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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.

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.

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.

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

Learn more about Innovations in TB + INTEREST 2026