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From:	"Gabriel, ADEYEMO" [ profile ]
Subject:	GYCA Members participated at the 2012 IAPAC meeting in London
Sent:	Jun 20th, 2012 - 05:42:38

	Fellow GYCA Colleagues The concepts of antiretroviral-based Treatment as Prevention (TasP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) gained formidable ground in 2011, both cited in numerous 2011 Top 10 lists of clinical development in HIV medicine. In addition, PrEP has recently been a topic of heated debate as regulatory bodies most notably the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entertain approving expanded indications for existing antiretroviral drugs for HIV prevention. Last week (June 11th and 12th) 2012, the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), in partnership with the British HIV Association (BHIVA), hosted a two-day; Controlling the HIV Epidemic with Antiretrovirals summit with a goal of providing a venue for the presentation of data related to and discussion about the practical aspects of TasP and PrEP implementation in a variety of clinical settings. GYCA of course had good representatives at this meeting. Edmond Atindaana ( atindaana (at) live.com) from Ghana and Gabriel Adeyemo, West Africa RFP both participate in this meeting in a process to learning more about prevention sciences and also advocate for young peoples inclusion into Vaccine development components on HIV/AIDS/STIs. For both of us, it was another high level meeting to discuss pure research and vaccine development in the HIV field. Listening to great researchers and authors in the public health field was wonderful, getting to speak our mind as a young person at various intervals and mincing with world renowned scientist was also interesting. One major question that struck our mind was "If PrEP and TasP are going to become realities therefore, implementation must be phased and not before substantial health system strengthening. Can the fact that treatment is now prevention achieve what Universal Access could not"? All presentation made at this meeting are available on the IAPACs website; http://www.iapac.org/tasp_prep/index.html And a consensus points were reached, which will be featured in a statement to be released at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, USA. Send email to iapac (at) iapac.org with subject "Consensus Statement" to request a copy of the Consensus Statement. Among lessons learnt in this meeting personally was; - Public health and human rights imperatives in a combination prevention strategy - The role of ARVs in prevention; TasP and PrEP - Challenges that research and implementation often face, - Intensifying and scale-up ART for those with CD4

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