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UK-CAB 33 - Friday 19 March 2010

African Treatment Issues and Late Diagnosis

At the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, 222 Euston Road, London, NW1

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• Hotel Details
• Expenses
• Draft Programme
• Background Reading

Draft Programme

09:30 - 10:00
Registration, refreshments and expenses

10:00 - 10:05
Welcome and UKCAB Updates

10:05 - 11:00
Session One - African Treatment Issues and Late Diagnosis

• Clinical Issues Dr Ade Fakoya, HIV Consultant
• HPA Late Diagnosis data (speaker TBC)

11:00 - 11:15
Break

11:15 - 12:15
Session Two - Issues for African sub-groups

• Men - Jabulani Chwaula, AHPN, NAHIP
• MSM - Bisi Alimi, NAZ project
• Women - Silvia Petretti Positively Women
• Young People - Munya Mudarikiri

12:15 - 12:30
Pre-Meeting for Gilead, Brian West

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:00
Community meeting update from Gilead, Q & A

15.00 - 15.15
Break

15:15 - 15:45
CROI Feedback

15:45 - 16:00
UKCAB AOB

16.00
Close

Background Reading

Race Troubles: Why Do African-Americans With HIV Fare Worse?
http://www.thebody.com/content/art54912.html?ts=pf

Efavirenz-related studies: genetics, smoking and TDM
http://www.i-base.info/htb/v10/htb10-7-8/Efavirenz.html

HPA 2009 HIV report in the UK:
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1259151891866?p=1249920575999

Gilead's HIV Pill Works in Mid-Stage Study
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10656647/gileads-hiv-pill-works-in-mid-stage-study.html

42% of Africans with HIV in UK are diagnosed late
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1225789252997?p=1204186170287

HIV prevention for UK Africans should prioritise work with men
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/4D3D19A7-1502-4C3F-8190-B5B1ECDD03C8.asp?type=preview

UK Africans 'need more HIV help'
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7535685.stm

New criteria proposed for late HIV diagnosis
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/2B74706E-0ED7-4C3D-9F52-55043CBEBB92.asp?type=preview