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  • Good morning, here’s what keeps me up at night...

    The following piece is adapted from a presentation given at the AVAC Partners’ Forum by Mannasseh Phiri, a columnist for Zambia’s Sunday Post and long-time HIV prevention advocate.

    Several things really! First, at least one night every week I’m awake thinking which 1,000 words to write in my HIV/AIDS weekly newspaper column—before my deadline.

    April 1, 2014
    General
    Mannasseh Phiri

  • AVAC’s Annual Partners Forum

    From February 11-13 more than 80 advocates from throughout sub-Saharan Africa gathered in Harare, Zimbabwe, for AVAC’s Advocacy Partners’ Forum, an annual event to take stock of recent developments in HIV prevention research and implementation and to develop a strategy for the coming year.

    April 1, 2014
    General

  • Fellows 2014 Workshop—Wrapping up and starting anew

    It’s been five years since we announced the first class of talented advocates in the AVAC Advocacy Fellowship Program—and in February, AVAC was thrilled to welcome seven new Fellows. These individuals joined the outgoing 2013 Fellows in Harare, Zimbabwe, for a joint wrap-up and orientation Fellows Workshop.

    February 21, 2014
    General

  • Advocacy Fellow Ntando Yola at AIDS Vaccine 2013

    See the powerful speech on the continued and urgent need for an HIV vaccine from the AVAC Advocacy Fellow, and read the conference highlights.

    October 31, 2013
    HIV Vaccine

  • Science Café in Nairobi

    In July, AVAC and Internews in Kenya organized a journalists briefing on PrePex, a non-surgical device for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) pre-qualified by the World Health Organization (WHO). (Click here for more on this process.) This was the first in a planned series of journalist “cafés” designed to spark conversation about VMMC and the role of non-surgical devices.

    October 30, 2013
    Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision

  • New GPP Tools in the Making

    The Good Participatory Practice Guidelines continue to be rolled out in various contexts and are increasingly seen as an essential tool for engaging stakeholders in research. In recent months, AVAC collaborated with partners in Kenya, South African and Uganda for focused feedback sessions about several new GPP implementation tools that are in the works. The new tools take users through the process of developing a strategic community and stakeholder engagement plan.

    October 29, 2013
    General

  • Shaping Advocacy on Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV

    Lillian Mworeko from ICW-East Africa and an AVAC Fellowship Host Supervisor in 2012 gave a dynamic presentation on the June 11 USAID/FHI 360 webinar “Hormonal Contraception and HIV: What Do the Evidence and WHO Technical Statement Mean for Programs?” Mworeko highlighted the critical importance of addressing women’s reproductive health and HIV prevention and/or treatment needs with integrated services that provide full information on the risks and benefits of all available options—including injectable hormonal contraceptives.

    June 30, 2013
    Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV

  • Rwandan Civil Society Organizations Learn about PrEP and Combination Prevention

    On June 19-20 in Kigali, 15 civil society organizations (CSOs) completed a two-day training on HIV prevention with a focus on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The meeting was organized by 2013 AVAC Prevention Research Advocacy Fellow Josephine Kamarebe and her host organization, the Health Development Initiative.

    June 20, 2013
    PrEP

  • South African Media Training on Non-Surgical Circumcision Devices

    On June 18, AVAC, the Mail & Guardian’s Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism and CAPRISA held a media briefing on non-surgical devices for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). This meeting helped contextualize the recent World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of the PrePex device and took place in advance of the South African AIDS Conference (SAAIDS) in Durban, South Africa.

    June 18, 2013
    Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision

  • PxROAR “Raves” in Europe and the United States

    AVAC hosted a two-day training "Rave" at its New York office in April. This annual workshop brings together US-based advocates from AVAC's PxROAR (Prevention Research Outreach Advocacy and Representation) program for an intensive update on the latest in the field of biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation, and provides a space for advocacy strategizing. This year's focus was on treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

    May 31, 2013
    PrEP

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