The 2016 BHIVA Autumn Conference was once again held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the heart of London. The conference was considered extremely successful and received very positive feedback from delegates. As customary the BHIVA Autumn Conference included parallel sessions with the Children's HIV Association (CHIVA). Presentations from these sessions can be downloaded below.
Welcome Address by the Chair of the Children's HIV Association
Dr Amanda Williams
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
CHIVA Parallel Session 1 - Achieving well-being for young people: young people's experiences and clinical responses; remaining engaged with young people who disengage
Ms Amanda Ely
Children's HIV Association
Dr Caroline Foster
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Showing of a CHIVA young people's film
Psychological coping strategies: child and adolescent mental health
Dr Jackie Nicholson
Clinical Psychologist, Manchester
CHIVA Plenary Lecture
HIV gene therapy
Professor Waseem Qasim, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
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CHIVA Parallel Session 2
CHIVA Youth Committee session - Update on Direct Work with Young People
CHIVA Youth Committee session - 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016)
Developments around PrEP
Dr Steve Taylor, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
CHIVA Parallel Session 3
New antiretroviral drugs on the horizon
Mrs Kate Gandhi, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Talking about HIV to a young person with learning difficulties
Mrs Yvonne Vaughan-Gordon, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
AALPHI update
Dr Ali Judd, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London
HIV cure research agenda
Professor Nigel Klein, University College London
Stigma and sexual health: Developing coping strategies; when to worry and when to refer
Ms Claire McCausland, University of Central Lancashire
Close by the Chair of the Children's HIV Association
Dr Amanda Williams
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust