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ICASA 2025 - International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, 3-8 December 2025
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We are proud to present the abstract book from ICASA 2025—the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa—which took place from December 3–8, 2025. The main topics covered were:
Basic Science (Biology & Pathogenesis); Clinical Science, Treatment, and Care; Epidemiology and Prevention Science; Law, Human Rights, Social Science, and Political Science; and Health Systems, Economics, and Implementation Science.
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THAB0302 | YOUTH-LED DIGITAL STORYTELLING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO COMBAT HIV STIGMA AND PROMOTE U=U AWARENESS Tshepo M. Ndhlovu1, Phuthegi Mashigo2, Margaret Mokgothu3, Karabo Sekgale3, Ndumiso Tshuma1 | 1Best Health Solutions, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2Ga Rankuwa YMCA, Ga Rankuwa, South Africa; 3Office of the Premier - Council on AIDS, North West, South Africa
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FRAB0301 | VIRAL LOAD MONITORING AMONG ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV: A CASE OF ADOLESCENT TRIPLE ZERO MODEL JANUARY–DECEMBER 2023, ZIMBABWE Media Matirongo1, Mxolisi Ngwenya1, Alex Ingwani1, Chidzewere Nzou1, Ottilia Makoto1, Wedzerai Chikari1, Silvanos Chigwedere1, Rickie Malab2, V.T.S Chitimbire1, Cham Haddi Jatou2, Chiedza Mupanguuri3, Getrude Ncube3 | 1Zimbabwe Association of Church Related Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe; 2Division of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, Zimbabwe; 3Ministry of Health and Childcare, Harare, Zimbabwe
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FRAC0105 | User Acceptance Testing of Self-Cav: An AI-driven Digital Conversational Agent for Young South Africans Paul Potsane, Ntombifikile Mtshali, Gertrude Mbhalati, Cleopatra Sokhela | Shout-it-now, Centurion, South Africa
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FRAC0205 | Usage du préservatif post-partum: vécu de femmes séropositives en suivi PTME dans un hôpital militaire à Parakou (Bénin) Roger Klikpezo1|2, Lydwina Charelle Maryse Nougbode1, Eugénie Dansou3, Mariano Efio1|2, Mohamed Ladjouan4, Eric Dettin1, Silas Sossouhhounto5, Beaudoin Edaye1, Elisabeth Vikpohouede1 | 1Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées de Parakou-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Parakou, Benin; 2Faculté de Médecine, Université de Parakou, Bénin; 3Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire - Hubert Koutoukou Maga, Cotonou, Bénin; 4Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Départemental de l’Ouémé et du Plateau, Porto-Novo, Bénin; 5Hôpital de Zone de Djidja-Abomey-Agbangnizoun, Djidja, Bénin
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FRAC0202 | Trends in High-risk Sexual Behavior among Young Women Engaged in Transactional Sex and initiated on HIV PrEP in Mukono, Uganda Ezra Musingye1, Grace Mirembe1, Betty Mwesigwa1, Anne Nakirijja1, Fred Magala1, Hannah Kibuuka1, Eniko Akom2|3 | 1Makerere University Walter Reed Program, Uganda; 2U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, USA; 3Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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SUAC0204 | Toxoplasmose cérébrale chez les patients vivants avec le VIH à Casablanca: résultats d’une étude rétrospective à Casablanca, Maroc Kamena Mwana Yile Hassan, Mustapha Sodqi, Latifa Marih, Raissa Bongungu, Fatima Ihbibane, Kamal El Filali Marhoum | Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco, Casablanca, Maroc
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SUAB0303 | TIME TO VIRAL NON-SUPPRESSION AND PREDICTORS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON SECOND-LINE ART TRANSITIONED TO DOLUTEGRAVIR IN KAMPALA, UGANDA Brian Mikka1, Patrick Kazooba1, Gertrude Namale1, Emmanuel Sendaula1, Douglas Tuhumwire1, Shanita Ankunda1, Josephine Kaleebi1, Grace Namayanja2, Peter Sentongo2 | 1Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative, Kampala, Uganda; 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda
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FRAD0403 | The Impact of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act on HIV Service Access and Provision: A Media-Based Analysis Eric Ssegujja | Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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SUAD0209 | THE IMPACT OF HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ON ENDOMETRIAL LINING AND PROGESTERONE LEVEL IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT Airat Bakare1, Afeez Abiade1, Aigbe Ohihoin2 | 1Department of Anatomy, College Of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-araba, Nigeria; 2Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA
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FRAD0402 | THE DELUGE AND THE DEPTHS: CLIMATE DISASTERS FUEL A 90% SURGE IN HIV VULNERABILITY FOR RURAL MANICALAND GIRLS IN ZIMBABWE Tawonga Mugwanyu, Elliard Kupfuma, Kelvin Bepete | Students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team, Zimbabwe
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SUAC0201 | Study on Rate of Sexual Violence and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation among Rape Survivors in selected Hospitals in Plateau State, Nigeria Elizabeth Isah, Plangnan Daniel, Olubunmi Amoo, Stephanie Iyorlaha, Plang Jwanle, Ifeyinwa Onwuatuelo, Jay Osi Samuel, Prosper Okonkwo | 1APIN Public Health Initiatives, Abuja, Nigeria; 2APIN Public Health Initiatives of Nigeria, Jos, Nigeria
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SUAB0408 | STUDY OF THE VIROLOGICAL EFFICACY OF DOLUTEGRAVIR-BASED COMBINATIONS DURING FOLLOW-UP OF HIV- PATIENTS IN ABIDJAN (CÔTE D’IVOIRE) Jean-Jacques Renaud Dechi1, Thomas D’Aquin Toni2, Jean-Louis Philippe N’Din1, Aya Jeanne Armande Ake1, Tossea Stéphane Koui1, Leto Olivier Gogbe2, Saydou Kabore1, Kpadraux Danielle Odegue4, Amedee Junior Wawa2, Armand Yao1, Massara Camara-Cisse3, Kouabla Liliane Siransy2, Henri Chenal2, Bamory Dembele1, Yassongui Mamadou Sekongo1 | 1Entre National de Transfusion Sanguine de Côte d’Ivoire (CNTSCI), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; 2Centre Intégré de Recherches Biocliniques d’Abidjan (CIRBA), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; 3Laboratoire de Biochimie-UFR-Sciences Médicales-UFHB, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; 4Plateforme de biologie moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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THAA0301 | STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE AND LOCALIZED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN LIBERIA Togar Woodor | Take provity out of Liberia, Painesville City, Liberia; Dominic Johnson, Winston Sumo, Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Liberia Team, Monrovia
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SUAB0302 | STRENGTHENING BONDS: THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDY SYSTEM ON VIRAL SUPPRESSION IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH LIVING WITH HIV IN MPILO, ZIMBABWE Primrose Sethule Dube1, Sinatra Nyathi1, Freeman Dube1, Takura Matare2, Douglas Moyo1, Amon Mpofu1, Bernard Madzima1 | 1National AIDS Council of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 2Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
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SUAB0301 | STRATÉGIE DES MÉDIATEURS HOMMES AYANT DES RELATIONS SEXUELLES AVEC D’AUTRES HOMMES POUR ATTEINDRE LE 2-ÈME ET LE 3-ÈME 95 Aboulazziz Soundiata Traore, A. Miarisoa Rajaonarivelo, Adama Kompaore, S.safietou Kindo, Issoufou Tiendrebeogo | Association African Solidarity (AAS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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SUAC0102 | Social Network Strategies enhance HIV Case Identification Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda Benjamin Watyaba1, Bernard Kikaire1|2, Hamza Kalutte2, Rose Naluwuge2, Maria Nanyonjo2, Claire Mukwano2, Flavia Nakanjako2, Victor Musiime1, Lydia Nakiyingi Harriet1, Harriet Mayanja Kizza1 | 1Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; 2Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
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THAE0402 | SHIFTING HIV PROVIDER WORKFLOWS WITH DSD SCALE-UP IN ZAMBIA: RESULTS FROM TIME AND MOTION STUDIES Anushka Reddy Marri1, Linda Sande2, Taurai Makwalu3, Aniset Kamanga3, Prudence Haimbe3, Priscilla Lumano-Mulenga4, Hilda Shakwelele3, Amy Huber2, Sophie Pascoe2, Sydeny Rosen1|2 | 1Department of Global Health, Boston University School Of Public Health, Boston, United States; 2Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences, Johannesburg, South Africa; 3Clinton Health Access Initiative, Zambia; 4Ministry of Health, Zambia
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MOAC0102 | SANTÉ MENTALE DES JEUNES ISSUS DES POPULATIONS VULNÉRABLES EN CÔTE D’IVOIRE: L’EXPÉRIENCE DE L’ONG ESPACE CONFIANCE EN ART-THÉRAPIE Toblegnon Ponde, Kacou Camille Anoma, Linda Zougouri | ONG Espace Confiance, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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THAD0406 | SAFE ONLINE? EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG ADULT KEY POPULATIONS SEEKING HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE Bernard Koomson | University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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SUAD0207 | REIMAGINING HEALTH WORKFORCE STRATEGIES: SHOULD WE INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TO BOOST PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION UPTAKE? WHAT WE LEARNT IN KANO, NIGERIA Husna Baffa, Adakole Okoh, Micheal Sheshi, Usman Bashir, Bethtrand Odume, Mustapha Tukur | Kncv Nigeria, Kano, Nigeria
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THAA0306 | REGULATORY T CELLS IN HIV-1 INFECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR IMMUNE REGULATION AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL Georgia Elna Ambada Ndzengue1, Aubin Nanfack1, Stephanie Sake2, Loveline Ngu3, Abel Lissom4, Jules Tchadji1, Martin Sosso1, François-Xavier Etoa2, Godwin Nchinda1 | 1Chantal Biya International Reference Centre (CIRCB) for Research on HIV and AIDS Prevention and Management, Yaounde, Cameroon; 2Department of Microbiology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon; 3Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon; 4Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon
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THAD0405 | PROMISE, POLICY, AND PRACTICE: HOW SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES RESPOND TO UNITED STATES FUNDING CUTS ON HIV, TUBERCOLOSIS, AND MALARIA Abdulhammed Babatunde1, Oluwakorede Adedeji2, Mutmainat Alabi3, Yusuf Babatunde2, Abdulmumin Ibrahim2 | 1Mybelle Digital Maternal & Child Health Organisation, Ibadan, Nigeria; 2University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; 3University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; 4London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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SUAC0206 | PROGRAMMATIC OUTCOMES OF ENHANCED AHD CARE IN MALAWI: A FOCUS ON CRYPTOCOCCAL AND TUBERCULOSIS CO-INFECTIONS Lucky Makonokaya, Louiser Upile Kalitera, Lloyd Chilikutali, Cathy Golowa, Eddie Matiya, Thulani Maphosa | Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Lilongwe, Malawi
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