CROI 2017 Program and Information

Program and Agenda

Symposium S-6 THE FIRST AGE: INFANTS ON THE WORLD STAGE Room 606-609 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Target Audience: This session is directed to clinicians and scientists who are interested in understanding the impact of HIV and ART on newborns and infants Level of Knowledge: It is assumed that the participants are familiar with the basic concepts of HIV acquisition, prevention, and treatment in infants and newborns Objectives: At the completion of the session, participants will be able to: • Describe the impact of HIV and ART on pregnancy outcomes among women with HIV infection • Discuss the short- and long-term outcomes of ART-exposure in uninfected infants and children born to women with HIV • Review approaches to early diagnosis of HIV in newborns and infants • Describe experiences with, and outcomes of, early ART in HIV infected infants Conveners Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi , Univ of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Thanyawee Puthanakit , Chulalongkorn Univ, Bangkok, Thailand 100 MTCT: EVOLVING EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES Roger L. Shapiro , Harvard Schl of Pub Hlth, Boston, MA, USA 4:00

101 THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INFANT DIAGNOSIS Martina Penazzato , WHO, Geneva, Switzerland 4:30

102 THE HIV-EXPOSED AND UNINFECTED CHILD: WHAT’S TOWORRY? 5:00

Claire Thorne , Univ College London, London, United Kingdom

103 THE TREATMENT OF NEWBORNS AND INFANTS LIVINGWITHHIV 5:30

Elizabeth Maleche Obimbo , Univ of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Oral Sessions • Wednesday

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