STI International Exchange (STIIX) Conference, London 26th & 27th October 2022
26th October 2022
09:00 The evolving landscape of sexual health services in the UK
Dr Vanessa Apea, Consultant in Genito-urinary & HIV Medicine, UK
09:45 Accessing underserved populations with remote STI testing.
Dr John White, Medical Director, Preventx, UK.
10:30 - 11.00 Coffee and Networking
11:00 - 11.45 US experience with online STI testing services.
Barbara Van der Pol, Laboratory Director, University of Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
11:45 - 12:30 Panel Discussion. Barriers to remote testing and how to overcome.
Jen Hecht, USA; Delphine Rahib, France; Javier Gomez, Spain; Heather Pedersen, Canada.
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.00 Sexual Health London. A hybrid healthcare solution for sexual health.
Dr Sara Day, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
14:00 – 14.45 Targeting queer men of colour and queer migrants, the role of online testing.
Will Nutland, Prepster, UK.
14.45 – 15:30 Panel Discussion. Approaches to Monkeypox testing, treatment, and vaccination by country.
Barbara Van der Pol, USA, Hanna Bos, Netherlands, Anja Potthoff, Germany, Irith De Baetselier, Belgium. Moderator: Dr Vanessa Apea.
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee and Networking
15:45 – 16:20 Results of study characterising STI clinics in Spain.
Javier Gomez, Ministry of Health, Spain.
16.20 – 17.00 Engaging gender minorities into remote STI care in British Columbia.
Heather Pedersen, Get Checked Online Programme Manager, British Columbia Center for Disease Control, Canada.
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18.00 Drinks Reception & Conference dinner
27th October 2022
09:00 Keynote: Remote STI testing - the user experience.
Harun Tulunay, UK/Turkey
09:45 Presenting a new blood collection device for remote testing.
Irith De Baetselier, Fien Vanroye, Corrine Herrigers, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
10:30 – 11.00 Coffee and Networking
11:00 – 11:45 Panel Discussion. Anti-microbial resistance: Benefits and harms of screening.
Barbara Van der Pol, USA, Irith De Baetselier, Belgium, Anja Potthoff, Germany, John White, UK.
11:45 – 12:30 Partnering with dating apps to support STI testing.
Jen Hecht, Building Healthy Online Communities, San Francisco, USA.
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13.15 – 13:45 HIV home testing in Scotland, the stories so far.
Alistair Hudson, HIV Scotland.
13.45 – 14:15 Czech AIDS Help Society and its role in STI testing
Dr. Marek Trčka, AIDS Pomoc (Czech AIDS Society), Czech Republic.
14:15 – 15:00 Innovations in HIV self-testing in Canada: The first 16 months of the ‘I’m ready national HIV self-testing programme’ for reaching the undiagnosed and linking them to care.
Rick Galli and Sean Rourke, Unity Health Toronto, Canada.
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee and Networking
15:30 – 16:15 Remote testing in France: Situation and perspective.
Delphine Rahib, Santé Publique, Paris, France, (French Public Health Agency).
16:15 – 17:00 Spain – TESTATE: Online offer of self-sampling kits for the detection of HIV,
Hepatitis C and STIs, including Monkeypox.
Cristina Agusti, Centre of Epidemiology on HIV and STI, Badalona, Spain.
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