Connect with Team EGPAF at the INTEREST 2026, celebrating 20 years of learning, collaboration, and education in the field of HIV research and care.
Innovations in TB Conference
The 3rd Conference on Innovations in Tuberculosis 2026 will take place on 11 May 2026 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as a pre-meeting of the 20th INTEREST 2026.
Schedule of Events
Session 1: Pediatric & Maternal Tuberculosis
May 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
EGPAF Research Director Nilesh Bhatt will chair the session.
EGPAF Research Director Nilesh Bhatt will chair the session.
Oral Abstract: Outcomes of Routine Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in Primary and Secondary Health Facilities in Southern Malawi
May 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya will present as part of Session 5: Tuberculosis Screening & Asymptomatic Tuberculosis.
EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya will present as part of Session 5: Tuberculosis Screening & Asymptomatic Tuberculosis.
Poster Presentations
EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya presents "TB Detection Outcomes Among Presumptive TB Clients Screened Through Routine Case Finding in Malawi."
Meet the Delegation
Nilesh Bhatt
Director, Global Clinical Research
Lucky Makonokaya
Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator
Roland van der Ven
Senior Director, Technical Excellence
INTEREST 2026
The 20th edition of the International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research (INTEREST) 2026 will take place on 12 – 15 May 2026 as a live meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Schedule of Events
Twenty-Four-Month Survival among Patients With Cryptococcal Antigenemia Enrolled in Malawi’s Advanced HIV Disease Program: A Retrospective Cohort Study
May 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya will present as part of mini oral abstract presentations V.
EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya will present as part of mini oral abstract presentations V.
Poster: Programmatic Gaps Under Option B+: Factors Associated with Residual Vertical HIV Transmission in Malawi, 2020–2024
Presented by EGPAF Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator Lucky Makonokaya
Poster: Trends in HIV testing, case identification and associated factors: Data insights and lessons learnt from Cameroon’s Littoral and South regions, 2019-2024
Presented by EGPAF Associate Director, Public Health Evaluation Boris Tchounga
Poster: Persistent gaps across the pediatric HIV cascade in the Littoral and South Regions of Cameroon: a five-year retrospective cohort analysis, 2019-2023
Presented by EGPAF Associate Director, Public Health Evaluation Boris Tchounga
Meet the Delegation
Nilesh Bhatt
Director, Global Clinical Research
Lucky Makonokaya
Public Health Research & Evaluation Coordinator
Boris Tchounga
Associate Director, Public Health Evaluation
Roland van der Ven
Senior Director, Technical Excellence