September 2023
CONFERENCE WELCOME
José M. Zuniga (IAPAC and Fast-Track Cities Institute, Tampa, FL, USA)
Leo Schenk (hello gorgeous Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Mayor Femke Halsema (City of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PANEL 1
First to Last Mile: Mapping Amsterdam’s Journey towards Integrated, Inclusive Health Services
Moderator: Mark Vermeulen (Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Alexander Scholtes (Vice Mayor, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (no presentation)
Tom van Benthem (GGD Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Nicole Dukers (GGD Zuid Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Samira Hakim (Trans United, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Martin de Jong (roze in blauw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Leo Schenk (hello gorgeous foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL
Inclusivity as Driver: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities in Implementing SDG 11
Moderator: Karl Schmid (Plus Life, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Session 1
Angeli Achrekar (UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland)
Deputy Governor Tavida Kamolvej (Bangkok, Thailand)
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda (eThekwini, South Africa)
Vice Mayor Ana Paula Matos (Salvador, Brazil)
Mayor Miguel Romero-Lugo (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Mayor Dean Trantalis (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA)
José M. Zuniga (IAPAC and FTCI, Tampa, FL, USA)
Session 2
Mayor Augustin Bala (Yaoundé (District V), Cameroon)
Edwin Bernard (HIV Justice Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Meg Doherty (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
Mayor Inês de Medeiros (Almada, Portugal)
Lady Roslyn Morauta (Global Fund, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)
Deputy Mayor Mykola Povoroznyk (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Deputy Mayor Alexander Scholtes (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Mayor Murtaza Wahab (Karachi, Pakistan)
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Ending the HIV Epidemic: Advancing Equitable Approaches to Screening and Linkage to Care
Hosted by Gilead Sciences
Moderator: Kevin Fenton (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, London, England, UK)
Panelists:
LáDeia Joyce McNeal (The Positive Experience, Memphis, TN, USA)
Rageshri Dhairyawan (Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England, UK)
Inês Vaz Pinto (Hospital De Cascais, Cascais, Portugal)
Chen Chun Wang (Taipei City Hospital, Taipei)
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 1: Track A
HIV Care 1
Moderator: Remko van Leeuwen (SOAAIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Abenathi Mcinziba
Noah Mancuso
Karen Chale
Madalitso Juwayeyi
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 1: Track B
HIV Prevention 1
Moderator: K. Rivet Amico (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Joseph Tanzer
Anita Dam
Missed Opportunities for PrEP Uptake: Insights from a London E-Service
Vanessa Apea
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 1: Track C
Tuberculosis
Moderator: Michael Alibi (IAPAC, Blantyre, Malawi)
Tackling TB Among PLHIV: A Success Story in Screening and Prevention
Thitisant Palakawong Na Ayuthaya
Percy Gumede
Analyzing the Implementation of Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy with the 3HP Regimen in Urban Maputo
Yolanda Manuel
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 1: Track D
Viral Hepatitis 1
Moderator: Helen Omowumi Olowofeso (Fast-Track Cities Institute, Lagos, Nigeria)
Alba Carrodeguas
Multilingual Action Week Against Hepatitis C: Enhancing Immigrant Health Access in Germany
Alaa Edin Abdin
Pablo Vadara Vázquez
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
AHF Experience in FTC in Europe: HIV, Hepatitis, and STIs Services for People Affected by the War in Ukraine
Hosted by AHF Europe
Examining the Impact of Anti-Gender Opposition on the Health Rights of Trans and Gender Diverse People
Hosted by GATE
Moderator:
Erika Castellanos (GATE, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Anwar Ogrm (GATE, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Annette Verster (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
Antons Mozalevskis (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
Anil Padavatan (GATE, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Masen Davis (Funders Concerned About HIV, Berlin, Germany)
Cleiton Euzébio de Lima (UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland)
Successful Models and Lessons Learned from Almaty, Kazakhstan on How to End Urban HIV Epidemics among Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Hosted by Elton John AIDS Foundation
Not A Criminal: Safe Cities and Justice for All People Living with HIV
Hosted by HIV Justice Worldwide
Moderator: Julian Hows (HIV Justice Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Florence Riako Anam (GNP+, Nairobi, Kenya)
Janet Butler-McPhee (HIV Legal Network, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Ntombi Muchuchuti (ARASA, Cape Town, South Africa)
Alison Symington (HIV Justice Network, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Edwin Bernard (HIV Justice Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
PANEL SESSION 2
Cohort of Champions: Finding Solutions to Optimize HIV Prevention and Treatment Continua
Moderator: Gonçalo Lobo (Fast-Track Cities Institute, Lisbon, Portugal)
Panelists:
Jane Anderson (Homerton University Hospital, London, England, UK)
Andriy Klepikov (Alliance for Public Health, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Helena Cortes Martins (Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Lisbon, Portugal)
Lyle Muns (Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PANEL SESSION 3
Leaning Forward: Insights from the IAPAC-Lancet HIV Commission on the Future of Urban HIV Responses
Moderator: Corey Prachniak-Rincón (CenterLink, Boston, MA, USA)
Panelists:
Dázon Dixon Diallo (SisterLove, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA)
Midnight Poonkasetwattana (APCOM, Bangkok, Thailand)
Nombulelo Magula (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
José M. Zuniga (IAPAC and FTCI, Tampa, FL, USA)
PLENARY SESSION 1
Reaching the Unknowns: Accelerating HIV and HCV Testing for Visible and Invisible Communities
Moderator: LáDeia Joyce McNeal (The Positive Experience, Memphis, TN, USA)
Presenter: Ian Jackson (NHS England, London, England, UK)
PLENARY SESSION 2
Optimizing Adherence: Leveraging HIV Treatment Innovations to Achieve U=U
Moderator: Mark N. Nelson (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, England, UK)
Presenter: Monica Gandhi (UCSF Center for AIDS Research, San Francisco, CA, USA)
PLENARY SESSION 3
Widening Options: Accelerating PrEP Uptake within a Consumer Choice Context
Moderator: K. Rivet Amico (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Presenter: Elske Hoornenborg (GGD, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PLENARY SESSION 4
Whole Person: Routinizing Status Neutral HIV Prevention and Care in Practice
Moderator: Damián Cabrera-Candelaria (NMAC, Washington, DC, USA)
Presenter: Nittaya Phanuphak (Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand)
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Not Just for MSM: Health Equity for Combination Prevention Matters
Hosted by ViiV Healthcare
Moderator: Linda Duits (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Dinah Bons (Trans United Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Jorge Garrido (Apoyo Positivo, Madrid, Spain)
Mark Vermuelen (Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 2: Track A
HIV Testing 1
Moderator: Eleanor Gouws (UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland)
Sean Rourke
Co-Developing a Novel Campaign for Amsterdam’s MSM at Risk of Late Diagnosis of HIV
Muhammad Sharjeel
Online HIV Self-Test Giveaway Service in Kazakhstan: Key Findings and Implications
Zhanar Tatkeyeva
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 2: Track B
HIV Care 2
Moderator: Christopher Duncombe (IAPAC, Seattle, WA, USA)
An Open Door for Care – Implementing a Walk-in Sexual Health Clinic in Downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Rick
Utilizing Existing HIV/STI Outreach to Reduce Disparities in Mpox Vaccination
Stephanie Young
Verry Adrian
Nataliya Salabai
Inês Correia
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 2: Track C
Syndemics
Moderator: Evelyn Nabankema (IAPAC, Kampala, Uganda)
Eline Wijstma
Daniele Calzavara
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 2: Track D
Viral Hepatitis 2
Moderator: Dash Sears (Fast-Track Cities Institute, Washington, DC, USA)
Carles Pericas Escalé
Kris Hage
Improvement of HCV Screening and Linkage to Care Through Implementation Science in Madeira, Portugal
Elisa Xavier
Gonçalo Bento
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 3: Track A
Community Engagement
Moderator: Paul Zantkuijl (SOAAIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Innovative Practices in Community Partnerships: A HOPWA Intervention
Tawana Philpott Brown
Community-Based Organization’s Role in Reengaging Out-of-Care People Living with HIV in Portugal
Willian Gomes
Tailored HIV Support Services for African Men Living with HIV in Greater Manchester
Jeff Ukiri
Chalone Savant
A Community-Led Assessment of the HIV Treatment Cascade in Jamaica’s Western Region
Jaemar Johnson
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 3: Track B
Data/Modeling
Moderator: Pascal Muriset (UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland)
Applying Incidence-Prevalence Ratio to Define HIV Epidemic Control in 6 U.S. Fast-Track Cities
Sindhu Ravishankar
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on 95-95-95 Targets in 10 Fast-Track Cities
Sindhu Ravishankar
Making PrEP Equity Local: Examining PrEP Equity Metrics in U.S. Cities
Patrick Sullivan
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 3: Track C
Stigma 1
Moderator: Lyle Muns (SOAAIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Addressing Stigma and Public Trust: Lessons from the UK 2022 Mpox Outbreak
Charlotte Hemingway
Dázon Dixon Diallo
Implication of Self-Stigma on PLHIV in Jamaica
Jumoke Patrick
Ana Luísa Duarte
Kai Jonas
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 3: Track D
Stigma 2
Moderator: Kalvin Pugh (IAPAC, Kansas City, KS, USA)
Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Towards HIV Positive Mothers During the War in City of Dnipro
Tetyana Martynenko
London HIV Empowerment Programme
Garry Brough
Ariana Johnson
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
Eliminating Barriers: HIV Stigma Indicators as Drivers of Urban Social, Structural, and Systems Change
Hosted by Fast-Track Cities Institute
Adolescent and Young People: Catalysts for Ending AIDS on the African Continent by 2030
Hosted by IAPAC and EGPAF
Lessons Learned: Strengthening Urban Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Hosted by Fast-Track Cities Institute
Moderator: Kevin Fenton (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, London, England, UK)
Doing the Locomotion: Keeping Up the Pace on Fast-Track Cities in Australia
Hosted by Fast-Track Cities Institute
The Amsterdam Approach to Sex Work: Collaboration as Key
Hosted by GGD Amsterdam
Moderator: Elske Hoornenborg (GGD, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Chantal Alberga (ACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Marianne Craanen (Nu Niet Zwanger, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Lyle Muns (Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
“I Feel Unwelcome, Vulnerable, and Helpless” – Navigating HIV Access for Key Population Migrants in Europe
Hosted by Africa Advocacy Foundation
Human First: A Conversation with the Cast of the Zero HIV Stigma Day Documentary
Hosted by IAPAC and Fast-Track Cities Institute
Moderator: Kalvin Pugh (IAPAC, Kansas City, KS, USA)
Panelists:
Damián Cabrera-Candelaria (NMAC, Washington, DC, USA)
Victoria Cordoba (CliniQ, London, England, UK)
LáDeia Joyce McNeal (The Positive Experience, Memphis, TN, USA)
Zonke Ndlovu (Lubanzi Ulwazi, Durban, South Africa)
James Oladipo (Treatment Action Campaign, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Aled Osborne (Brigstowe, Bristol, England, UK)
Mission Possible: Eliminating Hepatitis C in Urban Settings
Sponsored by AbbVie and Hosted by IAPAC
Moderator: Ricardo Fernandes (EATG, Brussels, Belgium)
Panelists:
Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak (Foundation for Social Education, Warsaw, Poland)
Antonella d’Arminio Monforte (University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
Rui Tato Marinho (University Hospital of Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal)
Christoph Weber (Checkpoint BLN, Berlin, Germany)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
COMMUNITY PANEL
Love Without Fear: Promoting Inclusivity to Realize the Rights to Dignity, Health, and Wellbeing
Panelists:
Carl Baloney, Jr. (AIDS United, Washington, DC, USA)
Nikos Dedes (Positive Voice, Athens, Greece)
Valeriia Rachynska (All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Florence Riako Anam (GNP+, Nairobi, Kenya)
PLENARY SESSION 5
Win-Win: Accelerating U=U Scale-Up to Improve Individual and Community HIV Outcomes
Moderator: Zonke Ndlovu (Lubanzi Ulwazi, Durban, South Africa)
Presenter: Bruce Richman (Prevention Access Campaign, New York, NY, USA)
PLENARY SESSION 6
Science-Based: Creating Legal Frameworks to Quash and Mitigate HIV Criminalization
Moderator: Victoria Cordoba (CliniQ, London, England, UK)
Presenter: Edwin Bernard (HIV Justice Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PLENARY SESSION 7
Centering Equity: Optimizing Social Determinants of Health to Support Enabling Environments
Moderator: James Oladipo (Treatment Action Campaign, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presenter: Richard Chilongosi (Family Health Services, Blantyre, Malawi)
PLENARY SESSION 8
Healthy Aging: Optimizing Opportunities to Enhance Wellbeing and Quality of Life
Moderator: Aled Osborne (Brigstowe, Bristol, England, UK)
Presenter: Marta Boffito (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England, UK)
CLOSING PANEL
Approaching a Decade: Future Directions for Global Fast-Track Cities
Moderator: José M. Zuniga (IAPAC and FTCI, Tampa, FL, USA)
Panelists:
Orla McQuillan (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, England, UK)
Nombulelo Magula (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
David Wright (Kingston and St. Andrews Municipal Corporation, Kingston, Jamaica)
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Past, Present, and Future: 30 Years of Aging with HIV
Hosted by Merck Sharp & Dohme
Moderator: Erika Castellanos (GATE, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Nikos Dedes (Positive Voice, Athens, Greece)
Mario Cascio (EATG, Brussels, Belgium)
Denis Onyango (Africa Advocacy Foundation, London, England, UK)
Marta Boffito (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England, UK)
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 4: Track A
HIV Testing 2
Moderator:
Laio Magno
Denise Twisk
Tests on Bergamo Population: The Experience of Bergamo Leaves No One Behind and of Checkpoint
Davide Meli
Social Network Strategy as an Effective Approach to Engage People Who Inject Drugs in HIV Testing
Zhanar Tatkeyeva
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 4: Track B
HIV Prevention 2
Moderator: Jumoke Patrick (IAPAC, Kingston, Jamaica)
Chemsex in PrEP Users of a Community-Based Center PrEP Point Plus (PPP)
Sandro Mattioli
Alessandro Tavelli
Mark A.M. Van Den Elshout
Mark Erwin
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 4: Track C
HIV Care 3
Moderator: Nicole Dukers (GGD, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Vita Jongen
Jean Berchmans Tugirimana
CJD (Hanneke) Goense
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 4: Track D
HIV Care 4
Moderator: Sindhu Ravishankar (Fast-Track Cities Institute, Washington, DC, USA)
Soma Pillay
Impact of Improvements in the HIV Care Continuum in Miami, FL, USA: A Modeling Study
Dan Escudero
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 5: Track A
HIV Prevention 3
Moderator: Jessica Tiah Mullen (Fast-Track Cities Institute, Vienna, Austria)
Ariana Johnson
Mariano Kanamori
Inês Dourado
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 5: Track B
HIV Prevention 4
Moderator:
A PrEP Decentralization Project – Almada on the Fast-Track to End the AIDS Epidemic
Daniela Lages
Vita Jongen
Community-Based Organization’s Best Practices for HIV Comprehensive Prevention Services
Diogo Medina
Jef Vanhamel
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 5: Track C
HIV Care 5
Moderator: Arjan van Bijnen (SOAAIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Jaime Sylla
Rosemary van Heerden
Teles Nhanombe
Utilization of Conversation Map in eThekwini
Chalone Savant
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSION 5: Track D
HIV Care 6
Moderator: Kalvin Pugh (IAPAC, Kansas City, KS, USA)
Arushi Dixit
Clients Lost to Follow-Up (LTFU) and Re-Engagement in HIV Care in Lagos, Nigeria (2020-2021)
Helen Olowofeso
Vanda Zitha
Anish Arora
Optimizing Primary Health Services for Integrated, Person-Centered Care in Jakarta, Indonesia
Dwi Oktavia
SATELLITE SYMPOSIA
Strengthening Integration and Inclusion of HIV and AIDS Programs as Priority Agenda in ASEAN Cities towards Ending AIDS by 2030
(Hosted Online)
Hosted by Fast-Track Cities Institute
From Policy to Practice: Integrated and Differentiated PrEP Services
Hosted by World Health Organization
Moderator: Viatcheslav Grankov (WHO, Minsk, Belarus)
Panelists:
Antons Mozalevskis (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)
Adam Shanley (MPOWER, Dublin, Ireland)
Ines Dourado (Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil)
Nikolay Lunchenkov (ECOM, Tallinn, Estonia)
#SayZero and U=U: Innovative Win-Win Strategies to Accelerate Global HIV Targets
Hosted by Prevention Access Campaign
Moderator: Arda Karapinar (PAC, Istanbul, Turkey)
Panelists:
Florence Anam (GNP+, Nairobi, Kenya)
Nittaya Phanuphak (Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand)
Cities and Communities in the Lead for a Human Rights and Community-Led Approach to End HIV/AIDS
Hosted by Aidsfonds
Moderator: Samuel Matsikure (SOAAIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panelists:
Denis Nzioka (Nairobi County, Nairobi, Kenya)
Julia Vilanculos (Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands)