4th
South African HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Monitoring Workshop,
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Please visit our webpage of the 2010 workshop, the 5th South African HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Monitoring Workshop, 27 to 29 Oct. 2010, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
On behalf of the research group for the Free State Initiative on
Resistance, Surveillance, and Treatment (FIRST) Study, a research
project funded by European Union and the International Development
Research Center (IDRC) and the University of the Western Cape
CDC/PEPFAR program are pleased to invited you to participate in the 4th
South African HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Monitoring Workshop at
the Univerisity of the Free State Medical School, Bloemfontein, South
Africa from 29 to 30 October 2009.
Workshop dates: 29 to 30* October 2009.
Download: Report of the workshop and acknowledgements.
Program and Presentation handouts (6 slides per page
in PDF format)
Click on the title of the
presentations to download it.
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Day One
- Thursday, 29 October 2009 Basic Sciences/Lab issues
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Start
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Topic
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Presenter
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8:00:00
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Registration
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9:10:00
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Opening
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Prof Gert
van Zyl, Dean Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State
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Session 1: Towards low cost testing in
South Africa
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Chair:
Dr Cloete van Vuuren
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9:30:00
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Keynote: Mechanism
of HIV Drug Resistance
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Prof Amilcar
Tanuri, UFRJ/Columbia
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10:00:00
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Keynote: Affordable
Resistance Testing Approaches
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Prof Wendy
Stevens, WITS
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10:30:00
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Free
State Initiative on Resistance, Surveillance and Treatment (FIRST)
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Dr Chris
Seebregts, MRC/UKZN/PGAF
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10:40:00
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Break
(Tea/Coffee)
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Session 2: Resistance Genotyping
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Chair:
Dr Michelle Gordon
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11:00:00
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Case
Examples: Resistance interpretation
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Dr Richard
Lessells, Africa Centre
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11:20:00
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HIV Drug
Resistance Databases (RegaDB and Stanford)
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Dr Tulio de
Oliveira, Africa Centre
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12:00:00
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The
TruGene resistance genotyping system
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Dr Bertus
Cruywagen, Siemens
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12:30:00
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Lunch
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Session 3: Strategies for affordable
resistance testing for the public sector in South Africa
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Chair:
Prof Wendy Stevens
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14:00:00
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Results
of Free State genotyping
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Dr Dominique
Goedhals, UFS/NHLS
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14:20:00
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Developing
a low cost screening assay (OLA)
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Mr Glenn
Malherbe, UP
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14:40:00
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Panel
Discussion: Developing low cost assays
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Panel
Discussion
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15:10:00
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Break
(Tea/Coffee)
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Session 4: Resistance Interpretation
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Chair:
Prof. Amilcar Tanuri
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15:45:00
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Case
Presentation: Complicated case interpretation. Case
1, Case
2, Case
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Dr Cloete van
Vuuren, UFS and Dr Theresa
Rossouw, UP
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16:15:00
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Genotyping
Tools for Resistance Interpretation (ANRS, HIVDB, REGA algorithm) and
online tools
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Dr Michelle
Gordon, UKZN
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17:00:00
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Feedback
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Day Two
- Friday, 30 October 2009 Clinical Issues and Country Responses
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Start
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End
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Topic
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Presenter
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8:00:00
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8:45:00
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Registration
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8:45:00
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9:00:00
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Welcome
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Prof
Mollentze, UFS
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9:00:00
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9:10:00
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Summary of
Day One
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Dr Cloete van
Vuuren, UFS
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Session 5: Plenary
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Dr Jeff
Klausner
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9:10:00
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9:40:00
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PEPFAR-Moving
forward
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Prof Jeff
Klausner, CDC/PEPFAR
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9:40:00
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10:10:00
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Keynote: HIV-1
Drug Resistance in non-B subtypes
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Prof Amilcar
Tanuri, UFRJ/Columbia
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10:40:00 |
Keynote: From data to Patient Care |
Prof Ian Sanne, Wits
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10:40:00
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11:10:00
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Break
(Tea/Coffee)
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Session 6: Clinical Case Presentations
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Chair:
Prof Amilcar Tanuri
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11:10:00
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12:00:00
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Case
Presentation: No
Resistance (Adherence)
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Presenter:
Dr Cloete van Vuuren and Panel Discussion
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12:00:00
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12:45:00
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Case
Presentation: Using
ARV resistance testing to manage paediatric patients
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Presenter:
Dr Gert van Zyl and Panel Discussion
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12:45:00
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13:00:00
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Discussion
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13:00:00
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14:00:00
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Lunch
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Session 7: Country Experiences
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Chair:
Dr Gert van Zyl
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14:00:00
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14:20:00
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Treatment
failure management in Botswana
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Dr Diana
Dickenson
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14:20:00
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14:50:00
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Decentralized
rural treatment program at Africa Centre
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Dr Richard
Lessells
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14:50:00
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15:00:00
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Discussion
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15:00:00
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15:30:00
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Break
(Tea/Coffee)
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Session 8: Clinical case Presentations
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Chair:
Dr Dewald Steyn
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15:30:00
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16:15:00
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Case
Presentation: Multiple
Resistance
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Presenter:
Dr Theresa Rossouw and Panel Discussion
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16:15:00
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16:30:00
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Closing
Remarks
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Dr Cloete van
Vuuren
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17:00:00
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Close
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