1. HIVSMART! D R N ITIKA P ANT P AI, MD P H D A SSISTANT P ROFESSOR M EDICINE M C G ILL U NIVERSITY & M C G ILL U NIVERSITY H EALTH CENTRE 1

2. PROBLEM HIV TESTING IN HEALTH FACILITIES: 50% Globally and 25% locally don’t know their HIV status!! ; 34 million infections; 2.5 million new infections each year; many undiagnosed! o WHY? Barriers to testing: o Stigma and Discrimination o Social Embarrassment and Fear of visibility o Lack of Confidentiality and convenience o Judgemental Attitudes and long wait times 2

3. N EED a.Confidential, Anonymous, b.Personalized, convenient c.Easy linkages, easy conduct d.Saves time and money

4. INNOVATION Health Care Professionals An innovative unsupervised self- testing strategy 4

6. HIVS MART ! STRATEGY © Pant Pai and McGill University 2013 6 process conduct awareness engagement personalized Linkages to care

7. 7 S MARTER C ONDUCT ; STORAGE; LINKAGE; PERSONALIZATION © Pant Pai and McGill University 2013

8. HIV S ELF -T EST A PP : A NDROID, iP HONE 8 Copyright protected. HIVSmart! is copyright protected authored by Dr Pant Pai and trainees (Roni Deli- Houssein, Sushmita Shivkumar, Caroline Vadnais) and owned by McGill University

9. 9 ASAP O PEN ACCESS INNOVATION AWARD FOR HIVSmart! WORLD BANK ASAP Sponsors: Google, PLoS, Wellcome Trust The ASAP Program Sponsors congratulate the three ASAP Award Recipients:  Global Collaboration to Fight Malaria  HIV Self-test Empowers Patients  Visualizing Complex Science

10. Grand Challenges Canada’s Star in Global Health Award 2011 ASAP Award for Innovation 2013 Canadian Institutes for Health Research 2010-present Colleagues: Dr Keertan Dheda, MD Dr Costas Karatzas, PhD, RI MUHC Luc Sirois, Manasse, Diane Cote ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sl ide credits: Sehar Manji, Executive Assistant 10

11. Future plans….. HIVS MART ! Think global, act local! 11