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Mr Mungoni holds a position of Prevention Adviser at UNAIDS South Africa, his role includes providing technical support to country partners to adopt, implement, and monitor progress in HIV Combination Prevention, new prevention technologies as well as addressing persistent inequities in HIV response. He is an accomplished strategic leader with over 20 years’ experience in HIV and AIDS response, HIV Prevention, Social and Behaviour Change, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and gender in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Mungoni coordinated the technical support from the United Nations Joint Team on AIDS for the development of the new National Strategic Plan for HIV, AIDS, TB and STIs 2023-2018. He is also a member of the National Prevention Technical Task Team in South Africa, providing technical inputs to the HIV prevention.
Nosihle Mokoena, a dedicated social worker, leads the Adolescent and People's program across South Africa, North West, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal. Her impactful work focuses on comprehensive HIV, TB, and STI prevention, integrating crucial post-violence care and engaging male partners. Nosihle's leadership ensures accessible, culturally sensitive services, fostering healthier communities and empowering vulnerable populations across South Africa.
I am gender advocate and human rights activist with a BA degree in Development studies and French and some certificates in gender and prevention of sexual exploitation and Abuse. I have 8 years of experience in NGO sector and in projects related to HIV, TB and other integrated services, gender equality and mainstreaming as well as leading advocacy for inclusion of the most vulnerable groups of youth in decision making platforms. I was an event coordinator for HIV testing services and TB at the Lesotho Network of AIDS Service Organizations (LENASO) for 1 year; where I led community events education activities and campaigns mobilizing youth for uptake of services for HIV and TB prevention and treatment. With my advocacy and ability to convene youth in all their diversity in safe spaces, I became the HER Voice Adolescent girls and Young Women (AGYW) Ambassador for Lesotho for 6 years through the support of the Global fund under the Global Network of Young people living with HIV (Y+ Global). This was advocacy for AGYW leadership, empowerment and meaningful inclusion in decision making spaces for girls and women -centered policies. I was able to form groups of AGYW in different districts which made it possible for me to lead consultations of AGYW including AGYW with disability, young mothers; to recommend in the Global fund Grant Cycle 7 Lesotho funding request as a junior consultant.
Additionally, I have worked as the gender expert for public awareness sessions targeting constructors in the footbridge constructions sites for prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and HIV prevention, supported by the World bank. Through the support of Southern Africa AIDS Dissemination Service (SAFAIDS), i further led the Gender Equality and Social inclusion (GESI) project for girls in high school and parents. I later continued with youth empowerment work when I joined the National AIDS commission as the Youth Coordinator volunteer leading a very impactful youth leadership project. This prioritized sustaining of youth efforts in the communities in reducing new HIV infections and to reinforce public education and awareness around HIV prevention, TB, Gender Based Violence, Mental health, Child marriages, prevention of drugs and substance abuse, using a peer-to-peer model for improve HIV response. This engaged 38 youth mentors that led sessions in different communities and reached around 4000 youth within 3 months.
I am currently serving as the Chief Information, Education, and Communications Officer at the National AIDS and Promotion Agency under Ministry for State President in Gaborone, Botswana .Having been promoted from Principal Information Education and communications officer in November 2018 .My main role is coordinating a Unit that deals with national HIV prevention programs, such as Key Populations, mainstreaming of HIV and AIDS in to development projects,condom programming , programming for men sector, programming for faith based communities and coordination of HIV and Commemorations events. / / Previous work in summary / The year 2013-November to end of July 2018,Served as Principal Health Officer at Ministry Of Health,Botswana under the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care as Demand creation coordinator for unit that dealt with Voluntary Male Circumcision ,Prevention of Mother to child transmission and HIV ,HIV testing Programme and Anti-retroviral programme. / The year 2000- 2013 ,Served as Health Education officer at District level(2000-2006 Bobirwa Sub District,2007 -2008 Mahalapye Sub District and 2008-2013 Kgatleng District.My main role as head of Health Education Unit included coordination of all demand creation and capacity building activities for HIV and AIDS programmes,stakeholder engagement ,implementing partners coordination,resource mobilization,programmes monitoring and evaluation,managing HIV campaigns,conducting media outreach as well as representing the districts at regional and national and international conferences and meetings. / Key Areas of Expertise / • Media relations and public communication / • Coordination of HIV and AIDS health Promotion programmes / • HIV prevention campaigns / • Programme monitoring and Evaluation / • Leadership in health promotion / • Strategy development / • Stakeholder engagement and training / • Research and information technology applications in public health / Achievements / I successfully led various national HIV prevention initiatives and played a key role in fostering partnerships with media outlets and stakeholders to raise awareness of public health issues. my leadership has contributed significantly to the implementation of HIV prevention programs across Botswana. / The following are some of the notable achievements made over the years; / 2018-2023;Coordinated national multimedia build up campaign for world AIDS Day commemoration starting from the month of September to 1st December where his excellency the State President addressed the nation on the world AIDS theme at Kgatleng District,Ngami District,Mahalapye District,Goodhope District,Hukuntsi Sub District and Tutume district respectively. / 2023; With support from South to south learning network and UNAIDS coordinated the Key population technical working group in applying the prevention self-assessment tool to identify bottlenecks related to programme policies,laws,leadership,management,financing and implementation. Results of the exercise have been used during the 2024 Global fund proposal writing and in major decisions in routine coordination and resourcing of the KP programme. / 2021;In collaboration with Ministry of Health and UNAIDS developed Key Populations service delivery package guidelines for men having sex with men, Female Sex workers, People injecting drugs and transgender. Service delivery package guidelines have been disseminated to government facilities and implementing partners to guide service delivery. / 2021;In collaboration with Ministry and partners conducted Key populations seize estimation and hotspots mapping .The document serves as guiding document for resource allocation and target specific interventions by Government facilities , implementing partners and serves as reference materials for any KP related work. / 2016; Chaired a special task force appointed by Ministry of Health to develop Treat All communication strategy with support from PEPFAR. The communication strategy was successfully developed through different stakeholder engagements and finally Treat ALL initiative which aims at enrolling all HIV positive clients irrespective of their CD4 count was launched by his Excellency the president of Botswana in 2016 under my coordination. / January 2016-August 2017; In response to PMTCT reports indicting ART defaulting and lost to follow ups of 300 HIV positive mothers in ten districts across Botswana i initiated a campaign using 200 volunteers to track and re-initiate mothers to the programme. All mothers were successfully brought back to the programme and delivered HIV negative babies. / 2015-2016 ;Having experienced low turn up men for circumcision services in partnership with PEPAFAR I coordinated a six months multimedia Voluntary Male Circumcision campaign which comprised four mobile clinics with service delivary team and demand creation team each.A target 500 of 60% of a target of 500 men were circumcised across the country. / 2004-2006 - Bristol –Myers ARV Project Community Mobilization Coordinator; Seconded by Government ;This Project was a partnership between the Government of Botswana and the American based Organization-Britol Myers ,implemented in Bobirwa Sub District. / / The following are some of the project activities that I completed / / • Member of the Special task appointed by Ministry of Health for Project Proposal development which successfully developed Project Proposal for funding by Bristol Myers / • Recruited, trained 120 Volunteers and engaged them on a two-year contract to mobilize clients for HIV testing, initiate in ARV program and provide psycho social support to clients (1350 clients were initiated in to the ARV program) / • Represented Project and Reported community mobilization and income generating activities uptake to annual regional meetings in Johannesburg 2004, Mbabane Swaziland November 2005, Selibe Phikwe ,Botswana November 2006. / • Appointed chairperson for Special task to develop Phase out and sustainability plan for project hand over to Government. Project Phase out plan developed and project successfully handed over to Government by end of December 2006.The clinical component of the project was incorporated in Government facilities while Bobonong Home based care Project is currently run by Board of trustees as per the Phase out plan recommendations. / Professional membership / Currently Chairperson of National Key Populations technical working group / Member of the following technical working groups / • National HIV Prevention Technical working group / • Condom programming technical working group / • Sexually transmitted disease technical working group / • Men sector and VMMC technical working group / / SHORT COURSES / 2022: July 14th ,Completed a three weeks short course on Monitoring and Evaluation for health Programmes facilitated by Institute Development Management / / 2013-2014 Completed six months Certificate course on Delta Marketing Planning Trainer of Trainers, Gaborone ,Botswana. / / 2013 Attended SADAC regional conference on safe Male Circumcision ,Lusaka,Zambia / / 2012 :Completed four months short course on Outbreak Investigation, Response and Surveillance from 6TH August to 15 November 2012. / / 2004:Completed short course on Monitoring and Evaluation ,Pretoria, South Africa, 1st -5th March 2004 / / 22004 :Completed short course on KITSO AIDS training –AIDS Clinical care Fundamentals ,10-13 February, Gaborone ,Botswana. / / 2003:Completed short course on Good Clinical Practice,Bobonong,Botswana,13-14 November / / / /
I have over 18 years working experience in Community Health and Development programs coordinating Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) programs for Adolescent and Young People, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women (AGYW) Key Populations and the LGBTQ community in Kenya and beyond. I am currently working as a Public Health Specialist with Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Kenya. I am currently pursuing PhD, but hold Masters in Community Health and Development and Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media Studies.
Je suis Responsable de la Gestion des produits de santé au Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA et les IST en République du Congo depuis 05 ans; dans l'exercice de mes fonctions, j'interagis avec tous les acteurs de la chaine d'approvisionnement des produits de santé dans mon pays. Je joue un rôle central dans la disponibilisation des ARV et autres produits de santé liés au VIH dans les formations sanitaires et milieux communautaires, pour une prise en charge effective des personnes vivant avec le VIH ainsi que leur prévention.
Onalenna Sokwe is a dedicated Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with expertise in public health programs. She holds a Master of Science in Psychology and has over 18 years of experience in the NGO sector specializing in health systems strengthening, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), research, and program implementation.
Michael Legodi is a Pastor and youth worker in Botswana residing in Gaborone. He is passionate about youth empoweement and health, serving the faith community in Botswana in various outreach programs. He holds a bachelor degree in Theology and certificate in biblical counselling and missions.
ONG ESPACE CONFIANCE (ONG de Santé et Développement offrant des services pour les Populations Hautement Vulnérables)
Dr Zougouri Linda Patricia, médecin spécialiste en santé publique, est experte en prévention et prise en charge des IST/VIH chez les populations clés. Diplômée en médecine générale de l’Université de Cocody (2010) et en santé publique de l’Institut de Médecine Tropicale d’Anvers, elle est consultante internationale et nationale sur les questions de populations clés. Depuis 2017, elle coordonne les programmes de l’ONG Espace Confiance en Côte d'Ivoire.
Paul Stephen Ulrich NZIENGUI, sociologue congolais né en 1984 à Makoua, est un professionnel engagé dans les domaines de la santé communautaire et du développement social. Marié et père de trois enfants, il est titulaire d’une Licence en sociologie et occupe le poste de responsable du suivi-évaluation au RENAPC. Fort d’une riche expérience de terrain, il excelle en gestion de projets, analyse de données et mobilisation communautaire. Passionné de musique, de lecture et de sport, il conjugue engagement et humanisme
Pedro José António, é Médico de Clínica Geral formado pela Universidade Eduardo Mondlane e Mestrando em Saúde Pública e Doenças Tropicais. Iniciou a sua carreira na área de Saúde Ocupacional, exerceu funções como Médico-Chefe Distrital na Província de Gaza. Desempenhou funções de Coordenador das Grandes Endemias (HIV, Tuberculose e Malária) e Supervisor do Programa de ITS e HIV no Serviço Provincial de Saúde de Gaza, Actualmente PF nacional de prevenção.
Mr. Sledge Babotlhe Percy Mothibi is a dedicated civil society leader and community advocate based in Botswana, recognized for his impactful work in public health, social welfare, and grassroots community mobilization. / / Current Role & Leadership / Mr. Mothibi serves as the Director of the Captive Eye Organisation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) primarily focused on social welfare, human rights advocacy, and community health. Under his leadership, the organization acts as a pivotal force for local development, working closely with communities to identify and address systemic issues that impact public well-being. / / Key Areas of Advocacy & Impact / Substance Abuse Prevention & Education: A core pillar of Mr. Mothibi's work is addressing the widespread challenges of substance abuse within urban neighborhoods. He actively leads community leader sensitization meetings and educational campaigns aimed at curbing the spread of illegal drugs (such as crystal meth and marijuana) by identifying localized hubs of illicit activity and fostering community-wide cooperation with Ministry of Health, Nahpa and law enforcement. / / Community Mobilization & Local Outreach: Utilizing the Setswana language to maximize local engagement, Mr. Mothibi specializes in creating tailored educational content, workshops, and speeches designed to empower community members, promote social awareness, and support vulnerable demographics. / / Health and Social Welfare Systems: Beyond immediate local campaigns, his broader advocacy focuses on strengthening community health initiatives, social welfare programs, and investigating critical public health challenges to build resilient community networks. / / A Note on the Subject: Through his professional alignment with civil society networks and his strategic leadership at the Captive Eye Organisation, Mr. Sledge Mothibi continues to be a driving voice for human rights, accountability, Health and sustainable social development across Botswana.
Tu pra Tu- Associação para o engajamento Social da Juventude
Raíma Manjate é comunicadora, ativista feminista e líder juvenil moçambicana, com mais de 10 anos de experiência na promoção da saúde sexual e reprodutiva, prevenção do HIV, igualdade de género e participação significativa da juventude. É Directora executiva de uma organização juvenil Especializada na tradução de conhecimento científico para uma linguagem acessível, transformando evidências em conteúdos e campanhas digitais que informam, mobilizam comunidades e influenciam mudanças de comportamento e políticas públicas. / / Ao longo da sua trajetória, tem liderado iniciativas de advocacia, engajamento comunitário e comunicação estratégica, colaborando com organizações nacionais e internacionais para ampliar o acesso à informação e aos serviços de saúde. Atualmente é Embaixadora da Aliança Nacional para a Aceleração da Redução da Mortalidade Materna no Ministério da Saude, onde contribui para fortalecer ações de sensibilização, mobilização social e promoção da saúde materna.
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