Professor Sinead Delany-Moretlwe – Roll-out of new HIV prevention technologies

Event date
Tuesday 12th July 2022
Event time
1:00 PM
Event address
Online event

Location:

Online event
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Cost

Free

Contact for enquiries 

Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or info@kirby.unsw.edu.au

 

A spotlight on Global Health: Learn about research and programs aimed at improving health outcomes in areas of need through collaborations in low- and middle-income countries.

Abstract

This seminar will provide an update on progress to introduce the dapivirine vaginal ring and injectable cabotegravir into PrEP programmes, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa and other low- and middle-income country settings.

 

Professor Sinead Delany-Moretlwe  

Professor Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
Director: Research, Wits RHI, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, MBBCh PhD DTM&H is a Research Professor and Director: Research, Wits RHI at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Her research interests span the intersections between sexual and reproductive health and infectious diseases, particularly in adolescent girls and young women. She has worked on several phase III trials of new HIV prevention technologies, including oral, topical and most recently long-acting injectable PrEP.

 

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