Conference Archives:
GENERAL INFORMATION
Virtual Fast Track Cities 2020 was sponsored by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) in partnership with UNAIDS and the Fast-Track Cities Institute. Virtual Fast-Track Cities 2020 began with pre-recorded, pre-conference sessions. The livestreamed program featured a High-Level Panel, Keynote Address, Plenary Sessions, Urban Case Studies, and a Closing Panel focused on urban HIV, TB, and HCV responses within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download the Virtual Fast Track Cities 2020 Conference Report.
Following are conference presentations. The conference organizers request that any use of these presentations should include citations to both their presenting authors and relevant conference information [Virtual Fast-Track Cities 2020, September 8-10, 2020].
DISCLOSURE
The Virtual Fast-Track Cities 2020 conference was made possible through generous corporate sponsorship from Gilead Sciences and ViiV Healthcare, two long-term commercial supporters of the Fast-Track Cities initiative.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Pre-Conference Sessions
CLINICAL RESEARCH/MANAGEMENT
HIV and SARS-CoV-2: What Have We Learned from the Coinfection Case Studies? (video)
Chris Duncombe
Frontline Health Workers and Direct-Risks: Lessons from New York (video)
Viraj Patel
KEY POPULATIONS
In Community: Using Social Network Outreach to Mitigate Social Isolation among MSM (video)
Mohan Sundararaj
Catalyst: COVID-19 has Highlighted the Need to Eliminate Transgender Discrimination in Health Law (video)
Erika Castellanos
STIGMA MITIGATION
COVID-19: Leveraging Best Practices and Lessons Learned from HIV Stigma and Discrimination Mitigation (video)
Andrea Boccardi Vidarte (PDF)
All Equal: Ending Law Enforcement Targeting of Key Populations Under Public Health and Order Laws (video)
Nick Crofts
SERVICE DELIVERY
Differentiated Service Delivery: Scaling Up What Works in the Face of Co-Existing Pandemics (video)
Anna Grimsrud (PDF)
Prioritizing the Role of Community-Based Health Care Delivery in the Context of COVID-19 (video)
Solange Baptiste
DISEASE-SPECIFIC
Protecting the Continuum: HIV Screening, Testing, and Linkage to Care in the COVID-19 Era
Penninah Iutung (video) and Michael Wohlfeiler (video)
Managing COVID-19-Related Service Disruptions and Impact on HCV Elimination Efforts (video)
Cary James and Rachel Halford
SPONSORED SESSIONS
Resilient HIV and Hepatitis C Routine Screening and Linkage to Care Frameworks: Conversations with the Frontline in Portugal and the United States (video)
Sponsored by Gilead Sciences’ FOCUS Program
Implementation Science and HIV (video)
Sponsored by ViiV Healthcare
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
CONFERENCE WELCOME
Supporting “City Multilateralism” to End Urban HIV, TB, and HCV Epidemics
José M. Zuniga
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL
COVID-19 and Public Health Devolution: Confronting Transnational Crises at Urban Level
Part 1 (video)
Moderator: Mayor Fernando Medina
Panelists:
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda (PDF)
Part 2 (video)
Moderator: José M. Zuniga
Panelists:
Mayor Josefina G. Belmonte (PDF)
Mayor Geoff Makhubo (PDF)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: COVID-19: Public Health and Scientific Challenges (video)
Anthony Fauci (PDF)
PLENARY SESSIONS (video)
Moderator: José M. Zuniga
Plenary 1: Fact from Fiction: Confronting the COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’ as a Public Health Threat
Carlos del Rio (PDF)
Plenary 2: Population Dynamics: Ethnic, Gender, and Racial Disparities Exacerbating COVID-19
Greg Millett (PDF)
Plenary 3: Facilitating Continuity of Urban HIV, TB, and HCV Services in the Context of COVID-19
Shannon L. Hader (PDF)
Plenary 4: Addressing the Fragility in Urban HIV, TB, and HCV Responses Revealed by COVID-19
Meg Doherty (PDF)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Case Studies – Eastern, Central, and Western Europe (video)
Moderator: Nathan Sparling
Kyiv: Olena Lukashevych (PDF)
Lisbon: Ricardo Fuertes (PDF)
London: Jane Anderson (PDF) and Kat Smithson (PDF)
Milan: Antonella d’Arminio Monforte and Massimo Cernuschi (PDF)
Paris: Élodie Aïna (PDF)
Case Studies – Asia-Pacific (video)
Moderator: Shrikala Acharya
Bangkok: Thitisant Palakawong Na Ayuthaya (PDF)
Jakarta: Widyastuti (PDF)
Melbourne: Simon Ruth (PDF)
Case Studies – Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa
Moderator: Elizabeth Bukusi
Johannesburg: Antonia Barnard (PDF)
Kigali: Mugwaneza Placidie (PDF)
Lusaka: Lloyd Mulenga (PDF)
Maputo City: Bélia Nyambir Xirinda (PDF)
Yaoundé: Albert Zeh Meka (PDF)
Case-Studies – North and South America (video)
Moderator: Amanda Castel
Atlanta: Carlos del Rio (PDF)
Mexico City: Brenda E. Crabtree Ramírez (PDF)
Montréal: Sandra Wesley (PDF) and Sarah-Amélie Mercure
New York City: Anisha Gandhi (PDF)
CLOSING PANEL
Implementing Mitigation Strategies to Protect Hard-Won Gains in HIV, TB, and HCV Responses (video)
Moderator: José M. Zuniga
Panelists:
Angeli Achrekar (PDF)
Solange Baptiste
Shannon L. Hader
Ricardo Baptista Leite
Ren Minghui (PDF)
Peter Sands
