Dear colleagues

We’re thrilled to present the 2021 Southern African HIV Clinicians’ Society Conference, brought to you for the first time in a virtual format. The past year-and-a-half’s pandemic has brought many changes to the region, and now is an excellent time to regroup and focus again on the latest within the field of HIV medicine. Our program boasts some of the field’s leading lights, both nationally and internationally, but our focus in the conference remains on providing practical advice and scientific updates to you, the healthcare worker.

We plan to cover the newest treatment approaches, as well as updating you on the latest concepts and complications in 2nd- and 3rd- line therapy and viral load monitoring. We won’t shy away from controversies in the field, including the vexatious issue of whether integrase inhibitors really cause weight gain – or merely unmask it. Of course, HIV medicine wouldn’t be HIV medicine without the challenge of managing its often fierce opportunistic infections, so we’re excited to include several sessions on advanced HIV care focusing on both medical comorbidities and opportunistic infections. And we’ll be hearing about the latest updates on HIV vaccination and HIV cure research from experts in the field. This and much more awaits you in our 2021 conference, and it is an absolute pleasure to bring this to you. See you there!

MONICA GHANDI

SHABIR MADHI

LINDA-GAIL BEKKER

DENNIS BURTON

GRAEME MEINTJES

FRANCOIS VENTER

MARK SONDERUP

NELESH GOVENDER

NICOLAS PATON

JOSE R ARRIBAS

ROY GULICK

MANDISA DUKASHE

ANNEMARIE WENSING

GLENDA GRAY

SILINGENE NGCOBO

DOUG RICHMAN

HELEN REES

INDIRA GOVENDER