Track C: Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences
Epidemiology of HIV
C1 Natural history, progression and survival
C2 Trends in morbidity and mortality
C3 Modelling HIV epidemics
C4 Risk factors for acquisition of HIV
C5 Risk factors for infectivity, progression and transmission of HIV
C6 Epidemiology of HIV in the general population, women, adolescents and children
C7 Epidemiology of HIV in people who use drugs
C8 Epidemiology of HIV in male and female sex workers
C9 Epidemiology of HIV in men having sex with men
C10 Epidemiology of HIV in migrants
C11 Epidemiology of HIV in other populations
C12 Epidemiology of risk behaviour
C13 Epidemiology of tuberculosis and HIV
C14 Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV
C15 Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and HIV coinfection
C16 Epidemiology of other diseases and HIV
C17 Molecular epidemiology
Methodological Issues and Capacity-Building in Epidemiology and Prevention Research
C18 Research designs in epidemiology
C19 Research designs in prevention research
C20 Ethical issues in epidemiological research
C21 Ethical issues in prevention research
C22 Capacity building for HIV prevention research
C23 Measuring and modelling the impact of the HIV epidemic
C24 Measuring and modelling the effect and impact of PMTCT
C25 Measuring and modelling the effect and impact of other HIV prevention interventions
C26 New HIV testing and diagnostic strategies
C27 Methods aimed at measuring recent HIV infections
C28 Estimating the size of HIV-infected and most at risk population
C29 Estimating the need for HIV treatment
HIV Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation
C30 Paediatric surveillance of HIV
C31 Surveillance of HIV (Youth and Adults)
C32 Behavioural surveillance
C33 Surveillance of HIV drug resistance
C34 Opportunistic infections surveillance
C35 Surveillance systems and methods
C36 Population-based surveys with HIV testing
C37 Monitoring and evaluation of HIV prevention, care and treatment
C38 Monitoring and evaluation (other)
Interventions to Prevent HIV
C39 Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
C40 Male and female condoms and other physical barriers
C41 Harm reduction, including reduction of unsafe injecting and other approaches
C42 Blood, organ and tissue safety and nosocomial transmission
C43 Male circumcision
C44 STI prevention and control
C45 Pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis
C46 Microbicides
C47 Preventive vaccines
C48 Antiretroviral treatment of people living with HIV for prevention
C49 Approaches to counselling and testing in youth and adults
C50 Approaches to counselling and testing in children and caregivers
C51 Approaches to improving adherence to prevention interventions
C52 Combination of prevention and treatment of HIV
C53 HIV counselling, testing and diagnostic strategies
C54 Prevention in institutional settings e.g. workplace, school, prison, military
C55 Prevention for the general population
C56 Prevention for youth and adolescents
C57 Prevention addressing gender inequalities
C58 Prevention for people who use drugs
C59 Prevention for male and female sex workers
C60 Prevention for men who have sex with men (MSM)
C61 Prevention for transgenders
C62 Prevention for immigrants, mobile and displaced populations
C63 Prevention for people living with HIV
C64 Prevention for indigenous populations
C65 Vulnerability reduction
C66 Internet based prevention
C67 Integrating HIV prevention into reproductive health/STI programmes
C68 Integrating HIV prevention and care and treatment programmes
C69 Integration of HIV prevention and other health programmes