2023-10-16 20:45:21
Special webinar to present the operational and technical issues of implementing HIV testing conducted by community stakeholders, with a more specific focus on the issue of human resources and quality assurance in sub-Saharan Africa.
The session takes place in French and English, with simultaneous interpretation.
Organizers
OMS, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programs (HHS)ONUSIDA
Goals
Presentation of WHO and UNAIDS guidance on community-led testing, human resources and quality assurance for community-led HIV testing services Sharing of experiences and lessons learned on issues relating to human resources and quality assurance of HIV testing carried out by community actors in different African countries, by civil society organizations (CSOs) and Ministries of Health Health.
Agenda
October 18, 2023 | 10:00-11:30 UT (12:00-13:30 CEST)
Welcome and moderation
Mach-Hold KOUTON (ONUSIDA)
Context and general orientations of UNAIDS and WHO
The urgency of relying more on community actors to achieve the objectives of eliminating the epidemic by 2030 (UNAIDS)
Pascal EBY, AOC Regional Community Advisor, UNAIDS
Screening carried out by community actors and quality assurance (WHO)
Alaleh Abadpour, OMS (HQ/HHS/TPP)
Roundtable 1: Civil society organizations
The criteria and process for selecting community actors The basic elements and format of training community actors The implication of integrating HIV screening with screening for other diseases in terms of training and monitoring
Followed by a roundtable discussion
Panelists
Jonathan NZUKI, Youth Organization (Kenya) Clarisse MAWIKA, NGO RENOAC (DRC)
Round table 2: National institutions
National systems for accreditation or authorization of associations and community actors National quality assurance systems Institutional arrangements for engaging networks, community organizations and health districts
Followed by a roundtable discussion
Panelists
Ibtissam KHOUDRI, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Control (Morocco) Lenhle Dube, National HIV/AIDS Program (eSwatini)Lubasi Sundano, Ministry of Health (Zambia)
Summary and perspectives
Khadijatou Fatim BA, Civil Society Institute for HIV and Health in WCA
Context
Since 2015, WHO has recommended HIV testing conducted by lay providers as an approach to HIV testing. Thus, these trained and supervised actors can autonomously provide safe and effective HIV testing services using rapid diagnostic tests (WHO 2015). However, in many African countries, the adoption and deployment of demedicalized screening is not yet effective and still faces significant obstacles.
This is why UNAIDS and the WHO decided to organize a series of webinars on the theme of screening carried out by community stakeholders in African countries. The first webinar (June 7, 2023), co-organized with Coalition Plus, aimed to present the essential and general points around this theme, in order to strengthen advocacy for its adoption by countries.
This second webinar (October 18, 2023) will address more technical and operational considerations in order to help countries (public and community actors) in the implementation of this approach. It will focus more specifically on the issue of human resources and quality assurance. How to select community providers to provide testing services? What training should we offer them and what accreditation systems can be put in place by countries? What types of status, regulations and remuneration should be adopted by countries to allow a fair valuation of these actors and minimize the turn over? What monitoring and quality assurance systems can be developed to ensure quality screening services? These are the questions that this webinar aims to answer.
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