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HIV Treatments Update Seminar 2021 (Virtual)

A One Day Seminar on HIV in New Zealand

Streaming Live
on Friday 17^th September 2021

Speaker & Slide Presentations from the 2021 Virtual Seminar

Opening Statements & Karakia

Mark Fisher & Lance Lee

Opening Address

Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall, Associate Minister of Health

Blood Donation Criteria

Dr Peter Saxton, University of Auckland

Sexual Health 101

Dr Rose Forster, Sexual Health 101

eHealth Benefits & Tend.nz

Dr Graham Denyer, Chief Medical Officer & Josh Robb, Head of Product/Technology, Tend Health Ltd

iPrEP

Mark Fisher, Executive Director, Body Positive Inc.

Emerging Health Technologies & Innovation

Jon Herries, Group Manager, Emerging Health Technologies and Innovation, Ministry of Health

Panel Discussion: New Models of Care

With Dr Rose Forster, Dr Graham Denyer, Josh Robb, Jon Herries & Mark Fisher

From Diagnosis to Quality of Life

Dr Sue McAllister, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

HIV Vaccine Futures

Dr Frances Priddy, Clinical Evaluation Director, Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand

NZ HIV Consortium

Prof Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago

Anal Cancer Screening, the time has come

A/Prof Richard Hillman, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Closing Statements

Mark Fisher & Lance Lee

Unfortunately Nursing CME Credits & NZDA CPD Points are not applicable for this format of live stream seminar.

Kindly Supported By:

Sponsors have not had any input into the choice of presenters or the programme content

2021 Objectives

The objectives of the seminar will be:

To provide an overview of HIV/AIDS epidemiology in New Zealand today
To provide an understanding of the current experience of HIV in New Zealand
Insight into international responses to HIV from the US and Australia.
To provide the basic science associated with HIV including transmission and viral reproduction
To provide a brief overview of changing treatment options and complications
To provide an understanding of the issues around and the importance of HAART and resistance
To provide an update on Mental Health and Ageing with HIV
To provide an overview of public health interface with Criminal Law
To provide an overview of HIV services delivered in New Zealand today