Summary

Researchers and clinicians continue to call for action on acute HIV testing to halt onward transmission, improve HIV patient outcomes, and increase the economic efficiency of the HIV program. 

Watch our expect faculty discuss a holistic, evidence-based approach to ending HIV by 2030 through stronger prevention, detection, and treatment of both acute and chronic HIV.

Our panel of experts examines the urgency in acute HIV detection and shares their experiences with an innovative fourth-generation rapid HIV screening test that offers new possibilities in HIV testing through case-finding of highly infectious, acute individuals.

Learning Objectives

• Define acute HIV infection (AHI) and the increased transmission rate of acute HIV infection
• Share the real-world experience of identifying AHI in different P24 prevalence populations with a 4th generation point-of-care test
• Discuss better patient outcomes through early detection, treatment, and utilization of preventive programs

Eduard Sanders, MD, MPH, PhD
Senior HIV Prevention Scientist,
Aurum Institute
Johannesburg, South Africa

Michael Meulbroek
Chair and Co-Founder of NGO Projecte dels NOMS-Hispanosida
Barcelona, Spain

Micah Matiang'i, PhD
Director of Online Blended Learning (OBL), Senior Lecturer
Amref International University, School of Medical Sciences
Nairobi, Kenya