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Appendix 4: National HIV Self-testing Dialogue agenda

Agenda

National HIV Self-testing Dialogue 

November 22 and 23, 2023

Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites

Dundas room

The dialogue will take place in both French and English. To encourage participants to speak and feel understood in the language of their choice, we strongly encourage participants who are not fluent in both languages to obtain simultaneous interpretation headsets before the sessions begin each day and prepare to use them as needed.

 

DAY ONE

TimingSession Topic  
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Registration & Breakfast

Join us any time after 8:00 am.

  
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Kick Off

  • Elder Naulaq to open
  • Christie Johnston, CATIE (5 minutes)
  • Tagenine Alladin, Public Health Agency of Canada (5 minutes) 
  
10:00 am - 10:15 amBreak  
10:15 am - 11:45 amSituating HIV Self-testing Within the Broader Testing Landscape  
11:45 am - 12:45 pmLunch Break  
12:45 pm - 1:45 pmOrganizational Readiness  
1:45 pm - 2:30 pmCommunity Readiness  
2:30 pm - 2:45 pmBreak  
2:45 pm - 4:35 pmPromotion and Distribution Methods  
4:35 pm - 5:00 pmClosing  
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Reception at Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites

 

  

 

DAY TWO

TimingSession Topic 
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

Join us any time after 8:00 am.

 
9:00 am - 9:30 am

Kick Off

  • Semhar Zerat, Public Health Agency of Canada (5 minutes) 
 
9:30 am - 11:30 amConversations Surrounding Self-tests: Supports, Information Requirements, and Pre and Post-Test Conversations
Break will take place, mid-session, around 10:00 am.		 
11:30 am - 12:30 pmLunch Break 
12:30 pm - 2:15 pmPathways to Care: Confirmatory Testing, Prevention, and Support Services 
2:15 pm - 2:30 pmBreak 
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmPractice-based Guide Development: Discussion 
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmClosing