Adolescent Technical Forum
Cape Town, 19-20 September, 2016

The overall objective of the EHPSA-hosted technical forum, Adolescents and HIV Prevention, was to provide a platform for regional stakeholders to debate pertinent issues related to HIV prevention and adolescents in the eastern and southern Africa (ESA) region.

Meeting report. Read...

Presentations

1. Expert Input

1.1 Ending the AIDS epidemic in eastern and southern Africa - Anurita Bains, Regional Adviser, UNICEF, ESA  Read...

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1.2 Setting the scene: Drivers, barriers and innovations for prevention – Dr Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Wits Reproductive Health &HIV Institute Read...

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1.3 Global AIDS Update 2016: Fast-Tracking the response in Eastern and Southern Africa – Focus on Adolescent Girls &Young Women – Dr Pierre Somse, UNAIDS, Deputy Regional Director, ESA Read...

2. Critical Reviews

2.1 Social and behaviour change communication in an era of combination prevention, Dilhani Wijeyesekera - Manion Daniels  Read...
2.2 Disaggregating adolescent data - Kenzo Fry, Manion Daniels Read...

3. Research programmes

3.1 Uptake and acceptability of a combination HIV prevention package among young people in Zambia and South Africa. PopART for Youth (P-ART-Y) Study – Dr Kwame Shanaube, Zambart, Lusaka. Read...

3.2 Girl Power:Progress, Promising Results, and P Document olicy Implications – Dr Nora Rosenberg, UNC, Liliongwe, Lusaka   Read...

3.3 Mzantsi Wakho: Social protection for HIV prevention among adolescents – Dr Rebecca Hodes, University of Cape Town/Oxford University Read...

3.4 Strive to Empower – Jonathan Stadler, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute Read...

Adolescent Technical Forum 2016

Participants at the Adolescent Technical Forum, Cape Town 19, 20 September 2016.

Youth Voices

The final session of the symposium was presented  by seven youth HIV activists from across the region. They made pertinent points regarding the need for more youth involvement in research and programming for adolescent HIV prevention. Key points are captured in the webcast below.

Youth voices

Youth Voices Panel, Adolescent Technical Forum, September 19-20, 2016

The group left to right. Zinzi Maweni, Vhuhwavho (Woo) Nevhungoni , Nomazizi Menze, Katleho Mosimanegape, Conrad Jani, Bongiwe Motsa, Lebogang Motsumi, Kagoyarona Kakanyo.