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Expansion of self-care options like the recent approval of the first HCV self-test gives us hope on #WorldHepatitisDay. Empowering people to test where they feel safe is aligned with this year's theme: It's time for action 💪🏽 We are excited to see the lineup of self-tests expand along with easier access to treatment via channels like the private sector. Learn more about Hepatitis and efforts underway to accelerate the fight, in an upcoming webinar hosted by the World Health Organization (info below).

And that’s a wrap of International AIDS Society 2024 💪 What an incredibly informative week with so many thought-provoking sessions! There is a lot of innovative thinking in how we approach the fight against HIV, and it was a privilege to hear from renowned world experts and community voices on how we can unite the HIV response. Here are just a few of our overall key takeouts: 💉 Lenacapavir - one of the most exciting announcements at the conference. LEN promises long-acting prevention options to reduce burden and increase adherence. 🏠 Differentiated service delivery through private sector – made possible with telehealth and pharmacies that offer choice and access to testing and prevention. 👏🏽Nothing about us without us"- this remains an imperative call to action. Including communities in the design phase of interventions is the only way to ensure needs are met. 📲Digital tools offer real-time visibility and accessible connection to care - Clients, clinicians, and stakeholders benefit from information, education, and upskilling provided by tools designed for the last mile of care. Further to this, the AI hype was real, and rightly so! With so many exciting things happening in this space, we were thrilled to be a part of presenting and demonstrating real-world, evidence-based case studies of AI’s IMPACT in the HIV response. 💡 Some of the key AI takeaways: 🤖 We unveiled our self-care from anywhere multimodal AI toolkit and are extremely humbled to report that it was very well received and a welcome innovation to help accelerate access to equitable care. 🤖 AI can serve as a critical quality assurance tool to increase trust and confidence in private sector differentiated delivery models. It can provide support to supervisors and essential oversight on these channels to ministries. 🤖 There was a lot of excitement and interest around RESPONSIBLE AI at the conference to onboard key populations on HIV prevention and support them in their care journey. Congratulations to all of our partners for the incredible impact and progress! And to the Audere team who couldn't join us here in Munich whose diligent focus on robust, quality AI to augment HIV implementations has given us another reason to be optimistic about our ability to end this epidemic. #Aids2024 #IAS #AI Dino Rech Rouella Mendonca Sarah Morris Paul Isabelli Doris K MachariaMaaya Sundaram Indlela Project HE2RO Shout-It-Now Jhpiego U.S. Department of State | Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Higher Health SA HIVSA Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. Population Services International Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation World Health Organization USAID The Global Fund Project Last Mile Aurum POP INN The Aurum Institute Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation University of Washington MYDAWA Fred Hutch Maisha Meds Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Frank Beadle de Palomo

Empathy in Artificial Intelligence IS possible! Observing World Self-Care Day at the International AIDS Society conference this week, it was the perfect opportunity to put the spotlight on the self-care from anywhere user journey powered by our HealthPulse AI toolkit. More specifically, its potential in revolutionizing the HIV response in resource-limited settings 🎗️🙌 A tailored differentiated care pathway featuring multimodal artificial intelligence, the HealthPulse AI technology offers a private empathetic lifestyle AI companion that a client can chat with anytime. 🎙️Speaking at a satellite discussion today hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, our AI Product Lead Rouella Mendonca couldn’t have done a better job at breaking down the impact our tried and tested AI has on the HIV self-care journey. 📲 Using WhatsApp, clients can choose the self-care path that’s right for them, whether it’s just needing to chat and ask questions, self-test, or receive post-test counseling. 🎤 To quote fellow panellist Mike Reid “ We want to make sure AI is safe, and that we are prioritizing equity. We are excited to see how AI can help with resource mobilization, address stockouts, and ensure personalized care for people living with HIV - across the care continuum. Within PEPFAR we are interested in building national data ecosystems in which AI can be used, and we are particularly interested in the direct-to-consumer applications mentioned by Rouella. But we must build the rigorous evidence base to support identifying where AI will best help with HIV prevention and treatment.” #Aids2024 #HIV #Munich #endAids U.S. Department of State | Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Alastair van Heerden Benedette Otieno Solange Baptiste Simon Geoffrey Taasi Allan Achesa Maleche Maaya Sundaram Yogan Pillay Zameer Brey Indlela Behavioural Insights

It was an honor to share the stage yesterday at the International AIDS Society with these esteemed panelists and colleagues! What a captivating discussion about using behavioural science to fine-tune self-care and harness AI in the HIV response 💪 spotlighting the Indlela Project HE2RO Behavioural Hub (B-Hub). Some key takeaways and highlights: 🎗️Ingrid Katz: Behavioural science puts people first. We need to understand what is driving underlying challenges. For example, why are people moving in and out of care? We say things like "these people failed to return," but we need to flip that language. We have failed people. It’s up to us to uncover the barriers. There is a need for rapid implementation science, and a model like the Indlela B-Hub is a great example of this. 🎗️Alison Buttenheim: We are running a trial to test psychological inoculation theory, where we provide a watered-down version of misinformation, neutralize the messaging, and build immunity for misinformation when it's encountered in the wild. Testing with the B-Hub ahead of broader field testing will allow honing and refining the messaging ahead of time. 🎗️ Dino Rech: With AI being used to simulate high-quality conversations around HIV and PrEP, we are able to save time, ensure quality, and provide supportive collaboration. Quality conversations in healthcare are already the biggest part of the healthcare journey, and it takes time, which is a valuable commodity in the healthcare space. Coupling AI with behavioural science can change the game completely! 🎗️Candice M Chetty-Makkan: Indlela behavioural hub (B-Hub) has a major advantage in that it scales rapid testing to meet the urgent needs of global health. The project we co-designed in partnership with Audere called ‘Your Choice’ to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and usability of an LLM-driven HIV vulnerability conversion leveraged the hub. And in less than 3 months we designed, developed, and tested the app with 130 clients, and 30 providers to gather rapid feedback. 🎗️Maaya Sundaram : Behavioural science is critical to the work that we are doing. We’re not doing it just to do it, we are doing it here in the HIV space to enable goals around health and equity for people and to reach scale. Read more about the Indlela B-Hub here: https://bit.ly/ubdmei Indlela Behavioural Insights U.S. Department of State | Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Indlela Project HE2RO Sophie Pascoe Lawrence Long

Day three at International AIDS Society: Fascinating discussion on the intersection between behavioural science and using AI to fine-tune self- care, and combat misinformation in the HIV response. “What’s been really interesting and exciting to see is the role of AI in providing transparency and being able to quality control conversations. The question I often put to implementers is ‘how much do we know about the quality of conversations that are taking place with users?’ The answer is very little!” Our CEO Dino Rech presented the findings of a study Audere conducted in South Africa, in partnership with Indlela Project HE2RO and CHAPS - Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention Studies. He highlighted how through the “Your Choice” app, HIV vulnerability assessment is conducted via an empathetic, client-led, non-stigmatising chat. Take a listen to this clip below where Dino explains the behavioural insights discovered, specifically in relation to the conversation aspect. He outlines an example using Audere's HealthPulse AI toolkit which can be tailored for specific population needs, and local contextual awareness. Key learnings, co-design, and rapid iteration of more effective interventions are made possible through our partnership with Indlela Project HE2RO – in leveraging their Behavioural Hub (B-Hub), which draws on community voices to better understand behaviour. Read more here: https://bit.ly/ubdmei #Aids2024 #AI Sophie Pascoe, Ingrid Katz, Candice M Chetty-Makkan, Maaya Sundaram Alison Buttenheim, Lawrence Long, Sarah Morris, Caroline Govathson, Yogan Pillay, Zameer Brey, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Look forward to seeing you at this AIDS 2024 session on using a behavioural science community panel to fine tune our care, harness AI and combat misinformation in the HIV response

“This AI is ready, it’s been rigorously tested in 11 countries, it is cost-effective because it’s been built by a nonprofit, and it is ready to scale! “ 💪 Our AI Product Lead Rouella Mendonca speaking at the International AIDS Society conference yesterday 🎗️ She emphasized the role of AI in ensuring better governance to ensure trust and confidence in the private sector and highlighted the potential of the MYDAWA app, powered by HealthPulse. “Audere’s HealthPulse AI technology uses computer vision to capture, interpret, and link test results – enabling clinicians to feel confident in their prescribing decisions.” A real game-changer in being able to deliver equitable access to care while ensuring quality and efficiency! 🙌 Keep an eye out here for access to our full speaker talks - coming soon! #Aids2024

Day one 🎗️ Our AI Product Lead Rouella Mendonca participated in a fascinating discussion at the International AIDS Society that shared results from multiple private sector pathways to scale PEP & PrEP, quality assured by our AI, in brick-and mortar online pharmacies. Over the last five years, studies have been conducted in Kenya to generate evidence around these models, and today’s satellite presented findings from pilot projects, policy and regulation considerations, and operational lessons. Here were some of the key takeaways:  🎗️ Dr. Stephanie Roche Fred Hutch Cancer Center: pharmacy PrEP offers an accessible, convenient channel for PrEP access; pilot data suggests this model is feasible, in demand, and reaches PrEP-naive populations. 🎗️ Patricia Ongwen Jhpiego: Originally, training in Kenya to provide HIV testing and PrEP dispensing would have been a 3-week process (away from the business). Jhpiego introduced 3 online courses 3 in-person days to make the training accessible to more pharmacists and increase access to services. 🎗️ Tabitha Kareithi, Partners in Health Kenya: reach of the telePrEP model is different from those seeking services from the public health sector -  these are new PrEP users. 🎗️ Rouella Mendonca:  AI can play a critical role in ensuring better governance and instill trust and confidence in the private sector. Audere’s HealthPulse AI technology has been piloted in 11 countries (including Kenya),  it is affordable and has proven effective in delivering equitable access to care while ensuring quality and efficiency. 🎗️Patricia Ongwen: previously PEP/PrEP was only available at HIV clinics, adding stigma to seeking it. Moving to a pharmacy model removes this barrier. 🎗️Davina Canagasabey, PATH: shared technical considerations for online pharmacy PrEP and PEP delivery  - See PDF online pages 17 - 19 for the impact of AI (https://lnkd.in/dv6Q9JR5) ( print pages 9 -11) Elizabeth M. Irungu Katrina Ortblad Rose Wafula national aids sti control programme nascp Ministry of Health, Kenya Chase Mertz, Yogan Pillay, Dr Samira Abdulrashid, MYDAWA, Maisha Meds, Daniel Were, Kelly Curran

BIG NEWS 🥳 A case study on the first TelePrEP program in Kenya, powered by HealthPulse has been featured in the World Health Organization's consolidated guidelines on differentiated HIV testing service (HTS) 🙌 The case study demonstrates leveraging AI for quality-assured self-testing to dispense PrEP. Not only is this an honor, but it’s a remarkable step forward in highlighting the viability of virtual HTS and destigmatized care when it comes to access to PrEP/ PEP 🎗️ If you read the full guidelines on the WHO website, our TelePrEP program features in Web Annex H. Alternatively, you can link directly to the PDF where you’ll find us on document pages 9 & 10 📃 https://lnkd.in/dctjk5Vd 🙏 Supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and our partners MYDAWA, Jhpiego, Fred Hutch, and the University of Washington! Check it out and connect with us to bring AI-automated quality assurance to your differentiated delivery program!    ##Aids2024 #HIV #selfcare International AIDS Society Purvi Shah Cheryl Johnson Alain Labrique Daniel Were Rouella Mendonca Sarah Morris Dino Rech Paul Isabelli David Hattery Ahmed Ibrahim Yogan Pillay, Maaya Sundaram Nicole Young Michael Marucheck Sam Smedinghoff Hana Lee

Our HealthPulse AI technology was highlighted this morning at the International AIDS Society by Karin Hatzold, MD, MPH - Project Director of the Self-Testing Africa (STAR) Project 🙌 Karin showcased Population Services International's digital self-testing support tool (powered by HealthPulse AI) in her presentation, which discussed the added value of digital tools and AI in self-testing 🎗️ #Aids2024 #healthtech #AI