CHART-CCAS-CDC 2nd Joint Meeting and 7th CCAS HIV/AIDS Workshop Programme

Sunday 22nd August 2010

Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremonies Prof. Clive Landis: President, CCAS; Edmund Cohen Laboratory for Vascular Research, The University of the West Indies

• 06:30 pm National Anthem
• 06:35 pm Prayer
• 06:40 pm Welcome Brendan Bain: Director, CHART Regional Coordination Unit; Director, Caribbean Health Leadership Institute, The University of the West Indies; Board Member, Trans-Caribbean HIV/AIDS Research Initiative (TCHARI)
• 06:45 pm Welcome Shirley Lee Lecher: Director, Caribbean Regional Office of the Global AIDS Program, CDC, Barbados
  
• 06:55 pm Welcome Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner: Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Government of Barbados
  
• 07:15 pm CCAS Distinguished Lecture Bharat Parekh: Team Leader, Serology/Incidence and Diagnostics Team, International Laboratory Branch, Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA
• 07:45 pm Vote of Thanks Dr. Joy St. John, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Barbados
  
• 08:00 pm Entertainment with snacks and drinks

Monday 23rd August 2010

Special Mini-Symposium - The Impact of HIV on the Immune System, Patients' Lives and Society
Chair: Shirley Lecher

• 08:00 am Innate and Adaptive Immunity Peter Lydyard: Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
• 09:15 am How the Normal Immune Reponse Break Down in HIV/AIDS Peter Lydyard

Coffee break 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Chair: Brendan Bain

• 11:00 am The Natural History and Immune Monitoring of HIV Infection George Janossy: Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
• 11:45 am Case Reports to Illustrate Laboratory Monitoring Peter Lydyard, George Janossy
  

Lunch 12:30 pm – 01:30 pm
Chair: Clive Landis

• 01:30 pm Immunology Q&A Peter Lydyard, George Janossy
• 02:30 pm A Quick Overview of the Principles of Flow Cytometry Frank Mandy: National HIV Immunology Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada

Tea break 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm

Closed Session – CCAS EGM (Caribbean delegates, only)

• Agenda Item 1: Selection of host country for the 8th  CCAS Workshop 2011
• Agenda Item 2: Collaboration with regional partners

Tuesday 24th August 2010

Plenary Session - Short talks: HIV/AIDS Research in the Caribbean
Chair: George Janossy

• 08:30 am The Fourth 'S' – A Study on the Sexual Attitudes and Behaviours of Tourists Whilst on Vacation in Barbados Madge Dalrymple et al: Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Health, Barbados 
• 09:00 am Transactional and Intergenerational Sex (TIGSex) Survey: A Survey in Barbadian Girls Aged 15-19 Nicole Drakes: National HIV/AIDS Commission, Barbados
• 09:30 am Roving Voluntary Counselling and Testing: A Holistic, Mobile Counselling Outreach Approach to VCT in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Jacqueline Shafe: Health Policy Research and Planning Department (HRPP), North West Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
  

Coffee break 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Chair: Akin Abayomi

• 10:30 am Experience with a National Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission Programme (PMTCT) in Barbados, 2004-2008 Anne St John: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
• 11:00 Maintaining care for persons living with HIV and tuberculosis after a major earthquake – Patrice Joseph, GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  
• 11:30 am Measuring CD4+ T cells in HIV Infected Infants and Children Maurice O'Gorman: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA

Lunch: 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm

Plenary Session - Industry Short Talks 
Chair: Maurice O'Gorman

• 01:00 am Instrument choices for CD4 enumeration Frank Mandy: National HIV Immunology Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada
• 01:30 pm BD Biosciences, USA
• 02:00 pm Beckman Coulter, USA
• 02:30 pm Blue Ocean Biomedical, USA

Tea break 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm 

Chair: Francis Mandy

• 03:30 pm Partec, Germany 
• 04:00 pm Point Care Technologies, USA
• 04:30 pm Roche Diagnostics, Caribbean

Wednesday 25th August 2010

Plenary Session: What's New in the Caribbean?
Chair: Valerie Wilson

• 08:30 am Caribbean Country Reports

Coffee break 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Chair: Wendy Kitson-Piggott

• 10:30 am Caribbean Country Reports

Lunch 12:30 pm – 01:30 pm with Posters

Concurrent Session: Workshop 1a – Laboratory Diagnosis 
Chair: Bharat Parekh

• 01:30 pm National HIV Rapid Testing Algorithm Development and Roll-Out of HIV Rapid Testing in the Caribbean Region
  • Experience from Suriname Heidi Tjon Kon Fat
    
  • Experience from Jamaica Floris Gordon
    
  • Experience from Dominica Catherina Jemmott
    
  • Experience from Bahamas Christina Thompson
  • Experience from Trinidad Speaker t.b.a.
  • Experience from Barbados Speaker t.b.a
    

Tea break 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm

Plenary Session: HIV Molecular Testing in the Caribbean Region 
Chair: Andrew Storey

• 03:30 pm Issues and Logistics in the Setting up of a Laboratory Referral System in the Caribbean Region: The case of the Ladymeade Laboratory Support for Viral Load Testing to the OECS Songee Branch: Ladymeade Reference Unit, Barbados
• 04.00 pm Setting up and Running DNA PCR Using Dried Blood Spots in the Caribbean Region to Support Early Infant Diagnosis: The Jamaica Experience Michelle Hamilton: Head, The University of the West Indies Microbiology Analytical Services, Jamaica
• 04.30 pm Strengthening through the Development of Laboratory Information Systems   Christoph Larsen: Director, synaLinQ, Vietnam
  

Concurrent Session: Workshop 1b: Stigma and Discrimination: Effect on Adherence
Small Group Sessions coordinated by CHART

• 01:30 pm Tackling Stigma and Discrimination in the Context of HIV Wendy Sealy, CHART Barbados
  

Tea break 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm 

• 03:30 pm Improving Medication Adherence in HIV Patience Debbie Carrington, National STI/HIV Programme, Jamaica
  

Thursday 26th August 2010

Plenary Session: Fundamentals of Antiretroviral Therapy
Chair: Christoph Larsen 

• 08:30 am Latest Trends in Antiretroviral Therapy Rejean Thomas: Clinique Médicale L'Actuel, Montreal Canada 
• 09:15 am Outcomes of the Development of Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa (DART) Clinical Trial Akin Abayomi: Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa 
• 09:45 am Prevention Approaches to HIV/AIDS Chris Behrens: University of Washington School of Medicine, USA
  

Coffee break 10:30 am – 11:00 am 

Caribbean Regional Partners
Chairs: Bill Conn, Gina Watson 

• 11:00 am The Role of PEPFAR in the Region Bill Conn: PEPFAR Coordinator, Caribbean Regional Framework 
• 11:30 am The Role of the William J. Clinton Foundation in the Region Andrew Storey: Regional Manager, Caribbean Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative 
• 12:00 am The Role of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in the Region Gina Watson: Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO), Eastern Caribbean
  

Lunch 12:30 pm – 01:30 pm 

Concurrent Session: Workshop 2a: Laboratory Quality Strengthening and Networking
Chair: Jasmine Hanley 

• 01.30 pm The CMLF-CCAS Laboratory Referral System Valerie Wilson, Caribbean MedLabs Foundation, Trinidad 
• 02.15 pm Why is Laboratory Accreditation important? Wendy Kitson-Piggott, Caribbean Medlabs Foundation, Trinidad 

Tea break 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Chair: Haidi Tjon-Kon-Fat Bronstein

• 03:30 pm Progress Towards Quality Management System Implementation and Laboratory Accreditation in the Caribbean Region George Alemnji: Laboratory Advisor, CDC, Jamaica  
• 04:00 pm En Route to Accreditation in Caribbean Laboratories Hadyn Rhynd: Barbados National Standards Institutde, Barbados
• 04:30 pm Running an Accredited HIV Laboratory Songee Branch
  

Concurrent Session: Workshop 2b: Working with People Living with HIV 
Chair: Debbie Carrington

• 01:30 pm Emotional Health of Persons with HIV Compared to other Chronic Conditions Winston de la Haye: Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Community Health & Psychiatry, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
• 02:15 pm HIV Morbidity and Mortality in a Test and Treat Strategy Clinic, Tobago Health Promotion Clinic Experience, 2003 to 2010  Raymond Noel, Tobago Health Promotion Clinic, Tobago
  

Tea break 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm  

• 03:30 pm Prevention for Positives with Motivational Interviewing: Small Group Session Facilitated by CHART Sharlene Jarrett: Clinical Psychologist, Ministry of Health, Jamaica
• 04:15 pm Pilot Testing HIV/AIDS Distance Learning Training for Healthcare Providers in Trinidad and Tobago Zulaika Ali, Trinidad & Tobago Health Training Centre, Trinidad
  

Friday 27th August 2010: "Double Trouble" HIV with Tuberculosis and other Opportunistic Infections 

Concurrent Session: Workshop 3a: Clinical Management of TB and Co-infections
Chair: Joy St. John 

• 08:30 am TB Prevention amongst HIV Positive Persons - Implications for the Caribbean Chris Behrens
  
• 09:15 am Maintaining Care for Persons Living with HIV and Tuberculosis after a Major Earthquake Patrice Joseph: GESHIKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  
• 10:00 am Management of HIV Concurrently with Lymphoma and TB Akin Abayomi: Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
  

Concurrent Session: Workshop 3b: TB Laboratory Monitoring
Chair: Victoria Morris 

• 08:30 am Issues in TB Diagnosis and Quality Assurance Kim Alleyne: Public Health Laboratory, Barbados 
• 09:15 am CAREC’s Experience in TB Diagnosis and Quality Assurance Priya Bhagwandin: CAREC, Trinidad 
• 10:00 am Cost Effective TB Diagnosis and Quality Assurance in Resource-Limited Settings Karen Shaw: National Public Health Laboratory, Jamaica
  

Coffee break 10:30 am – 11:00 am 

Concurrent Session: Workshop 3a (cont'd): Clinical Management of TB and Co-infections 
Facilitators: Brendan Brain

• 11:00 am CHART Presentation of Updated Caribbean Guidelines for Prevention, Care and Treatment of TB and TB/HIV 

Concurrent Session: Workshop 3b (cont'd): Laboratory Operation
Chairs: Frank Mandy, Maurice O'Gorman

• 11:00 am – 12:30 pm  Cost-Effective Laboratory Operation Including Hidden Cost Calculation

Lunch 12:30 pm – 01:30 pm 

Plenary Closing Session: HIV Strategic Information – Surveillance and Research
Chair: Irum Zaidi 

• 01:30 pm Update on Strategic Information Activities in the Partnership Framework Countries Karen Hymbaugh: Caribbean Regional Office, CDC, Barbados 
• 01:50 pm The Role of the Laboratory in Case Reporting Sandra Knight: Caribbean Regional Office, CDC, Barbados
• 02:10 pm Barbados Laboratory Experience in Support of Case Reporting Dolores Lewis, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
  
• 02:30 pm Laboratory Techniques to Measure HIV Incidence Bharat Parekh, CDC, Atlanta
  

 Tea break 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm 

Plenary Closing Session: Coping with HIV
Chair: Michelle Hamilton 

• 03.30 pm In Darkest Africa – Some Light Ank Gowans: Beckman Coulter International, South Africa 
• 04:00 pm Role Play / Sketch – Rico’s Story   
• 04:45 pm Closing Remarks Clive Landis