2018 AVAC Partners' Forum

13-15 February 2018; Johannesburg, South Africa

At AVAC's annual Partners' Forum, we share strategies and successes and set priorities for the future.

Every few years, AVAC and a wide array of partners and allies gather to discuss the most urgent issues facing HIV prevention advocates. We share updates from country-level campaigns, look ahead to research results that may emerge in the next 12 months and identify priorities to tackle jointly and individually. It is a time to celebrate success and to re-commit to the work that remains to be done. This page includes images, presentations and video from Partners Forum 2018.

Objectives

• Facilitating connections—building the movement
• Building skills—strengthening our collective advocacy capacity
• Developing a shared understanding of the key issues and landscape of HIV prevention
• Creating shared priorities for HIV prevention advocacy—to be integrated into actionable plans

Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Participant List
• Post-meeting Survey
• Photos!

Agenda with Slides and Materials

Tuesday, 13 February

• The HIV Prevention Landscape: From 2015 to now, Manju Chatani-Gada, Deirdre Grant (slides), Joyce N'gan'ga, Mitchell Warren (slides)
• Where We've Been, Where We're Going and How We Might Get There Together, Mitchell Warren
• What does prevention mean to me in 2018?, Panel discussion
• Hot Topics in PrEP Introduction, Emily Donaldson, Definate Nhamo, Mitchell Warren

Wednesday, 14 February

• Advocacy to Deliver Prevention Now, Kevin Fisher, Chilufya Hampongo, Micheal Ighodaro, Eric Mcheka, Peter Mogere, Kenneth Mwehonge, Definate Nhamo
• Tactics Time: Who and How to Influence, Micheal Ighodaro, Maureen Milanga
• What's Next with the Dapivirine Ring?, (slide set 1, slide set 2) Manju Chatani-Gada, Lisa Rossi, Leonard Solai
• Beyond Placebo: HIV prevention trial design in 2018 and beyond, Prince Bahati, Charles Brown, Navita Jain, Brian Kanyemba, Anna Miti, Kenneth Ngure, Daisy Ouya, Cathy Slack, Mitchell Warren
• Engaging in Research: Bigger, bolder, better, Manju Chatani-Gada, Ntando Yola; Deborah Baron/Miliswa Magongo; Sinazo Pato/Ntando Yola; Kevin Fisher/Moses Supercharger; Tian Johnson/Rosemary Mburu
• Video Viewing: Lessons from the Field, Emily Donaldson

Thursday, 15 February

• Hearing the ECHOes: Update on HC/HIV, Helen Rees and GCAB members: Margaret Happy, Lebogang Motsumi, Definate Nhamo, Yvette Raphael, Jacque Wambui (slides coming soon)
• African Regional Advocacy Update, Rosemary Mburu
• Strategizing for the Future