UK-CAB meetings are free and limited to 30 people. Meetings are interactive, with questions, discussions and time to network. Meetings are held in London.

Next meeting

UK-CAB 33 - Friday 19 March 2010

African Treatment Issues and Late Diagnosis

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

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

This year BHIVA videoed the London feedback meeting and webcasts are now online with slides. This is an alternative way to prepare fro Fridays CAB meeting.

From BHIVA:
Please go to the BHIVA website for the following downloads:

Videos of the speakers presentations from the London meeting held on Monday 1 March 2010 were recorded and can be viewed at:
http://www.bhiva.org/CROI2010London.aspx

Please use the link below to download the slides
(For BHIVA members only – login required)
http://www.bhiva.org/CROI2010Slides.aspx.

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