Oli Stevens

HIV at @Imperial_IDE. Thinking about chairs. Ladles are spoons.

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@libraryofthings ID verification is broken on your website and I can't sign up - can you DM me please?

[Adam Howes @adamhowes]

Very happy to see our work estimating district HIV risk group proportions, with a Bayesian spatio-temporal model, out this week in @PLOSGPH!

https://t.co/zPfU99BXgZ

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@MdM_France Hi - could you please DM me regarding contact details for a MdM HIV and Harm Reduction Technical Advisor?

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@barrotlambdin Could you please DM me regarding your 2018 paper on PWID in Dar-es-Salaam? Many thanks!

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@RDouglasBruceMD Could you please DM me regarding your 2015 paper on PWID in Dar-es-Salaam? Many thanks!

[Drugs, Habits and Social Policy @dhspolicy]

🔔#NewIssue🔔
Inside Special Issue DHSP 23(3): 'Who uses drug checking services? Assessing uptake and outcomes at English festivals in 2018' by @FMeasham and @henrytdsimmons1

#OpenAccess for 1 month only!

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@sdwfrost Are you the same Simon Frost as on Ntale et al 2018 - an MSM study in Rwanda? If so - please could you DM me? Thanks!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The West African nation of Benin has adopted one of the continent’s most liberal laws on abortion, after hearing testimony from gynecologists about women dying from illegal procedures. https://t.co/exFtWU2drK

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@HIVInferenceGroupBot

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@rachaelburke "For everything else, there's SciHub"

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Good look from @thameswater. Second water main leak on Hornsey Road, Islington in the same week.. looking forward to the hosepipe ban.

[Cheryl Case Johnson @ccasejohn]

@ChristoPhraser shares insightful data from PopART to inform future priorities. HIV testing needs to keep focusing on the scale & reaching those with chronic infection. Efforts to support engagement & re-engagement in care also important #test4HIV #AIDS2022

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Stark warnings on use of recency testing to estimate HIV incidence. Alex Welte @SACEMA_CoE “Surveillance in the programmatic context [w/ recency testing] just isn’t what we’re able to do”. #AIDS2022

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

@Mat__MG: trends of recent infections as a % of positive tests are in the opposite direction to those in incidence in Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, and Mozambique. Inclusion of testing volume trends vital to interpretation. Beware! #AIDS2022

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

There's also a pre-print available for some light bedtime reading https://t.co/PJuzG190sN

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Lots of fun at #AIDS2022 presenting Key Population estimates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Key findings:
- KP size estimates highly uncertain
- Burden is high (1.5% of 15-49 adults but 6.3% of PLHIV)
- ART coverage gaps in all KPs & worst in MSM and PWID.

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Surveillance data quality more important than quantity - cannot sacrifice robust surveillance at this crucial stage of the epidemic & should be mindful of this when collecting routine data #AIDS2022

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Main stage headline set from @eatonjw @MRC_Outbreak on Precision Public Health and what it can learn from the HIV response. #AIDS2022

[Jeff Eaton @eatonjw]

❓What is ‘Precision Public Health’ and can it help us in the HIV response?

I’ve enjoyed learning about this—come hear some of my thoughts and share yours this morning at #AIDS2022 session PR07: ‘Strengthening Health Systems’, 9:15 EDT!

Also amazing Rena Janamnuaysook

[Oli Stevens @OStevens_]

Because “Transmission is driven by the many who infect few, not the few who infect many” [@ChristoPhraser] precision public health has its limits, and priority must be on reducing viremia in men to drive down exposure to HIV and HIV incidence