{"id":12362,"date":"2019-03-11T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gwach\/?p=12362"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:44:19","slug":"croi-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2019\/03\/11\/croi-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Global WACh Researchers Share Latest Science at CROI 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Global WACh researchers participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/\">Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)<\/a> held in Seattle from March 5-7, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Our researchers shared their latest findings on testing for HIV, human papillomavirus (HPV), tuberculosis (TB), and on PrEP delivery practices.\u00a0 Continue reading for highlights and a list of accepted posters by Global WACh researchers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Considerations for the \u201cLast Mile of EMTCT&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Monday, March 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On March 4<sup>th<\/sup>, Global WACh and UNICEF, in partnership with WHO, co-convened an off-site technical consultation on key considerations for the \u201clast mile\u201d of programming to end mother to child HIV transmission (EMTCT). \u00a0Over the past decade, bold policies have catalyzed important programmatic leaps to prevent and reduce transmissions from mother to child.\u00a0 As the world nears international targets for EMTCT, progress is slowing, and the broad, one-size-fits-all approaches may no longer be sufficient to optimize programs and reach those in greatest need. \u00a0Informed by the expertise of an outstanding panel of HIV\/AIDS and infectious disease researchers, the consultation focused on a preliminary conceptual framework that considers the in-country realities for programs targeting EMTCT and could direct new interventions and guide program development.<\/p>\n<p><em>Meeting Chairs:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Chewe Luo, MD, PhD (Associate Director, Programme Division, and Chief of the HIV\/AIDS Section of UNICEF)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Grace John-Stewart, MD, PhD (Director of Global WACh; Professor, Global Health, Medicine, Epidemiology, Pediatrics at UW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Panel Speakers:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Gottfried Hirnschall, MD (Director, HIV\/AIDS Department and the Global Hepatitis Programme of WHO)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc (Professor, OB\/GYN at UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Lynne Mofenson, MD (Senior HIV Technical Advisor, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Shaffiq Essajee, MD (Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at New York University and Senior Advisor in HIV of UNICEF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGlobal WACh Posters and Presentations Featured at CROI<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Tuesday, March 5<sup>th<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/self-tests-home-partner-testing-are-acceptable-utilized-among-pregnant-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Self-Tests for At-Home Partner Testing Are Acceptable &amp; Utilized Among Pregnant Women<\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Jillian Pintye,<\/strong> John Kinuthia, Felix Abuna, Nancy M. Ngumbau, Salphine, A. Wattoyi, Mary M. Marwa, <strong>Anjuli D. Wagner, Julia C. Dettinger, Laur\u00e9n G\u00f3mez<\/strong>, Ben O. Odhiambo, Jared Baeten, <strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/male-partner-linkage-clinic-sti-hiv-services-after-couple-education-hiv-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Male Partner Linkage to Clinic STI-HIV Services After Couple Education &amp; HIV Testing\u00a0<\/a><em>Jennifer Mark, <strong>Alison C. Roxby,<\/strong> John Kinuthia, Alfred Osoti, Daisy Krakowiak, Monisha Sharma, Quy Ton, Barbra Richardson, Carey Farquhar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/incidence-hsv-2-and-hiv-cohort-kenyan-adolescent-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incidence of HSV-2 and HIV in a Cohort of Kenyan Adolescent Girls<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Alison C. Roxby<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong><em> Amalia Magaret, Stacy Selke, Murugi Micheni, Lynda M. Oluoch, Tiffany Yuh, Bhavna Chohan, Catherine Kiptinness, Kenneth Ngure, Nelly R. Mugo, Anna Wald<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Wednesday, March 6th<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/hpv-clearance-and-reinfection-2-years-after-randomization-cryotherapy-or-leep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HPV Clearance and Reinfection in 2 Years After Randomization to Cryotherapy or LEEP<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Christine J. McGrath<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em><em> Anthony Cagle, Hugo De Vuyst, Troy Querec, Elizabeth Unger, Sharon A. Greene, Sameh Sakr, Marleen Temmerman, Nelly R. Mugo, Michael H. Chung<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/abstract\/oral-swab-analysis-tb-osa-non-sputum-based-tb-diagnosis-kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oral Swab Analysis (TB-OSA) For Non-Sputum-Based TB Diagnosis in Kenya<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Sylvia LaCourse<\/em><\/strong><em>, Rachel Wood, Evans Seko, Gregory S. Ouma, Barbra A. Richardson, <strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong>, Gerard Cangelosi<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/abstract\/preferences-home-vs-clinic-and-blood-vs-saliva-hiv-retesting-pregnancy\/\">Preferences for Home vs. Clinic and Blood vs. Saliva HIV Retesting in Pregnancy<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Anjuli D. Wagner<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, Jill Neary,<\/em><\/strong><em> David A. Katz, <strong>Grace John-Stewart,<\/strong> Daniel Matemo, John Kinuthia, <strong>Alison L. Drake<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/diagnostic-accuracy-hiv-oral-rapid-tests-vs-blood-based-rapid-tests-among-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diagnostic Accuracy of HIV Oral Rapid Tests vs. Blood-based Rapid Tests Among Children<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Chido Dziva Chikwari<\/em><em>, <strong>Irene Njuguna<\/strong>, Crissi Rainer, Belinda V. Chihota<strong>, Jill Neary, Jennifer Slyker<\/strong>, David A. Katz, Dalton Wamalwa, Laura Oyiengo, Grace McHugh, Ethel Dauya, <strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong>, Rashida Ferrand, <strong>Anjuli D. Wagner<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/assisted-partner-services-among-people-who-inject-drugs-nairobi-kenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assisted Partner Services Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi, Kenya<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Aliza Monroe-Wise, <strong>Brandon Guthrie<\/strong>, Loice Mbogo, Bill Sinkele, David Bukusi, Matthew Dunbar, Paul Macharia, Esther Gitau, Betsy Sambai, Helgar Musyoki, Sarah Masyuko, Joshua T. Herbeck, Carey Farquhar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/cost-prep-delivery-kenyan-antenatal-postnatal-and-family-planning-clinics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cost of PrEP Delivery in Kenyan Antenatal, Postnatal, and Family Planning Clinics<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Allen Roberts,<\/em><em> Ruanne V. Barnabas, Felix Abuna, Harrison Lagat, John Kinuthia, <strong>Jillian Pintye<\/strong>, Aaron Bochner, Jared Baeten, <strong>Grace John-Stewart, Carol Levine<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/challenges-potentially-false-positive-hiv-tests-pregnant-women-prep-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Challenges of Potentially False-Positive HIV Tests in Pregnant Women in the PrEP Era<\/a><strong><em><br \/>\nAnjuli D. Wagner<\/em><\/strong><em>, John Kinuthia,\u00a0<strong>Julia C. Dettinger,<\/strong>\u00a0Nancy M. Ngumbau,\u00a0<strong>Laur\u00e9n G\u00f3mez,<\/strong>\u00a0Salphine A. Wattoyi,\u00a0<strong>Alison L. Drake<\/strong>, Felix Abuna,\u00a0<strong>Jillian Pintye<\/strong>, Ben O. Odhiambo,\u00a0<strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong>, Jared Baeten<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/heterogeneity-hiv-retesting-during-pregnancy-and-postpartum-kenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heterogeneity of HIV Retesting During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Kenya<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Monalisa Penumetsa, Shiza Farid, Daniel Matemo, Barbra A. Richardson, <strong>Grace John-Stewart, <\/strong>John Kinuthia,<strong> Alison L. Drake<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thursday, March 7th<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/concordance-hiv-risk-perception-and-empiric-risk-score-among-pregnant-kenyan-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concordance of HIV Risk Perception and Empiric Risk Score Among Pregnant Kenyan Women<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Laur\u00e9n G\u00f3mez<\/em><\/strong><em>, John Kinuthia, <strong>Julia C. Dettinger, Jillian Pintye, Anjuli D. Wagner,<\/strong> Nancy M. Ngumbau, Ben O. Odhiambo, Mary M. Marwa, Salphine A. Wattoyi, Felix Abuna, Joshua Stern, <strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong>, Jared Baeten<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/persistence-prep-use-african-adolescents-and-young-women-initiating-prep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Persistence with PrEP Use in African Adolescents and Young Women Initiating PrEP<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Kenneth K. Mugwanya<\/em><em>, <strong>Jillian Pintye<\/strong>, John Kinuthia, Harrison Lagat, Felix Abuna, Emily R. Begnel, <strong>Julia C. Dettinger, Grace John-Stewart, <\/strong>Jared Baeten<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/low-uptake-preexposure-prophylaxis-among-kenyan-adolescent-girls-risk-hiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Low uptake of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Kenyan Adolescent Girls at Risk of HIV<\/a> (Oral Presentation)<br \/>\nLynda M. Oluoch, Nelly R. Mugo,\u00a0<strong>Alison C. Roxby<\/strong>, Anna Wald, Stacy Selke,<br \/>\nAmalia Magaret, Kenneth Ngure, Murugi Micheni, Steven Gakuo,\u00a0<strong>Bhavna<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chohan<\/strong>, Catherine Kiptinness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/sessions\/point-care-creatinine-testing-within-programmatic-prep-delivery-setting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Point-of-Care Creatinine Testing Within a Programmatic PrEP Delivery Setting\u00a0<\/a>(Oral Presentation)<br \/>\n<strong><em>Jillian Pintye,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Felix Abuna, John Kinuthia, Harrison Lagat, Kenneth K. Mugwanya,<strong>\u00a0Julia Dettinger, Emily R. Begnel,\u00a0<\/strong>Marline\u00a0Serede, Joseph Sila, Jared Baeten,\u00a0<strong>Grace John-Stewart<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Global WACh researchers participated in the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in Seattle from March 5-7, 2019. Our researchers shared their latest findings on testing for HIV, human papillomavirus (HPV), tuberculosis (TB), and on PrEP delivery practices.\u00a0 Continue reading for highlights and a list of accepted posters by Global WACh&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2019\/03\/11\/croi-2019\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,79,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences","category-hiv","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12362"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18830,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12362\/revisions\/18830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}