Differentiated strategies to support sustained engagement and re-engagement in HIV services in eastern and southern Africa

This session builds on the concept of a cyclical HIV treatment cascade, encompassing the cycle of engaging, disengaging and re-engaging in HIV care, starting from the initial positive HIV test result. Achieving quality of life and positive health outcomes, including sustained viral suppression for people living with HIV, requires health services that are responsive to their evolving needs and expectations. Organized collaboratively by IAS - the International AIDS Society - and the World Health Organization, this session aims to enhance the understanding of the factors contributing to disengagement from HIV treatment services in eastern and southern Africa. Additionally, it seeks to explore the potential of differentiated service delivery (DSD) strategies in preventing disengagement and facilitating sustained re-engagement in HIV treatment services in the region. The primary audience includes implementers and programmers, ministry of health officials, advocates/civil society, researchers and funders.