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Delivering the HIV Prevention Ambition

Partnership, Country and Community Leadership, and Shared Accountability

The purpose of the session is to identify how the prevention ambition of 40+20 can be delivered at scale through country-owned, community-accountable and partner-supported HIV prevention responses. The discussion will focus on how to expand access to new and existing prevention options, integrate prevention within sustainable HIV and health systems, address barriers faced by communities, and mobilise the financing and coordination needed to reach the 20 million prevention ambition by 2030.

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The HIV Endgame: Can the World Deliver on Lenacapavir?

Leadership transitions and structural reforms across major global health institutions are reshaping the system. This conversation will explore what changes at the World Health Organization, Global Fund, UNAIDS, and UNITAID mean for coordination, accountability, and deliver, particularly as US bilateral approaches shift the dynamics in Geneva.

Speakers

  • Mitchell Warren, Executive Director, AVAC
  • Michel Joly, Vice-president of Gilead Global Patient Solutions, Gilead Sciences
  • Rhoda Igweta, Director of public policy and advocacy for Africa, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
  • Interviewed by: Rumbi Chakamba, Senior Editor, Devex

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PrEP Power Webinar — Global Countries

The recent significant changes to global health funding have severely impacted HIV prevention services for those who need them most, in particular key populations (KPs). Already, some countries are seeing concerning trends in data suggesting a resurgence in new infections. At the same time, powerful new HIV prevention options are now a reality, though their promise is not set to be fully realized according to current planning.

This is the second in a series of two webinars providing an overview of what is happening now in countries to HIV prevention services for KPs, featuring tools and analyses produced by GBGMC, in partnership with Access Bridge to support advocacy and planning at country levels.

Speakers will include an array of experts on the global landscape, as well as country and community perspectives.

Discussions Will Explore:

  • Global product introduction experiences
  • Lessons from early adopter countries
  • Policy environments and implementation realities
  • Strategies for equitable LEN access

Featured Countries: Brazil, France, Philippines, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam

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PrEP Power Webinar — African Countries

The recent significant changes to global health funding have severely impacted HIV prevention services for those who need them most, in particular key populations (KPs). Already, some countries are seeing concerning trends in data suggesting a resurgence in new infections. At the same time, powerful new HIV prevention options are now a reality, though their promise is not set to be fully realized according to current planning.

This is the first in a series of two webinars providing an overview of what is happening now in countries to HIV prevention services for KPs, featuring tools and analyses produced by GBGMC, in partnership with Access Bridge to support advocacy and planning at country levels.

Speakers will include an array of experts on the global landscape, as well as country and community perspectives.

Featured countries: Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Transgender Research 2026 – Findings from CROI and Beyond

Powerful research focused on transgender people was presented at CROI 2026. Join this webinar to hear from three scientists who shared their work, exploring everything from cervical tissues to healthcare policies and community priorities beyond HIV prevention and care.

Speakers

  • Bokani Nleya, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Sari Reisner, University of Michigan
  • Yuanqi Mi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderator

  • Brian Minalga, Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC)

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Inside the Decisions that Changed Global Health: An AVAC Conversation with Nicholas Enrich

On Wednesday, May 20, AVAC’s Mitchell Warren was joined by Nicholas Enrich, author of Into the Wood Chipper and former global health lead at USAID, and Rosemary Mburu, Executive Director of WACI Health, for Inside the Decisions that Changed Global Health: An AVAC Conversation with Nicholas Enrich.

During the call, Enrich shared an inside perspective on the decisions that led to the dismantling of USAID and the foreign aid freeze and what they mean for global health today.

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Accelerating the Health Equity Impact of Interventions for Infectious Diseases in Africa

Innovations in infectious disease prevention and control can exacerbate, rather than reduce, health inequities. More advantaged populations and higher-income countries are often better positioned to benefit from new technologies, while infectious disease risk and limited access to health services remain concentrated among disadvantaged groups.

These patterns, often described as “inverse laws”, are not inevitable. Evidence from multiple settings demonstrates that their underlying determinants are modifiable.

This symposium marks the launch of the Infectious Disease Equity (InDiE) Consortium, a collaborative initiative involving researchers from Zimbabwe, Zambia, The Gambia, South Africa and Kenya. The consortium aims to develop an equity-focused framework to support the implementation of new technologies without widening existing disparities in health access.

Speakers

  • Professor Richard Cookson, University of York, UK – The Inverse Care Law and Equity Tradeoffs
  • Ms Grace Kumwenda, AVAC (Africa Region) – Ending inequitable access to prevention and treatment interventions: A community perspective
  • Professor Cesar Victora, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil – The Inverse Equity Hypothesis: Lessons from the Field
  • Dr Primrose Matambanadzo, CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe – The Infectious Disease Equity Consortium

Chairs

Professor Clare Bambra and Dr Ngozi Erondu, Co-chairs of the InDiE Consortium International Advisory Group 

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Uganda Key Populations Consortium Conversation on LEN

A conversation on lenacapavir, community access, and what happens next.

Moderator

  • Richard Lusimbo, Ugandan LGBT activist, documentary filmmaker, and public speaker

Speakers

  • Brian Aliganyira, Executive Director, Ark Wellness Hub
  • MacLean Kyomya, Founder and ED, AWAC
  • Kenneth Mwehonge, Executive Director, HEPS Uganda
  • Bridget N Jjuuko, Regional Manager, AVAC

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Planting Seeds in These Times: Stories of Resistance and Possibility for the HIV Movement

This interactive webinar invited HIV prevention advocates and movement workers to explore how storytelling can be a tool for resistance and possibility, especially now. Drawing on the Storytelling Project Model, we examined the stories that shape our work, surfaced examples of resistance from within and beyond the HIV movement, and practiced generating the emerging stories we need for the future we’re building.

Speaker
Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
Founder and Executive Director, Health Justice

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Launching STI Advocacy Hubs: National Agendas from Kenya, South Africa & Zimbabwe

Join AVAC and partners for the launch of STI Advocacy Hubs and the introduction of new country-led advocacy agendas from Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. This webinar will highlight the key challenges shaping STI prevention, diagnostics, and care in each country, and outline priority actions to strengthen national responses. Speakers from partner organizations will share how these agendas aim to drive policy change and improve access to STI prevention tools.

Moderator: Alison Footman

Speakers:

  • Teodora Wi, former Team Lead for Sexually Transmitted Infections at the WHO
  • Lori Newman, Gates Foundation
  • Felix Mogaka and Mercy Nyakowa (Kenya)
  • Alex de Voux and Mandisa Mdingi (South Africa)
  • Chido Diva Chikwari, Chido Moira Majaha, and Constancia Mavodza (Zimbabwe)