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Don’t let the opportunity pass: integrating STI in HIV services [1]

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Date: 2023-09-15  

Services that offer PrEP for HIV infection are a major opportunity and gateway for improved STI management and response. This webinar intends to present the current situation and a stepwise approach for the integration of STIs in PrEP services based on a recently published WHO guidance Integrating STI services.

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Interpretation available in French and Portuguese.

Objectives

present rationale for the integration of STIs in HIV services;

provide current normative status for the provision of STI services for people on HIV PrEP, focusing on African countries;

provide practical guidance to policymakers, programme and facility managers and other health workers to support implementing and improving STI service integration in the context of HIV service provision by using a stepwise approach; and

highlight facilitators, barriers and lessons of integrating STI services integration in different settings and populations in Africa.

Speakers

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[1] Url: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/09/15/default-calendar/don-t-let-the-opportunity-pass-integrating-sti-in-hiv-services

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