HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference

Anna Turkova is a research clinician at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL and a consultant paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. Anna is a leading co-investigator in several large HIV global studies exploring new treatments for children (for example, ODYSSEY, UNIVERSAL). She is Chief Investigator of the D3 trial, assessing if children living with HIV can take two anti-HIV medicines instead of three. She is an active member of the Penta Infectious Diseases Network and Penta training faculty, working closely with colleagues in eastern and western Europe, central Asia and Africa. Anna is an author of the EACS/Penta Guidelines for Treatment of Paediatric HIV. She is a co-chair of the WHO-led Paediatric Antiretroviral Working Group (PAWG) and a member of the Paediatric Antiretroviral Drug Optimization (PADO) group and the Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations Network (GAP-f).

Annabelle Mandeng is an actress, presenter and voice-over actress. She acts in national and international film and television productions and is currently filming the second season of the ORF series, “Biester” (Beasts). Annabelle has been established as a presenter since her presentation of the lifestyle TV show, "Fit for Fun-TV”, in the late 1990s. She is regularly booked nationally and internationally to present prestigious events in German and English simultaneously. Annabelle is the German voice of Kerry Washington, Sophie Okonedo and many others. Her autobiographical book, Detours are also ways, was published by Edel Verlagsgruppe.

Ukrainian Anton Basenko has been openly living with HIV for 21 years. In 2013, he joined the international Alliance for Public Health, coordinating HIV, TB and viral hepatitis prevention and treatment among key populations. He is a founding member and Chair of the Board of the first Ukrainian national network of people who use drugs, Chair of the Board of the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and board member of the Eurasian Key Populations Health Coalition. Since 2016, Anton has been a Member of the Communities Delegation of the Global Fund Board, and since 2017, a representative of the community of people who use drugs in the Ukraine Cabinet of Minister’s HIV/TB National Council. In 2021, he moved to Belgium to work as Programme Manager on Quality of Life at the European AIDS Treatment Group. He is a member of the Community Advisory Board to the Medicines Patent Pool. In 2023, he joined the European Federation of Allergies and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations as a community engagement manager. Anton has a Master’s in international economy. Anton is a DJ, winter skier and loving father of a 5-year-old son. His life motto is: “If I stayed alive after all that’s happened in my life, then I have an important mission to save the lives of my peers and people in similar trouble.”

Christian Chavez was born in McAllen, Texas, US, and grew up in Mexico City. Thus began his experience of transcending borders artistically, and in terms of sexuality and gender. An actor and singer from an early age, he found international success with the telenovela, “Rebelde”, and the group, RBD, selling over 20 million albums worldwide. Christian was outed by the media and endured harsh criticism for his sexuality. He persisted, with a stronger sense of himself and his sexuality and better prepared to meet new artistic challenges. He continued to pursue performance opportunities and was recently featured in the Netflix series, “La Casa De Las Flores”. The recent RBD reunion tour was a global phenomenon and an opportunity for Christian to raise his voice artistically and personally. He’s used his platform to show the world he’s fearless and unashamed about who he is and to advance LGBTQ rights and representation.

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