It's that time of the year again! Circle the INTEREST abstract deadline on your calendar: 𝟭𝟲 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

No need to wait, though, as the submission portal is already open:
EN: virology.eventsair.com/interest-202...
FR: virology.eventsair.com/interest-202...

Join us in Tanzania from 12-15 May 2026!

Patane Shilabye (#SouthAfrica) & Clark Joshua Brianwong (#Uganda) won the Joep Lange & Charles Boucher Awards for the highest-scoring abstracts by early-career African scientists at #INTEREST2025!

The abstracts they presented were selected from more than 1,700 submissions. Congratulations! 🎉

"HIV prevention has never been more critical," said our ED Mitchell Warren at #INTEREST2025. "It's going to take a different partnership & innovation to deliver impact with new injectable lenacapavir for PrEP."

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#INTERESTConference has commenced!

In attendance:
🔸Nearly 600 participants from
🔸36 countries with
🔸Almost 200 participants from our host country, Namibia.

We've received a record number of more than 1700 abstracts and accepted 1,335.

And the premier #HIVAIDS conference on the #African continent is off in Windhoek, Namibia!

Registrations for #INTERESTConference are taking place ahead of the 9AM opening. Remember to sign up for mentoring, grantspersonship & abstract-writing sessions tomorrow to Fri from 7-8AM.

Professor Penny Moore is an expert scientist in the field of #HIV #Vaccines and will be joining us for #INTEREST2025!

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 #𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/

#GlobalHealth #Development #Virology #HIVVaccines #Vaccines #SouthAfrica #Research

Dr. Nyaradzo Mgodi is joining the #INTERESTConference once again on its 19th iteration and she will be sharing her work on the the state of the science of #CombinationPrevention and #Contraception.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 #𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: interestworkshop.org/registration/

#GlobalHealth

Doctor Corine Karema is coming to the #INTEREST2025 Conference where she will discuss Africa's road to ending #Malaria.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: interestworkshop.org/registration/

#GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025

Professor Frank Cobelens will be joining us in Namibia for the 19th #INTERESTConference to discuss #TBCaseFinding and the role of #NewTechnologies #TBDiagnostics #Tuberculosis.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: interestworkshop.org/registration/

#GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025

Our first speaker is a (very) big name in Global Health. Known for his pioneering work on #infectious #diseases on the African continent, Jean Nachega will present on #Mpox for this year's #INTEREST2025 Conference.

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Hello World!

The #INTERESTConference is now officially on BlueSky!

We have some amazing news to share about the recently concluded abstract submissions so give us a follow and reshare so we can reach more people.

#HIVAIDS #Conference #Windhoek #Namibia #Science #Medicine #GlobalHealth