What you'll learn in this expert session
In our lifetime, HIV has gone from a deadly disease to manageable condition, but we have a way to go yet.
Despite improvements in HIV management, we still need to do better. In this presentation, Dr Jason Ong suggests that currently we have forgotten about HIV courtesy of COVID, and because of this we are at risk of a resurgence. Worldwide, we have millions of at-risk people who still do not know their HIV status and are therefore missing out on either highly effective treatment or prevention. He will also be outlining what we, as health professionals, can do to help reach the target of zero local transmission.
About the Expert
A/Prof Jason Ong
A/Prof Jason Ong is a sexual health physician and academic. His research focuses on the control of HIV/STIs, particularly among priority populations. His passion is to ensure quality sexual health care is accessible to all who need it. He is a board director of the Australasian Society of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) and the Australian Federation of AIDS Organization (AFAO).
He actively works with the WHO in evidence synthesis and the development of global guidelines for STIs and key populations. A/Prof Ong is a sexual health physician at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) and head of HIV/STI Economics and Health Preference Research (MSHC).
