Mobilize for action on sexually transmitted infections Session 2: Accelerating innovation: What is new and what is needed for STIs

This session will focus on innovation, identified as a critical accelerator for change to effectively control STIs. It will include a series of speakers discussing new developments in diagnostics, treatment, vaccines, and the use of AI. Following the launch of the WHO Global STI Research Priority Agenda, there will be a panel discussion on critical next steps to advance the global agenda.

This session is the second out of five sessions part of the Mobilize for action on sexually transmitted infections pre-conference. Watch session 1 here, session 3 here, session 4 here and session 5 here.

21 July 2024
English
Chairs
Remco Peters

Remco Peters

World Health Organization

Eric Chow

Eric Chow

IUSTI World Congress

Speakers
Eric Chow

Eric Chow

IUSTI World Congress

Remco Peters

Remco Peters

WHO

Accelerating innovation: What is new and what is needed for STIs

Sami Gottlieb

WHO

Launch of the WHO global STI research agenda
Eric Chow

Eric Chow

IUSTI World Congress

Remco Peters

Remco Peters

WHO

What’s new in STIs? Prevention, diagnostics, and treatment
Barbara Van Der Pol

Barbara Van Der Pol

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Development and implementation of STI POCT, what is in the horizon?
Lori Newman

Lori Newman

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Where are we in new treatment for STIs? Focus on syphilis
Alison Luckey

Alison Luckey

Global Antimicrobic Research & Development Partnership, GARDP

Where are we in new treatment for STIs? Focus on gonorrhoea
Carolyn Deal

Carolyn Deal

U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Are we close to a gonorrhoea vaccine? Where are we with a chlamydial vaccine and with HSV therapeutic vaccines
Chris Jones

Chris Jones

Mann Global Health

Innovating through condoms: Interventions supporting use of one of the earliest multipurpose prevention technologies
Barbara Van Der Pol

Barbara Van Der Pol

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Framing session - Accelerating innovation: Advancing the global agenda for STI innovations
Sanele Ngulube

Sanele Ngulube

Pangaea Zimbabwe

Alison Footman

Alison Footman

AVAC

Angelica Miranda

Angelica Miranda

Ministry of Health of Brazil

Anisa Ghadrshenas

Unitaid

Panel discussion: Challenges and opportunities and key considerations to scale up innovation
Eric Chow

Eric Chow

IUSTI World Congress

Remco Peters

Remco Peters

WHO

Sanele Ngulube

Sanele Ngulube

Pangaea Zimbabwe

Alison Footman

Alison Footman

AVAC

Angelica Miranda

Angelica Miranda

Ministry of Health of Brazil

 Laura Bachmann

Laura Bachmann

US CDC DTSD

Anisa Ghadrshenas

Unitaid

Discussion & audience feedback