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Teri Roberts Diagnostics Advisor Médecins Sans Frontières , Access Campaign

The UNITAID-funded MSF diagnostics project: Plans to incorporate the new WHO recommendations and how best practices will be shared with, and disseminated by, WHO . Teri Roberts Diagnostics Advisor Médecins Sans Frontières , Access Campaign 7th International AIDS Conference

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Teri Roberts Diagnostics Advisor Médecins Sans Frontières , Access Campaign

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  1. The UNITAID-funded MSF diagnostics project:Plans to incorporate the new WHO recommendations and how best practices will be shared with, and disseminated by, WHO Teri Roberts Diagnostics Advisor MédecinsSans Frontières, Access Campaign 7th International AIDS Conference 2 July2013

  2. MONITORING ‘LAZARUS’ WAS EASY….. …MONITORING 'UNDETECTABLE’ IS MORE CHALLENGING

  3. Virological monitoring detects treatment failure earlier than clinico-immunological monitoring

  4. Viremicpatients can re-suppress following an adherence intervention Bonner K et al. J Acquir Immune DeficSyndr. 2013 Jun 14

  5. The importance of preserving first line, affordable, robust, one-pill-a-day regimens Ref: Untangling the Web of ARV Price Reductions 16th Edition, July 2013

  6. Implementation is done in support of, and in collaboration with, the Ministries of Health and reference laboratories

  7. The UNITAID-funded MSF diagnostics project • Goal: Improved clinical outcomes for PLWHA in resource-constrained settings through models of care for optimal use of PoC CD4, laboratory-based and PoC viral load and EID testing • 3 yearproject– $28.7 million • Eight sites in seven countries – Lesotho, Malawi (2), Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe. • MSF field missions willcompare the feasibility, outcomesand cost-effectivenessof point-of-care testing versus district- or regional-levellaboratory-basedtesting for CD4 and viral load & EID through comparative operationalresearch • MSF Access Campaignwillperformmarket intelligence work and ensurepricetransparencyalong the value chain • Evidence-basedfindingswillbedisseminated and usedto influence policy • Expectedresults on market: helping the marketlaunch of products, increasingcompetition, decreasingpricing, breakingmonopolies

  8. Operational Research Framework 1. Policy and research landscape review 2. Descriptive cohort and cross-sectional studies • Cohort/cascade outcomes, • Prevalence of failure and 2nd line • Prevalence of VL ranges in treated patients, including thresholds • Prevalence of genotypic resistance 3. Impact and costs of VL vs CD4 monitoring strategies 4. Validation and costing of tools and approaches • Improved lab-based options • PoC tools • M-health tools • Adherence support 5. Comparison of different algorithms using validated tools 6. M&E

  9. Plans to incorporate the new WHO recommendations MSF is pleased with, and intends to provide support to implement, the new WHO guidelines by: • Demonstrating HOW to implement the guidelines • Demonstrating the ADDED VALUE of the new guidelines • Supporting QUALITY (scale-up without mess-up) • Working with partners to SUPPORT implementation (e.g. so that Ministries of Health can make informed decisions) and with WHO wherever possible

  10. How best practices will be shared with, and disseminated by, WHO Evidence-based results provided to the WHO wrtPOC CD4 testing will include: • Use of point-of-care CD4 to plug the leaky cascade between test and treat Evidence-based results provided to the WHO wrtroutine viral load monitoring will include: • Feasibility of real-world implementation of tools and best tools for RLS (including the use of dried blood spots and m-health) • Possibilities for decentralisationand task shifting • Benefits of routine VL testing plus adherence support vs targeted VL testing and clinico-immunological testing • Dropping CD4 monitoring of treated patients who are virologically suppressed • In what situations or contexts point-of-care testing makes sense • Best algorithm and threshold for diagnosing treatment failure • Modelling data that is built on credible, real-world data (so that long-term outcomes can be modelled) • Psychological benefits to patients (e.g. motivation, empowerment) • Costing: cost-effectiveness of different strategies as well as cost-saving methods e.g. sample pooling • Transparent and comprehensive in-country pricing and market intelligence data

  11. THANK YOU MSF gratefully acknowledges: UNITAID as co-funders The Ministries of Health and Laboratories with which we work

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