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The international community has set ambitious targets to eliminate AIDS by 2030. Ensuring all PLHIV are aware of their status is paramount. Men have had persistently lower testing and treatment coverage; diagnosis of HIV at an advanced stage has remained stable and mortality for men has flat-lined in sub-Saharan Africa. Health systems that fail to reach men leave them disproportionately vulnerable to advanced HIV disease and onward transmission of infections, increases the risk of mortality, and leads to devastating consequences for individuals, families, and communities. Solutions for men require rethinking the current service delivery models, to ensure that men’s needs are at the center.This session highlights lessons from HIV programs overcoming barriers to male uptake, including involving men in designing services that are adapted to serve them across their lifespans. We are looking past 2020 to consider men’s needs for sustainable solutions in HIV testing, prevention and treatment.

18:30
Introduction to the Satellite and Presenters
Karin Hatzold, Population Services International, United States
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18:35
Setting the Scene: Differentiated HIV services options to reach men
Anna Grimsrud, International AIDS Society (IAS), South Africa
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18:45
Engaging men: what we know and how we could do better
Rachel Baggaley, World Health Organization, Switzerland
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18:57
HIV Self-Testing Reaching Partners of antenatal and index HIV-positive patients in Malawi
Moses Kumwende, Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust, Malawi
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19:09
Linkage into HIV prevention services for men: PrEP for men
Saiqa Mullick, Wits Reproductive Health Institute, South Africa
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19:21
HIV self-testing and its potential to increase linkage to VMMC and HIV care among men
Webster Mavhu, CeSHHAR Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
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19:33
Questions and Answers
Karin Hatzold, Population Services International, United States
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19:53
Panel Discussion “Ask the Men” with panelists from community, activists, service providers, Ministry of Health representatives and donor community.
Olawale Olayiwola Ajose, Unitaid, Switzerland
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