Institutionalizing community engagement in HIV prevention

This is the fourth and final webinar in the four-part “Sustaining HIV prevention” series. This webinar, titled “Institutionalizing community engagement in HIV prevention”, explores how structured and meaningful community engagement can enhance the impact and long-term viability of HIV prevention efforts.

Speakers will unpack why proven approaches, like community-led monitoring, peer outreach, youth leadership and participatory feedback, remain underused, and what it takes to embed them in national systems. The webinar will focus on moving from fragmented, donor-driven efforts to stronger, well-resourced models led by communities, especially young people and key populations.

Moderator: 

• Solange Baptiste, ITPC Global 

Speakers: 

• Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand 
• Chrissy Banda, Blantyre District of Health, Malawi 
• Florence Anam, Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) 
• Ima John-Dada, Nigeria Ministry of Health 
• Stephen Ayisi Addo, Ghana Health Service 
• Stephen Ndolo Kiio, Kenya National Syndemic Disease Control Council 
• Lilian Otiso, LVCT Health, Kenya 

The first webinar, “Sustaining HIV prevention in a period of transition”, shared evidence-based strategies to strengthen leadership, coordination and country ownership, and explored how financing reforms can support more resilient prevention responses. The second, “Leveraging digital tools to support effective introduction and scale-up of new HIV prevention products”, examined how to introduce and scale new prevention products in public health systems and also looked at the role of digital health and AI. The third webinar, “Integrating HIV prevention into public health systems while protecting equitable access”, explored how prevention functions can be embedded within broader health systems, how to protect tailored services for key populations, and how countries can move beyond parallel structures to strengthen both prevention outcomes and the wider health system.

Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Portuguese.