Call for abstracts will open in May 2026.

Abstract topics:
Abstract submissions from multiple research domains: clinical and community research, behavioral science, implementation science, operational research and public policy under the following themes in relation to testing and linkage to care and integrated testing for hepatitis/HIV/STI/TB  

Health & implementation science
•    Integrated testing programs for hepatitis/HIV/STI/TB 
•    Surveillance, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) related to integrated testing
•    Access to diagnostics and linkage to care
•    Combination prevention for hepatitis/HIV/STI/TB 
•    Post-exposure and pre-exposure prophylaxis (integration with combination prevention and opportunities for testing)
•    Information-communication Technologies (ICT) (e-health, M-health) used in relation to testing
•    New testing and re-testing strategies 
•    Self-testing and self-sampling strategies 

Society & Social-behavioral science
•    Intersecting stigmas and discrimination affecting HIV and Hepatitis Testing
•    Test seeking behavioral determinants
•    Monitoring the impact of stigma on testing update and linkage to care 
•    Stakeholder engagement – community and civil society engagement in testing 
•    Migrants/mobile populations – models of testing and linkage to care 
•    Engagement and re-engagement of LTFU – developing innovative testing programs

Clinical Research
•    Novel and integrated approaches to testing for hepatitis/HIV/STI/TB
•    Testing in health care settings specific to key populations
•    Indicator condition guided testing
•    Point-of-care diagnostics in clinical setting

Policy
•    Knowledge translation to policy and programming
•    Political and structural drivers and responses in addressing multiple vulnerabilities – testing and linkage to care
•    Political engagement to enhance HIV testing
•    Roles of different actors and organizational aspects of testing programs