2nd TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Network Meeting
Date: Nov 2, 2006 to Nov 4, 2006
Location: Phuket, Thailand

TREAT Asia hosted its 2nd Pediatric HIV Network Meeting in Phuket, Thailand, Thursday to Saturday, 2-4 November 2006.

This meeting advanced the formation of a collaborative research network focused on pediatric HIV and began the development of a TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database.

The meeting took place over the course of a day and a half (Friday and Saturday) and brought together primary care providers, donors, foundations, community members, and others interested in pediatric HIV/AIDS from throughout the region. Please see the meeting summary and the following presentations for more information:

Meeting Summary

Meeting Agenda

Welcome, Introductions and Review of Agenda

Mervyn Silverman, M.D.
amfAR, Board of Directors

Kevin Robert Frost
TREAT Asia, Thailand

Discussion: Mission and Governance of the Network

Kevin Robert Frost
TREAT Asia, Thailand

Management of HIV infection in Infants and Children: A Clinical Manual for Asia and Pacific

Myo Zin Nyunt
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, Nepal

TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)

Matthew Law, Ph.D.
National Research University of New South Wales, Australia

International Epidemiologic Databases for the Evaluations of AIDS (IeDEA)

Gerald Sharp, Dr.P.H.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA

IeDEA in Children
Lynn Mofenson, M.D.
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, USA

Pediatric Database Workshop

Lead: Kevin Robert Frost
Summary of site survey

Lead: Matthew Law
Brief review of study methods

Lead: Matthew Law and Annette Sohn
Study variables

Lead: Annette Sohn and Thanyawee Puthanakit
Diagnostic criteria

Lead: Jeffery Smith
Regulatory Issues

Lead: Julian Zhou
Study Coordinators’ General Session