Joyce Ouma

Joyce methodically threaded her way through all relevant power centers to influence large-scale integration of SRH and HIV. First, she built a cadre of young women champions who contributed to her successful campaign to win Machakos county-level budget for SRH/HIV integration, and to win further national commitment from PEPFAR COP 21 and Global Fund 2021–2024. She sat on Kenya’s national HIV/SRH integration working group where they spearheaded the one-stop-shop piloting in five counties.

In the midst of Joyce’s Fellow project, the WHO green lighted the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring, so, naturally, Joyce co-convened a civil society taskforce to fast track its introduction. All the while, she penned two opinion pieces in Kenya’s national daily Star speaking of the continued need for a robust HIV prevention pipeline.

End of Project Summary Video

• Watch Joyce's end of project presentation and view her slides

Media

• aidsmap Chat — nam/aidsmap
• HIV Prevention Ring: Kenya must prepare for this new tool while waiting on HIV vaccine — The Star
• AIDS War in COVID Pandemic — KTN News
• HIV: Light at the end of the tunnel — The Star
• Let’s Talk About the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring — Making Waves

Materials

• Knowledge Gaps, Perceptions, and Attitudes on Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention among Adolescent Girls and Young Women