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Monitoring recent HIV infections in a population can provide public health officials with a potential signal of gaps in epidemic control and inform HIV prevention, care and treatment programming and public health response. The Tracking with Recency Assays to Control the Epidemic (TRACE) initiative has supported Ministries of Health to implement recent infection surveillance in over 20 countries since 2018. In this satellite session, TRACE country representatives will present case studies of how recent infection surveillance data are being used to strengthen national public health responses to the HIV epidemic. The satellite will feature presentations and a moderated discussion of lessons learned from TRACE-supported countries on the use of recent infection surveillance data to inform prevention, care, and treatment programming and public health response to accelerate and sustain epidemic control, focusing on how they have each harnessed this surveillance tool in their own unique national contexts. The presentation and exchange will be useful to other countries who are implementing or considering introducing recent infection surveillance into their own national plans.

14:45
5 min
Introduction
Monita PATEL, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
14:50
10 min
Integration of recent infection surveillance into national HIV data systems: Uganda Ministry of Health
Emmy MURAMUZI, MOH Uganda, Uganda
15:00
10 min
Using recent infection data for program improvement and optimization: Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Health
Tania Laure TCHISSAMBOU, ICAP at Columbia University, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15:10
10 min
Using Recency Data to Inform Prevention and Testing Programs: Lessons from Eswatini
Suzue SAITO, ICAP at Columbia University, United States
15:20
10 min
Integration of recent infection surveillance into case surveillance in the context of a key population HIV epidemic: Thailand Ministry of Health
Chantapat BRUKESAWAN, BangkokMetropolitanAdministration, Thailand
15:30
40 min
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Jessica JUSTMAN, ICAP at Columbia University, United States
Monita PATEL, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Emmy MURAMUZI, MOH Uganda, Uganda
Chantapat BRUKESAWAN, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Thailand
George RUTHERFORD, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Nellie WADONDA, Centres for Disease Control, Malawi
Buathong SIMANOVONG, Centre for HIV/AIDS and STI, Ministry of Health Lao PDR, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Suzue SAITO, ICAP at Columbia University, United States
Thitisant PALAKAWONG NA AYUTHAYA, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Thailand
Sulani NYIMBILI, Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Zambia
16:10
5 min
Closing remarks
Jessica JUSTMAN, ICAP at Columbia University, United States