The International AIDS Society, through the IAS Educational Fund is organizing a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and HIV to discuss the novel pandemic and its impact on people living with HIV. This session with focus on lessons learned from frontline healthcare workers will count with speaking representatives from Europe, Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Middle East.
Lessons learned from:
• China - Dr Ke Liang, Associate Chief Physician, Infectious Diseases Department, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
• Italy - Dr Cristina Mussini, IAS Governing Council Member and Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Kenya - Dr Catherine Ngugi, Head, Division of National AIDS & STI Control Program, Ministry of Health
• Lebanon - Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and co-Director of the Conflict Medicine Program, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut
• South Africa - Prof Graeme Meintjes, Infectious Diseases Physician, University of Cape Town
• South Africa - Dr Tracy Flowers, Welcome Service Manager, MSF, Khayelitsha
• United Kingdom – Dr Marta Boffito, Consultant Physician and HIV Service Director, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Moderator: Dr Shannon Hader, Assistant Secretary General, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
