Joseph Robert Linda is a youth advocate with over five years of experience in HIV, TB and SRHR programming for young people. He focuses on ending the AIDS pandemic among young people by ensuring their meaningful engagement in local and regional platforms. He serves as the U=U Youth Strategist at the Prevention Access Campaign. In this role, he leads youth-centred campaigns to empower fellow young people living with HIV to champion the U=U message and lead in the U=U global movement. Currently, Linda is the AVAC Advocacy Navigator for 2024, creating awareness, accessibility and uptake of comprehensive HIV prevention methods among young people and key populations in selected low-income areas of Kampala, Uganda. He also serves as a youth advocate at AHF Uganda Cares. In 2023, he was selected as the IAS Youth Hub Seed Grantee with Naguru Youth Health Network in Uganda.
