Dr. Jenell Stewart (University of Minnesota, Hennepin Healthcare) joined The Choice Agenda to discuss and analyze recent research on HIV PrEP and implications for event driven PrEP across sex and gender.
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Do Vaginas Demand Perfection? Implications for Event-Driven PrEP
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Vaccinology of HSV
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, turned her focus to SARS-CoV-2 soon after reading the first reports coming out of China, before COVID-19 surfaced in the United States. Though she has long been recognized for her work within the scientific community, her work around COVID-19 has raised her media profile considerably. She is frequently quoted by newspapers and reporters, and has amassed a huge Twitter following of people seeking out her research updates. (Iwasaki believes that public education is a key ingredient for slowing the spread of the virus.)
This webinar is in partnership with Herpes Cure Advocacy.
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Innovations in GPP
This webinar featured speakers from around the world with experience implementing GPP at research sites, within networks, and at the sponsorship level.
They illustrated how GPP can expand beyond the more familiar (but always reliable) CABs and town hall meetings to newer ideas like partnership-based approaches, the creation of a community scorecard, and more.
Moderator and Presenter:
- Ntando Yola, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
Presenters:
- Sarah Read, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Clever Chilende, Treatment Advocacy & Literacy Campaign (TALC)
Recording / Clever Chilende Slides / Sarah Read Slides / Ntando Yola Slides
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Let’s Talk LEN: What global advances in HIV prevention mean for Black communities in the US
Groundbreaking results from the PURPOSE 1 trial conducted among cisgender Ugandan and South African women have changed the injectable PrEP global landscape. This webinar explored the implications of these findings for US Black populations.
This webinar was co-hosted by PrEP in Black America, Black Public Health, Federal AIDS Policy Partnership (FAPP), AVAC, and APHA.
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Opportunities to Expand Equitable Access to HIV Prevention Services through Community Pharmacies
RxEACH is a national coalition effort working to expand and sustain access to HIV prevention and linkage to care services in community pharmacies. Community pharmacies are poised to unlock access to HIV prevention services, particularly in areas where it is most needed, and can play a crucial role in achieving equitable PrEP access.
With over half of the 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S. in medically underserved areas and 90% of the U.S. population living within 5 miles of a pharmacy, community pharmacies can serve as vital entry points for essential HIV prevention and linkage to care services – and ensure people can access services in their communities. Broader pharmacy access for prevention services, can empower choice for individuals to choose to receive PrEP and other prevention services in a location that best suits their needs. This webinar discussed the opportunity to expand equitable access to HIV prevention services, including PrEP, and what is needed to grow and sustain community-based HIV prevention service programs in pharmacies.
Moderator:
- Mike Elizabeth, Equality Federation
Speakers:
- Natalie Crawford, Emory University
- Noelle Esquire, Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Juan Carlos Loubriel, Whitman-Walker Health
- Tamara McCants, National Pharmaceutical Association
- Michael Murphy, American Pharmacists Association
- Sara Zeigler, Courage Forward Strategies
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You Get What You Measure: Why Monitoring for PrEP Choice Helps Tell Our Story
The data we collect on a program determines its path and priorities. This webinar covered the current state of PrEP M&E and efforts to improve and simplify the data we collect, allowing our data to better reflect how people are using PrEP, support PrEP choice amongst the growing array of PrEP methods, and enhance the stories we can tell about PrEP program implementation.
Presenters:
- Katharine Kripke, Avenir Health, MOSAIC
- Jessica Williamson, Avenir Health, MOSAIC
Panelists:
- Omolabake Ekundayo, Ministry of Health Nigeria
- Dr. Herbert Kadama, Ministry of Health Uganda
- Ramatsoai Soothoane, Jhpiego, MOSAIC Project Lesotho
Moderator:
- Adaobi Olisa, FHI360, MOSAIC Project Nigeria
This webinar offered live French and Portuguese translation, courtesy of the South-to-South Learning Network in Africa.
Co-sponsors:
- BioPIC
- South-to-South Learning Network
- The MOSAIC Project
Recording in English / French Audio Recording / Portuguese Audio Recording / Webinar Slides / Strengthening and Harmonising PrEP Indicators
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Responding to Project 2025’s Threats to Science, Rights and Resources
Project 2025 is part of an ongoing multi-pronged backlash to the sexual and reproductive health, gender and LGBTQ+ movements. This has serious implications for both domestic and foreign policies and programs for our communities and beyond. Building on the experience of the HIV movement in fighting these same far-right forces, this webinar discussed potential responses through the lens of HIV affected communities and programs.
Speakers:
- Sean Cahill, The Fenway Institute
- Aleksei Lakhov, EuroNPUD
- Will Ramirez, Southern AIDS Coalition
- Beirne Roose-Snyder, Council for Global Equality
- Olabukunola (Buky) Williams, AKINA MAMA WA AFRIKA
Moderators:
- Anne-christine d’Adesky, Stop the Coup 2025
- Allan Maleche, KELIN
Co-sponsors:
- AVAC
- European AIDS Treatment Group
- EuroNPUD
- The Fenway Institute
- Funders Concerned About AIDS
- GSSG Foundation
- KELIN
- Southern AIDS Coalition
- Stop the Coup 2025
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The GPP Body of Evidence: GPP Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks, REAL and REAL2
GPP is an essential part of clinical trials research, and an ethical imperative to creating equitable and effective clinical trials. GPP is created by and for communities, so it necessarily looks different and takes multiple forms in different cultural contexts. This kind of responsiveness is inherent to GPP, but it also makes it difficult to measure and evaluate.
In this webinar, we learned from the Realist Review of Community Engagement and the REAL2 review of participatory research that both examined frameworks for evaluating community engagement efforts, as well as the Global Health Network’s new course on evaluation, and other evaluation efforts in the field of GPP.
Moderator:
- Jessica Salzwedel, AVAC
Panelists:
- Alun Davies, The Global Health Network
- Sassy Molyneux, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust
- Dr. Robin Vincent, Oxford University
Recording / Alun Davies Slides / Sassy Molyneux Slides / Dr. Robin Vincent Slides
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It’s Not Just about the Trial: GPP from discovery to delivery in TB research
GPP enhances every stage of the research lifecycle. In this webinar, our partners at TB Alliance, SMART4TB, and THINK will shared experiences, lessons learned, and innovative approaches in integrating GPP at the organizational, network and situational level, from drug development through delivery.
Moderators:
- Stacey Hannah, AVAC
- Dr. Michele Tameris, University of Cape Town
Panelists:
- Stephanie Seidel, TB Alliance
- Erica Lessem, SMART4TB
- Masingita Lambane, THINK
Recording / Stephanie Seidel Slides / Erica Lessem Slides / Masingita Lambane Slides
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Using the COMPASS Campaign Advocacy Assessment Tool (C-CAAT) to assess the effectiveness of advocacy campaigns
This webinar is for all COMPASS coalition members, partners, stakeholders and individuals taking on advocacy in various fields.
By the end of the webinar participants are expected to have an improved capacity on how to reflect on advocacy outcomes (positive and negative) individually and collectively with relevant stakeholders and partners; enhanced ability to identify, describe and document advocacy outcomes in a clear and structured manner; and an improved capacity to identify follow up actions/tactics needed to achieve the advocacy goal or respond in the event of a setback.