Meaningful Involvement of People living with HIV

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Vision

Ensure people with and affected by HIV are playing a central role in ensuring HIV prevention and treatment targets are achieved

Mission 

A regional organization that specializes in promoting peer or community led U=U campaign roll out, Community Systems Strengthening, Behavioral Change Communication, HIV Cure, HIV prevention research, Demand Creation for HIV Services in order to combat HIV and it's impact

Background

HIV Survivors and Partners Network is a South African based organization offering its services across Africa. It is led by people with HIV, with over 18 years of experience in managing HIV prevention and treatment services. The founder is serving as a Community Advisory Board member for PAVE and CureRoaR. She is also an HIV Treatment and Undetectable equals Untransmittable) Global Advisory Board member.

The organization's main goal is to fight HIV related stigma, advocate for people right's to high quality HIV services and ensure high demand for HIV treatment and prevention (including Cure and Prevention research), using U=U messaging as a tool.

The secondary objective is to develop HIV prevention and Treatment literacy champions among non-medical, medical health care workers and communities including people with HIV (a cadre that will lead effective literacy engagements in their communities). The organization also provide a peer led a virtual safe space for people living with HIV to ensure they receive real time advice and support from their peers.

HSPN collaborated with other organizations across Africa and co-founded U=U Africa Forum (a peer led organization that seeks to advocate for adoption of U=U across the region)