27 June 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland)– Today, the International AIDS Society (IAS) announced the late-breakers and special sessions, featuring highly anticipated research results on the year’s most pressing topics, that will headline the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019). Browse the highlights below or visit the online programme to see what to expect at IAS 2019 in Mexico City this July.
Late-breaker highlights
- New data on the possible risk of birth defects with dolutegravir (DTG)–based HIV treatment during pregnancy from Botswana and Brazil
- Results of the first-ever human trial of a new PrEP implant
- A study of same-day PrEP initiation for men who have sex with men in Brazil, Mexico and Peru
- New insights from the DISCOVER trial comparing F/TAF and F/TDF as PrEP
- Analyses of the need for integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health care from the recently completed ECHO trial, examining HIV and STI incidence, PrEP use, and contraceptive effectiveness among young women at high risk
- Results of the Phase 2a ASCENT study of mosaic-based vaccines
- Latest data on effectiveness of two-drug DTG/3TC regimens for HIV treatment
- ADVANCE study results on the use of DTG- and TAF-based treatment regimens in sub-Saharan Africa
- New efficacy data on the novel drug MK-8591 for HIV treatment
Special sessions
Monday, 22 July
Challenges ahead: Applying lessons and making inroads
Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health, United States
Nora Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States
Patricia Volkow, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico
Tuesday, 23 July
Data leading the way: Designing responses based on the numbers
Deborah Birx, US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, United States
Osamu Kunii, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland
Sabin Nsanzimana, National HIV Programme, Rwanda
Navindra Persaud, LINKAGES, United States
Wednesday, 24 July
Comprehensive HIV response in humanitarian action
Giovanni Bassi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Panama
Carolina Jimenez Sandoval, Amnesty International, Mexico
Shannon Hader, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Switzerland
Media contact
Mandy Sugrue
Communications Director
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