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HIV Treatments Update Seminar 2023

A One Day Seminar on HIV
in New Zealand

A One Day Seminar on HIV in New Zealand

Friday 13^th October 2023
The Clinical Education Centre at Auckland Hospital

2023 Speaker Presentation Videos

HIV in Aotearoa NZ: Where have we come from and where are we going?

Dr Sue McAllister, University of Otago

PrEP/PEP Guidelines Update

Dr Rose Forster, Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora

SPOTS Study - Blood Bank Donations

Tony Sriamporn, University of Auckland

Practical strategies for use of Long-Acting ART, HIV in Women, & Harm Reduction

Dr Monica Gandhi, Infectious Disease Physician, UCSF Health, San Francisco

HIRA - Universal Health Record

Sarona Aiono-Iosefa & Manu Sione, Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora

Positive Speakers' Bureau - Kit

Kit Harding, Positive Speakers' Bureau

Online STI Clinic for Youth

Dr Fabian Kong, The University of Melbourne

Positive Speakers' Bureau - Phoenix

Phoenix John Blatchford, Positive Speakers' Bureau

ReWired - One year on

Shaun Hill, NZ Drug Foundation

I'm Healthy

Victor Valenzuela, Body Positive Inc.

Invitations extended to:

Health professionals
Community support groups
People Living with HIV and their supporters

(The seminar is provided free of charge)

2023 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