Decolonizing Global Public Health – What Will it Take to Dismantle Racism and White Supremacy?

Thursday, February 16 at 9:00am ET / 2:00 pm GMT
Moderator: John Meade, AVAC
Featured speakers: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, University of Global Health Equity; Tori Cooper, Human Rights Campaign; Tian Johnson, African Alliance; Dr. Peter Kilmarx, Fogarty International Center
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Ready, Set, CROI 2023 – Prepare for the 30th Year of CROI

Monday, February 13, 2023

Featured CROI Community Liaisons, CROI 2023 program co-chairs, IAS-USA, AVAC, The Choice Agenda, and other community partners and researchers and designed to help CROI registrants prepare for this exciting, intense and sometimes overwhelming meeting.
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Trans Inclusion: Charting HIV Research into the Future: A Manifesto and Scorecard for Advocates and Researchers

Thursday, January 26, 2023

This webinar featured Leigh Ann van der Merwe — Founder and Director: Social, Health & Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa; Brian Minalga — AVAC consultant, Trans Inclusion Initiative; and Cindra Feuer — AVAC Senior Program Manager: Partnerships & Capacity Strengthening.

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PEP Needs Some Pep! Addressing PEP Neglect in HIV Prevention Research, Programming and Uptake

Thursday, November 3, 2022

During this webinar, experts and advocates addressed why PEP has been long neglected in HIV prevention research, programming, and uptake.

Featuring Dr. James Ayieko, Dr. Julie Fox, Dr. Ken Mayer, Dr, Catherine Koss, Njambi Njuguna and Ace Robinson

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RINGing the Bell for Choice: Actions and Solutions on Dapivirine Ring Access

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Hear the latest updates from African advocates leading the advocacy for access to the dapivirine ring. Plus tune in for the Population Council’s plans for moving the ring forward on multiple fronts, from roll-out of the monthly ring to research around the 3-month ring and multipurpose ring.

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Breaking Down the Latest in HIV Cure Research: What do new data mean for people living with HIV

In this AVAC-hosted webinar, researchers broke down the recent case of HIV cure, the first among women. Speakers also provided updates from an ongoing trial studying pediatric remission. Participants learned what these advances mean for science and for people living with HIV. Watch the recording here.

Decolonizing Global Public Health – What Will it Take to Dismantle Racism and White Supremacy?

Thursday, February 16 at 9:00am ET / 2:00 pm GMT

During this webinar, community leaders in the health justice space explored the topic of decolonizing global public health. Speaker details, recording, and resources below.


Moderator: John Meade, AVAC


Featured speakers: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, University of Global Health Equity; Tori Cooper, Human Rights Campaign; Tian Johnson, African Alliance; Dr. Peter Kilmarx, Fogarty International Center


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MPT Product Development & Regulatory Issues 101

This webinar featured experts Dr. Joe Romano (NWJ Group/CAMI)  and Dr. Jim Turpin (NIAID) who provided updates on the state of multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) research, the pipeline and potential manufacturing and regulatory pathways. MPTs are being developed to simultaneously prevent unintended pregnancy and protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.Click to access the webinar slides and recording.