18th Chiva annual conference

Oral Abstracts Presented

1. Antiretroviral treatment (ART), immune response and clinical outcomes among children and young people seen for paediatric HIV care in England in 2022-2023

Ms Emily Dema^1,2, Ms Kate Francis¹, Dr Siobhan Crichton³, Prof Ali Judd³, Ms Anna Kafkalias⁴, Prof Claire Thorne¹, Ms Helen Peters¹ 

¹Children’s HIV and AIDS Reporting System, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK, ²Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK, ³MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, UK, ⁴NHS England, London, UK

2. Emerging integrase resistance in the Perinatal Virtual Clinic: the need for protease inhibitors

Caroline Foster¹, Ayolola Eni-Olotu², Angela Bailey³, Alasdair Bamford⁴, Julia Kenny⁵, Leon Levin⁶, Hermione Lyall¹, Tiago Milheiro Silva⁷, Katie Simon⁸, Neil Tickner¹, Anna Turkova⁴, Steven Welch⁹, Nicola E Mackie¹ on behalf of the perinatal virtual clinic (PVC)

¹Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, U.K. ²Imperial College, London, U.K, ³Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Oxford UK, ⁴MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, U.K. ⁵Evalina Children Hospital, London, U.K. ⁶Right to Care, Johannesberg, South Africa, ⁷Hospital Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi, ⁹University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham UK

3. Psychotic disorders in young adults with perinatally acquired HIV: clinical and psychosocial characteristics of a London cohort

Indira Mallik^1*, Krupa Ravi², Graham Frize³, Sara Ayres³, Sarah Fidler^3,4, and Caroline Foster³

¹Barts Health NHS Trust, London, U.K, ²NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK; ³900 Clinic, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, ⁴Imperial College London and Imperial College NIHR BRC, UK

Posters

Please see below the posters submitted to our 2024 annual conference.

1. A Comprehensive Review of PMTCT Strategies: Insights from the Albanian Context

M.Dervishi¹, S.Bino¹, R.Bani¹, Sh.Qyra¹, E.Tomini¹, E.Xhumari²,  D.Tocaj³, M.Bello³, N.Como⁴, A.Harxhi⁴, E.Prifti⁵

¹Institute of Public Health, ² GF Project Implementation Unit, ³ UNFPA ⁴ Departament of Infectious Diseases at MTUH ⁵Ob-Gyn University Hospital, Koco Gliozheni

2. An exploration of the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences in young adults living with Perinatally acquired HIV: A Qualitative Analysis

Bianca de Sa¹, Prof. Michael Evangeli¹, Amanda Ely², Abi Carter², Alistair Teague³ 

¹Royal Holloway University of London, ² Chiva, Bristol, UK, ³Mortimer Market clinic

3. Clinical outcomes of an innovative service to reach a vulnerable population

Henderson M^1,2, Fidler S^1,2, Jadayel H¹, Ayers S³, Frize G³, Lang L⁴, Sidhom D¹, Bockor M¹, Foster C¹

¹Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK ²Imperial College London, ³900 Clinic, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, ⁴Chiva, London, UK.

4. Enhancing quality of life for young people living with HIV: A differentiated care model with holistic support

Amanda Ely¹, Dr Caroline Foster², Sara Ayres², Lisa Lang¹

¹Chiva, ²Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

5. HIV postnatal prophylaxis and infant feeding policies vary across Europe: results of a Penta survey

Georgina Fernandes¹, Elizabeth Chappell², Tessa Goetghebuer³, Christian Kahlert⁴, Santa Ansone⁵, Stefania Bernardi⁶, Guido Castelli Gattinara⁶, Elena Chiappini⁷, Catherine Dollfus⁸, Pierre Frange⁹, Bridget Freyne^{10, 11}, Luisa Galli¹², Vania Giacomet¹³, Galia Grisaru-Soen¹⁴, Christoph Koenigs¹⁵, Hermione Lyall¹⁶, Magdalena Marczynska¹⁷, Mariana Mardarescu¹⁸, Lars Naver¹⁹, Tim Niehues²⁰, Antoni Noguera-Julian²¹, Kim Stol²², Alla Volokha²³, Steven Welch²⁴, Claire Thorne¹, Alasdair Bamford^25,1

¹UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK, ²Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK, ³Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Children’s Hospital of Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Riga East University Hospital, Latvian Centre of Infectious Diseases, Riga, Latvia, ⁶Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy, ⁷Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy, ⁸Hopital Trousseau, Paris, France, ⁹Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases Children’s Health Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ¹¹Women & Children’s Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²University of Florence, Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, ¹³Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, L Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁴Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹⁵University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, ¹⁶Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, ¹⁷Department of Children’s Infectious Diseases Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁸National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Prof. Dr. Matei Bals’ Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁹Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁰Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany, ²¹Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, ²³Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, ²⁴Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, ²⁵Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

6. Lessons from Ireland – Challenges and opportunities in establishing a new national support service for young people living with HIV

Aishling McCormack, Yvon Luky, Vivienne Murtagh, Richard Carson.

ACET (AIDS Care Education & Training) Ireland

7. New referrals to a tertiary paediatric HIV service in 2023: An evolving trend?

Karen N McCarthy, Hermione Lyall, Toyin Popoola, Caroline Foster

Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, UK

8. Prevalence of HIV-related stigma experienced by young adults with HIV: findings from the Positive Voices 2022 survey

Hannah Kitt¹, Carole Kelly¹, Clare Humphreys¹, Alex Sparrowhawk², Meaghan Kall¹, Alison Rodger³, Fiona Lampe³, Janey Sewell³, Veronique Martin¹, Collette Smith³, Fiona Lampe³, Annegret Pelchen-Matthews³, Valerie Delpech⁴, Amal Farah¹, Alison Brown¹, Adamma Aghaizu¹, on behalf of the PV2022 Study Group

¹UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom, ²Terrence Higgins Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom,⁴New South Wales Health, New South Wales, Australia

9. Stigma and Discrimination Against People Living with HIV/AIDS 

Lwanga Vincent, Ssensalire Brian

Elderly Widows Orphans Family Support (EWOFS), Uganda

10. The Barriers and Facilitators Within HIV/STI Testing Interventions for Black African and Black Caribbean Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review

Ritu Khanna¹, Maya Gobin²

¹University of Bristol ²University of Manchester

11. Utilisation of the Perinatal Virtual Clinic for management of virological failure

Eni-Olotu A¹, Bailey A², Bamford A³, Lyall EGH¹, Mackie NE¹, Tickner N¹, Foster C¹

¹Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, ²Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Oxford UK, ³MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, UK