Session sponsors: Washington University St. Louis (WUSTL), John Hopkins University (JHU), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), NIH (National Institutes of Health). Session synopsis: Session synopsis: The effectiveness of HIV implementation strategies is often context-dependent and reconciling the desire to produce generalizable knowledge in the face of these contextual interventions is a central challenge for implementation science. The session brings together a diverse team of researchers, implementers, policy makers and funders, and leverages lessons learned during the WHO 2020 HIV service delivery guideline development process, as well as NIH priorities for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US to explore approaches for improving translation of evidence across contexts in the global north and south. Presentations will highlight how translation of strategies and methods across settings can advance the HIV/AIDS response through the use of novel methods, accurate reporting of implementation strategy characteristics and consideration of mechanisms of action. Speakers will also present examples of the application of implementation strategies across contexts, including strategies from LMIC's (e.g., measuring and exploring heterogeneity of implementation in Zambia) and the US (e.g., modelling to inform optimum strategies for diverse US contexts).

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