3:00 - 4:15pm [EDT]
This is the third webinar in the four-part “Sustaining HIV prevention” series. This webinar, titled “Integrating HIV prevention into public health systems while protecting equitable access”, focuses on how HIV prevention can be more effectively integrated into public and primary healthcare systems as countries pursue greater sustainability and national ownership.
The discussion will explore what functional and systemic integration looks like in practice, which prevention functions can be embedded within broader health systems, and what this requires at policy and service levels. It will also examine how to protect tailored and equitable services for key populations and others who may face stigma or barriers to care. Speakers will highlight how countries can move beyond parallel structures in ways that strengthen prevention outcomes and the wider health system.
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, including the role of digital health and AI and the systems needed for successful delivery.
Moderators for webinar three:
- Kenneth Ngure, Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya
- Sara Allinder, Georgetown University Center for Innovation in Global Health
Speakers:
- Gaeten Gatete, Rwanda Biomedical Center
- Kharmacelle Prosper Akanbong, Ghana AIDS Commission
- Rena Janamnuaysook, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Thailand
- Richard Lusimbo, Director General, Uganda Key Populations Consortium
- Stephanie Topp, James Cook University, Australia
Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Portuguese.